For all its growth, the e-book market has been stillborn in one major way: methods in which to monetize. But recent news that a Spanish company called 24Symbols went into beta on a an e-book service shows that digital publishing could finally be evolving. Read More »
Archive for April 2011
A new survey conducted by Google-owned mobile ad company AdMob breaks down how people are using their tablets, which at least so far, in most cases means the iPad. The survey’s nearly 1,500 respondents revealed some interesting trends regarding tablet usage. Read More »
Move over cell phone firms, car companies are the new mobility leaders. “BMW is a mobile company, and everything we’ve done and do is about mobility,” Edward Robinson, President of BMW’s recently launched $100 million venture fund i Ventures, told me in an interview. Read More »
What is usually the first thing everyone that gets a new iPad wants to know? Which apps to get. But there are still some cool things that you can do with your iPad, even without buying a single app. Here are 10 good examples. Read More »
Most Internet analysts suggest Myspace fell from grace because it crumbled in the face of stiff competition from Facebook. But a Reuters report suggests it may have been Google that dealt the fatal blow by accident as long ago as 2006. Read More »
New iPhone app Guardly is all about location sharing. It basically constitutes the app’s main selling feature, since without it, it’s arguably just an auto-dialer. So how did location services go from being a privacy boogeyman to a highly sought-after feature in just two years? Read More »
Join Matt and Kevin for the weekly mobile podcast. On tap this week: a new Nokia handset in the U.S., low priced tablets, hands on with the HTC ThunderBolt and Kevin’s new mobile gadget that doesn’t really move at all. Join us for the live show! Read More »
In a memo to Google staff, new CEO and co-founder Larry Page says employee bonuses are effectively on the line if the company’s efforts to add more social features don’t succeed. But the Google co-founder may find that you can’t threaten people into being social. Read More »
Facebook’s Open Compute Project has been characterized as revolutionary, a giant push that will propel server design into the future now, but what if it isn’t actually all that meaningful? What if it’s just a cool, but niche project that won’t catch on outside Facebook? Read More »
PopCap’s recently announced indie studio 4th & Battery was aiming for edgy with its slate of games. It appears it might have been too edgy for Apple’s tastes. The label’s first game, Unpleasant Horse, has been sent packing by Apple because of mature content. Read More »
You don’t need to be a software developer or hardcore techie to use APIs. In fact, some web APIs, like the Twitter API, are relatively easy to use, and you can use them get access to useful and otherwise hidden data. Read More »
After months of testing, YouTube is rolling out a new live streaming platform for its partners. With the launch of the new service, YouTube will finally be going up against Ustream, Justin.tv and Livestream, seeking to become the king of live events on the web. Read More »
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