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- 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
Tag Archives: google
Link: Remove Your Router From Google’s Location Server →
Add “_nomap” to the end of the SSID.
Link: GoMo →
As reported by Tricia Duryee, AllThingsD: The site is a resource center that links to a growing list of 15 to 20 vendors and agencies that can help with all aspects of building a mobile site. The site also has … Continue reading
Design Unification with Google Apps
What are Google’s design principles, and does Google adhere to them today? With the introduction of Ice Cream Sandwich and the overhaul of Google Reader, Tarun steps back to see what it means to have unification in design. Continue reading
Link: Ice Cream Sandwich →
Some comments: Unlocking your phone using face recognition. Very sci-fi. Heavy usage of core video animations, as the background seems to actually rain when moving from screen to screen. Assuming that users know the difference between the cellular signal and … Continue reading
Link: Hulu Thinks Twice About Selling →
Peter Kafka with the details. From the press release: Since Hulu holds a unique and compelling strategic value to each of its owners, we have terminated the sale process and look forward to working together to continue mapping out its … Continue reading
Link: Google and Samsung cancel Ice Cream Sandwich Launch →
It’s a great gesture, but it does contrast with Apple’s continued push to get the iPhone 4S into consumers’ hands.
Link: Google+ Beta →
Google+ is now in Beta, which means anyone can sign up and you don’t need an invite. Additionally, they have made some improvements to Hangouts — you can video chat over mobile phone (Android 2.3 only). Check out Hangouts with … Continue reading
Link: Chrome for Lion →
Finally, Chrome gets an update that increases speed, adds full screen mode and supports Safari-like gestures.
Link: Windows Phone Hits New Milestone →
BGR reports that the Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 30,000 applications available in it. This may seem like a decent number of apps, but comparatively, the Marketplace still lags behind… By comparison, Apple’s iTunes App Store is populated … Continue reading
Link: Motorola Future Uncertain →
Last week’s announcement by Google stating they would be acquiring Motorola Mobility has led to some uncertainty for Motorola. Google has come out and openly stated that this purchase was mostly for patents, this leaves Motorola in a bit of … Continue reading
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: 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: Poor memory? Blame Google →
The actual article is behind a paywall via Science, but this quote was particularly telling: Just as we learn through transactive memory who knows what in our families and offices, we are learning what the computer ‘knows’ and when we … Continue reading
Link: Android to Add Video Rentals →
Do you own an Android device? If so, it looks like Google Videos (not the youtube like service it once was) is coming soon to Android devices. Google Videos is a movie rental service Google already has that allows you … Continue reading
Link: What MySpace’s Tom Anderson Thinks of Google+ →
Tom Anderson: My original vision for MS was that everything got better when it was social–so I tried to build all the super popular things used on the web (blogs, music, classifieds, events, photos) on top of MySpace’s social layer. … Continue reading
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Tagged google, googleplus, mashable, myspace, tom anderson
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Link: Designing For Android →
tap tap tap: For those of you asking if we plan to port our apps to Android, read this article and you’ll likely have your answer iOS = one resolution type. Android = free for all. The support for apps … Continue reading
The Answer to Facebook
“When one stands on the tallest mountain, all of the others seem small.” How can Facebook’s monumental incumbency be overthrown, and what does it take to create a successor to the social network? Continue reading
Link: HP Licensing its Mobile OS →
WebOS maker HP has is reportedly set to start licensing its mobile operating systems to other manufactures. Both Microsoft and Google already sell their respective operating systems to multiple manufacturers. This could be a great move for the company for … Continue reading
Link: Google+ →
Google’s supposed answer to Facebook. Keep in mind, the last time they tried a foray into the social media world ended up being a disaster. But, if anyone has the user base to pull it off, it is this firm.
Link: Office 365 →
While Microsoft Office 365 has been around for a little while now, today it officially left beta status and is going mainstream. Office 365, offering several strong online applications (Exchange, SharePoint, and Office Online), is clearly a worthy competitor to … Continue reading
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Tagged google, googleapps, microsoft, microsoft office, office
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