I’ve long been a fan of mind mapping, especially on tablets, as the slate is the perfect workspace for creating and manipulating maps. My favorite app for mind mapping on mobile devices has been iThoughtsHD, but I now use Thinking Space on the Galaxy Tab. Read More »
Archive for December 2010
Tens of thousands of people react on social networks when Gmail is slow, Amazon trips, there is a Facebook issue, or Foursquare’s API crashes. Read More »
Pike Research digs into some of the complexities of its Cloud Computing Energy Efficiency report in a bit more detail. Read More »
Parental Controls in Snow Leopard are an absolute hit with parents. But the usefulness of those tools don’t just stop at the kids. From blocking websites to tracking time, they can also be used to increase your own personal productivity. Here’s how. Read More »
Want to know what kind of videos are popular in Hong Kong, Honolulu or Houston? YouTube’s new Trends site offers direct access to some of its localized data, offering the ability to compare trends globally — and showcasing how Google could surface videos in the future. Read More »
CloudSwitch today released version 2.0 of CloudSwitch Enterprise, which should help in the company’s quest to become an integral part of customers’ environments. Our conversation focused on the company’s future plans and how it’s bucking the seeming trend toward grabbing as much venture capital as possible. Read More »
Appsfire, a popular app discovery tool, just got updated to version 2.0 on Android, delivering its handy Appstream tool to Android devices. The move follows announced improvements late Friday to Android Market, which should also help some of the discovery issues for Android users. Read More »
Late Dec. 10, Apple introduced new playlist features for Ping, the social music network it introduced as part of iTunes 10. Ping users can now share iTunes playlists on your profile, and let friends collaborate on those playlists by adding songs. Read More »
Couch potato, meet laptop junkie: Americans and Canadians now spend just as much time online as they spend in front of the TV screen, according to a new Forrester survey. Around a third of consumers watch video online, but mobile TV is still small. Read More »
Would you save money on your commute if you bought an electric car? Here’s a handy dandy Facebook app that will help you figure it all out: Read More »
Without an iPhone, Verizon has made a good showing in smartphone sales by embracing a wide variety of Google Android smartphones. On the surface, that appears to have paid off, but a closer look at the numbers show that AT&T’s iPhone is outselling them all. Read More »
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