Features
- The Mountain Lion Experience by Chris
- WWDC 2012: The Train Keeps on Rollin' by Tarun
- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 3 (The Verdict) by Tarun
- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 2 (The Experience) by Tarun
- From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 1 (The Motive) by Tarun
- A Month With Metro for Xbox 360 by Chris
- 2012 by Tarun
- Redefining Reading and Sharing: Flipboard for iPhone by Tarun
- Dropping Their Guard by Tarun
- Design Unification with Google Apps by Tarun
Podcasts
- Weekly Download #38: Google I/O, Podcasts.app, Mansfield
- Weekly Download #37: WWDC, Microsoft Surface, Windows Phone 8
- Weekly Download #36: Nokia's Abysmal Quarter, More on Instagram, Sony, Nest, Apple & Gaming, Patents
- Weekly Download #35: RIM, IE, iPad, Lumia and Windows Phone 7.5
- Weekly Download #34: Windows Phone, Google, RIM
- Weekly Download #33: the New iPad, Apple TV, Draw Something, Mike Daisey
- Weekly Download #32: Apple "New iPad" Press Conference Event
- Weekly Download #31: iPad 3, Google Goggles, T-Mobile, Facebook, iFactory, Chomp, Microsoft, Nokia, Siri
- Weekly Download #30: Mountain Lion, iPads, Browser Cookies, Nook, Playbooks, Blackberry
- Weekly Download #29: iPad 3, Apple TV, Patent Uselessness, Facebook, Bing & Social, Google's Living Room
Author Archives: Chris
Link: Motorola Mobility Gobbled up by Google →
Google and Motorola announced a deal this morning that will lead to Google’s acquisition of Motorola. Google says it will continue to leave Android as an open platform for other manufacturers to develop for. The acquisition will cost Google 12.5 … Continue reading
Link: 3G MacBook Pros? →
While we do not post much when it comes to rumors and such, I felt this particular article from MacRumors was noteworthy. MacRumors has photos of a MacBook Pro purchased on Craigslist that is clearly a prototype that came has … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Mobile
Tagged 3G, apple, data, mac, macbook air, MacBook Pro, prototype
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Link: Nintendo Investors want Apps →
In our podcasts we’ve discussed the fact that Nintendo needs to focus on software and not hardware. It appears that the investors of Nintendo are agreeing with us! “They just don’t get it,” MF Global FXA Securities Ltd. said in … Continue reading
Link: Samsung Hits Another Roadblock →
Today Samsung hit another road block with its new Galaxy Tab 10.1. The company cannot sell the device in the European Union now, with the exception of the Netherlands. Apple won a preliminary injunction against Samsung. Samsung will of course be … Continue reading
TouchPad Dead Already
Chris predicts doom for the TouchPad and points to two main problems with the recent TouchPad price drops. Continue reading
Link: Technology Companies Fall on Wall Street →
Today was pretty gruesome for the folks on Wall Street. In the past few months it seemed that tech companies were a ray of hope for Wall Street, but today proved to be a little different. “The sound you just … Continue reading
Link: Comcast Bringing $10 Internet →
“When we look around the country, we see the disparities that exist,” he says. “Quite frankly, people in lower-income communities, mostly people of color, have such limited access to broadband than people in wealthier communities.”
Link: Facebook buys E-Book Company →
You have to wonder what Facebook might be up to with their latest move. On August 2nd, the company announced it was purchasing Push Pop Press. The e-book company specializes in books for iOS. It said that Facebook does not … Continue reading
Link: Skype Now Available on iPad →
After a long wait for many users, Skype is now available on the iPad. The new iPad optimized version of Skpe utilizes the front and back cameras built into the iPad 2. Video calls can be made over 3G or … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iOS, Mobile
Tagged calls, communications, messaging, skype, video, video conference
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Link: Should Bing Stay? →
In two years, Microsoft’s Bing has doubled its share of the U.S. search market, from 7.2 percent to 14.4 percent. If you add Yahoo’s Bing-powered portal, it’s 27 percent. So why are loud voices clamoring for Microsoft to give up … Continue reading
Link: Samsung vs Apple (Round ?) →
There is an ongoing patent dispute between Apple and Samsung that has certainly taken an interesting turn. Samsung is stopping the sale of its new Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia until it figures out what is going to happen with … Continue reading
Link: Missing OS X 10.6? →
We are now 8 days into the new version of OS X and Apple has already sold over 1,000,000 copies of its newest operating system. Some people are more thrilled than others about all of the new features of Lion. … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Lion
Tagged apple, gestures, Lion, MacBook, macbook air, MacBook Pro, multitouch, OS X
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Link: Sprint Q2 Results →
Sprint posted another quarter of losses. This round they lost 847 million dollars. The carrier seems to struggle quarter after quarter to post any type of profit. They are boosting their prepaid subscriber base, but lost over 100,000 postpaid subscribers. … Continue reading
Link: Politics and Social Media →
The power of social media is literally in every segment of our lives now. Politics is no exception to this. Campaigns all across the country are trying to figure out how to effectively use social media. More than seven in … Continue reading
Link: eBooks on iPad →
Apple’s recently updated App Store in-app purchases policy change seems to be causing some strife in the eBooks app world. It appears the Google Books app is no longer available and the Kobo reader app was informed it could no … Continue reading
Link: Apple Changing Up Corporate America →
“Apple sold 33 million iPads, iPhones, and iPod Touches, just a 6% less than under the estimated second-quarter shipments of personal computers from Hewlett Packard, Dell, and Lenovo- combined.” It appears the “Post-PC” era Apple continues to talk about is … Continue reading
Link: OS X Lion Coming to the App Store July 20 →
During Apple’s Q3 Conference call it was revealed that Lion will launch on July 20. There was no set time frame mentioned during the call, just that it was happening tomorrow. The upgrade will be 29.99 and weighs in at … Continue reading
Link: Schmidt Makes Dig at Apple →
Yesterday in a post about HTC’s falling share prices I said things would start to get interesting. Well, today Google Chairman Eric Schmidt has come out and said: “We have seen an explosion of Android devices entering the market and, … Continue reading
Link: HTC Shares Tumble; Patents to Blame? →
It’s no secret that the competition between Apple and Google is quite intense, but things may have just heated up a little bit more. With Apple winning the initial patent dispute between it and HTC things could get very interesting. … Continue reading
Link: LTE Not the End of Carrier Separation →
For a year or so my friends and I have enthusiastically awaited the arrival of real “4G”. When I say this, I mean LTE. Carriers are using all kinds of gimmicks and tricks to call their networks 4G, but the … Continue reading
Link: Google Earnings for Q2 2011 →
In our podcast last week we talked a little bit about cash and how companies like Google, Microsoft, and Apple are using it. Some people are a little frustrated over the amount of cash each of these companies has on … Continue reading
Link: Spotify Comes to the US →
Spotify is now officially available in the US. This service may have people rethinking some of the other streaming services that are currently up and coming. Spotify offers 15 million different tracks that can be played in an offline mode. … Continue reading
Posted in Mobile, Music, Social Networking
Tagged google music, music, pandora, spotify, streaming
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Link: Big Changes in the Mix for Netflix →
With quite a few changes brewing for Netflix subscriber, do you think it is still worth it? Do you think that we were paying to little for out Netflix subscriptions to begin with? These are important questions to consider with … Continue reading
Link: The VideoChatting Madness →
With all of the recent talk about video chatting I felt it was important to give the readers close comparison between all of the services that are currently out there. We have talked about many of these services in the … Continue reading
Posted in Android, Apple, Facebook, Google, iOS, Social Networking
Tagged facebook, facetime, Google Hangout, skype, social networking, video, video chatting, videochat, youtube
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