Downloadable smartphone applications may be the hottest thing in mobile these days, but another segment is quietly generating money: selling physical goods to consumers over the mobile web. And it’s a potentially huge industry. Read More »
Archive for April 2010
Dell will release no fewer than four Android phones this year, according to information appearing this week. In the meantime, another 7-inch Android-based tablet was unveiled, and a hacker installed the OS onto the iPhone. Read More »
Netflix is harming Hollywood, and the studios have to team up with telcos to get priority treatment for the traffic of their own VOD offerings if they want to turn their fate around: That’s the gist of a new report published by the U.K.’s… Read More »
Two years ago we were hearing that the SSD would be the standard storage in computers, and soon. The standard hard drive (HDD) is still the primary storage on most everything sold currently, with SSDs relegated to pricey options. So what happened? Read More »
YouTube’s founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen may have bought the site’s domain back on February 14, 2005, but the first video wasn’t uploaded to the site until several months later. That video, entitled Me at the Zoo, was uploaded five… Read More »
In response to a variety of criticisms, Intuit has publicly announced plans to enhance Quicken Essentials for Mac during the course of the year and has also lowered the price, offering a rebate to existing customers. Read More »
The list of potential bidders and partners for Palm is dwindling each day. With the recent rise of mobile social networking activities, perhaps Palm needs to consider a non-traditional partnership by turning its webOS handsets into Facebook phones. Read More »
I knew I was going to enjoy the entertainment quiz show Red Carpet Run the moment I saw the words “on a moving treadmill.” Sure, it’s a gimmick to have contestants answer questions while running on a treadmill, but it’s a great gimmick.… Read More »
Facebook has been inaccessible to many — if not all — users for the last 30 minutes. This is incredibly bad timing for the company, which is trying to pitch itself this week as a central part of the web’s infrastructure. Read More »
Mind maps can be very useful for sketching out ideas, visualizing problems and planning. However, a lot of the mind mapping tools we’ve covered here on WWD are quite complex, which can be intimidating for beginners. Read More »
Just in case you missed any of them, here are the five most popular posts on WebWorkerDaily this week: Missing a Meeting Due to Volcanic Ash? Check Out These Tools While many people were missing flights this week due to a… Read More »
Why Hulu Will—And Should—Charge For Hulu Plus; When Hulu finally announces its subscription plans, it will have a small but critical window of opportunity to explain itself to the market. If it gets the details of the plan right, it will succeed. (paidContent) Vudu Starts Offering… Read More »
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