Over on Ghacks, Martin Brinkmann describes how he has been living without Flash installed on his work computer, due to an increase in the number of hacks targeting Flash. Brinkmann’s now four weeks into his experiment, and says he mostly hasn’t missed Flash. Read More »
Archive for April 2010
The Skyfire browser brings the desktop web experience to the phone, and until today Android phone owners were unable to share in that experience. Skyfire 2.0 has been released today for the Android platform, and the full Flash experience (sorry Jobs) is part of the package. Read More »
Yahoo secures Premier League highlights; U.K. users will be able to watch highlights of the English Premier League on Yahoo from the start of the 2010/11 season. (Broadband TV News) Sony Said to Announce TVs With Intel Chips, Google Tools in May;… Read More »
At Green:Net today, former California governor and 2010 gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown said you can’t turn to government to drive innovation in green technology, but that it needs to work together with entrepreneurs to foster innovation. Read More »
With mainstream EVs entering the market in the next year, utilities are worried about cars plugging into the grid en masse. To anticipate and handle those overwhelming spurts of power demand, they are looking to infrastructure upgrades, networked management systems and customer education. Read More »
In a distinct break from terse messages sent from his iPad, Steve Jobs has posted a 1,700 word missive on Apple’s website. Broken into six sections, the essay explains Apple’s stance on Flash in detail. Read More »
Qt isn’t the only game in town when it comes to programming software for Symbian 3 devices. Symbian apps can also be developed using web standards of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. I spoke with Larry Berkin from the Symbian Foundation on what this means for developers. Read More »
The controversy surrounding pop musician M.I.A.’s Born Free video just got a little more interesting: Music video portal Vevo explained in a blog post this morning that it is going to continue to show Born Free “with appropriate messaging for viewers.”… Read More »
Taking a cue from Foursquare, the Huffington Post has launched a new feature that awards “badges” to regular readers of the news site, based on how much they connect with other readers and also whether they link their HuffPo accounts with other sites such as Facebook. Read More »
iStreamPlanet has partnered with Akamai Technologies and the Akamai HD Network to offer an end-to-end solution that will allow you to add iPhone streaming to any live event until May 31. Special pricing is available for a limited time. Read More »
Which computing and web firms should get a pat on the back for their green records, and which should get a kick in the rear? Today at Green:Net, Greenpeace released its latest ranking of companies based on the green-leanings of their technology, carbon footprint and advocacy. Read More »
Molly Webb, head of strategic engagement at The Climate Group, said that applying Information and Communication Technology could be applied across transport, buildings, power and industrial building to reduce CO2 emissions by 7.8 gigatons by 2020. Read More »
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