If you liked QuicklyCode — a collection of cheat sheets that you can use for handy reference — you’re going to love DevCheatSheets, an even larger collection of some 1,600 free cheat sheets and reference cards in various formats, gathered from all over the web. Read More »
Archive for July 2010
Sprint CEO, Dan Hesse, says that LTE is definitely not out of the question in the future. Indeed, both Sprint and Clearwire have hedged bets with WiMAX, which could speed up an LTE transition. But Hesse’s comments about a T-Mobile merger make little sense just yet. Read More »
Participants of a public FCC hearing on the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal joint venture warned today that a lack of regulation could be a catastrophic for the online video space. They made references to BP’s oil spill, but also pointed to Comcast’s interference with BitTorrent transfers. Read More »
Google today launched a site that has the effect of creating a community action network around better broadband, starting with the more than 200,000 people who have already weighed in hoping to convince the search giant to build its planned experimental fiber-to-the-home network in their towns. Read More »
GE unveiled its electric vehicle charger on Tuesday: its designed by Yves Behar, charges in 4 to 8 hours and uses software from Juice Technologies. Read More »
Google has a lock on the web habits of millions of users, but has failed to translate that into anything approaching a social network. Why does being social elude the web giant? Writer Adam Rifkin says it is because Google caters to pandas instead of lobsters. Read More »
On the eve of WWDC, a photo showed up on Engadget rumored to be a new Apple product. I wanted for this product to be real. I started dreaming of a $59 price tag and all of the amazingness this product could do for me. Read More »
In this two-part post, I’m going to talk about managing “busy-ness,” or what Timothy Ferriss describes in “The 4-Hour Workweek” as “working for work’s sake.” As your business grows and your workload increases, it becomes more and more important to manage “busy-ness.” Read More »
YouTube will launch 3-D videos on the PlayStation 3 over the next year, a Sony exec says. While talking about the PS3′s future, Sony studio director Mick Hocking said an upcoming firmware update to the PS3 would enable the game console to support 3-D YouTube streams. Read More »
“It’s not technically possible” to serve mobile ads without analytics, said Omar Hamoui, the former CEO of AdMob, appearing on stage for the first time since his company passed through regulatory scrutiny to be acquired by Google (where he’s now VP of mobile ads). Read More »
For Quantum Fuel Systems, the road to electric car riches will be paved by deals with Fisker and government funds. That’s the hope of the company whose powertrain and software control systems lie at the core of Fisker’s upcoming plug-in hybrid Karma. Read More »
After a series of PR bungles, consumers and the press continue to beat up Apple on the iPhone 4 antenna issue causing signal problems. There’s only one way Apple is likely to end the negative press on this problem: free bumpers for iPhone 4 customers. Read More »