Author Archives: Tarun

Link: Video of Twitter’s First Town Hall →

Jack Dorsey: Neither the President nor I know the questions that will be asked today. That decision is driven, entirely, by our Twitter users. This was probably the best usage of Twitter I have seen since its inception. Awesome ObamaBook … Continue reading

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Link: Facebook debuts Skype-powered Video Calling →

Hands-on review from Engadget. The service seems very intuitive, with a little video icon at the corner of every Facebook profile to denote an option to initiate a new video call. Skype has also beefed up their own software to … Continue reading

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Sitting on its Laurels

Apple has a lot of cash, but they certainly have plans for it. Tarun provides some insights to what Apple may do over the next few years with their extra capital. Continue reading

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Link: Three Million in 55 Days →

Samsung is shipping a successful phone worldwide, but can it compete in the US? Also as a historical benchmark: Apple sold about half that number in iPhone 4s in 3 days.

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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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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

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Link: Samsung Seeks Ban on Apple Products Sale in U.S. →

Why don’t you reallocate your funding from legal to development, instead?

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Link: Hands On with the HP TouchPad (Macworld) →

Jason Snell: I spent half an hour in a meeting, using HP’s new TouchPad tablet, before someone realized I wasn’t using an iPad. It is a solid review aimed at the end consumer — would you want to buy this … Continue reading

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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

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Link: Survey: More Americans Own e-readers Than Tablets →

Pew research institute: Tablet ownership grew from 5 percent to 8 percent over the same period. Tablet ownership had been climbing “relatively quickly” through Nov. 2010, Pew said, but growth was virtually flat from January to May, growing from only … Continue reading

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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.

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Link: Cut to Free →

Making the iPhone 3Gs free seems like a logical step from $49, unless you believe the two-iPhone rumor from “analysts”. If the rumor is true, then the 3Gs may become refurb fodder for a few weeks. When I try to … Continue reading

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Link: Swiffy →

This is excellent news for iOS, and the video looks stunning on this small example. I wonder if this is just as good in converting larger, obtuse Flash files like banking websites; etc. In any case, a browser plug-in would … Continue reading

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