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: Tarun
Link: Facebook to Acquire Instagram →
Kevin, CEO: Every day that passes, we see more experiences being shared through Instagram in ways that we never thought possible. It’s because of our dedicated and talented team that we’ve gotten this far, and with the support and cross-pollination … Continue reading
Link: AOL Sells 72% of Patent Portfolio to Microsoft →
Looks like the company is going to completely refocus their direction.
From iOS to Windows Phone: Act 1 (The Motive)
Tarun takes an in-depth look at the history of the Windows Phone and Nokia, while also setting the stage for his own opinions about the device itself. Continue reading
Link: Yahoo Lays off 2,000 Employees →
Kara Swisher, who has been all over this series of unfortunate events for Yahoo!: The layoffs touch all units of the company, but the hardest hit is the product division, which is headed by Blake Irving, as well as its … Continue reading
Link: EA Is the Worst Company in America →
In bracket style fashion, EA has been chosen as the Worst company in America.
Link: Lumia 900 Target Market →
According to Sebastian Anthony: The Lumia 900 isn’t targeting iPhone or Galaxy users; it’s targeting the 41% of the US public who still own a feature phone. If you’re already firmly set on getting an iPhone, the Lumia won’t stop … Continue reading
Link: Topolsky on the Lumia 900 →
He’s a fan of the design and build quality, but thinks the OS falls short still. John Gruber agrees with him, and notes that if he were in the market for a Windows Phone, it would be for the 800 … Continue reading
Link: Freemium Will Rule Gaming Industry →
Matthew Handrahan, talk about Ben Cousins’ (ngmoco) opinion on the freemium model: As soon as one competitor in a specific field drops the price to zero, he argues, it becomes very difficult for others to continue charging. It happened to … Continue reading
Link: iPad As A POS Disruption →
Square has already started to implement the iPad as a POS system for local merchants. Fast Comapny’s Kit Eaton looks at how Revel Systems is taking this to the next level. The firm is partnering with Best Buy’s Geek Squad … Continue reading
Link: Internet Explorer Strikes Back →
IE is making a slight comeback with a .99% gain last month. This may sound pathetically minuscule, but the amount is almost enough to recoup their losses that they experienced over the past year. The chart also shows Firefox’s continual … Continue reading
Link: People Really Like the iPad →
ChangeWave Research reports that 98% of iPad customers are satisfied with their device. The biggest reason? The retina display.
Weekly Download #34: Windows Phone, Google, RIM
In this episode, Chris and I talk about the upcoming Lumia 900 launch in the US; the “Smoked by Windows Phone Challenge”; Google’s loss of who they are; and RIMs continued falterings. Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: … Continue reading
Link: The Windows Phone Challenge →
This is a great ad campaign, more so than a contest that can actually be beaten. Sean Hollister has a good analogy: In some ways, Microsoft’s challenge is like a carnival attraction, complete with an outlandish prize, a smooth operator, … Continue reading
Link: The Case Against Google →
Mat Honan writes a great article on – surprise – Gizmodo: Google has forgotten why we loved it. It has degraded its premier product in service of promoting others. It has done devious things to ferret out information from its … Continue reading
Link: The Lumia Push →
The first comment from user “Top Gear” seems to hit the sentiment I had on the nose: Bad news for Android. Not so for Apple. People don’t buy iPhones because their carrier rep recommends them. They buy the iPhone because … Continue reading
Link: Ads Based on Environment →
Creepy and annoying. (via Jim Dalrymple)
Link: iPhone Outsells BlackBerry in Canada →
John Paczkowski, AllThingsD: A humiliating reversal for RIM’s BlackBerry, which just four years ago was outselling the iPhone in Canada by a nearly five-to-one margin. While losing traction like this among the hometown crowd isn’t a massive strategic defeat, it’s … Continue reading
Weekly Download #33: the New iPad, Apple TV, Draw Something, Mike Daisey
This was some amazing, top-notch reporting by Chris and myself. Chris griped about the new iPad (and we discussed why there is no “number”); the Apple TV as a hobby; Zynga acquiring OMGPOP; the entire nonsense of Mike Daisey and … Continue reading
Link: Zynga Purchases “Draw Something” Developer for $200 Million →
Peter Kafka with the details: People familiar with the company tell me it has recently been netting around $250,000 a day from the game — that’s after Apple takes its 30 percent cut. Wow.
Link: Cash Call →
Apple will have a conference call tomorrow, 3/19, 9:00am EST: Tim Cook, Apple’s CEO, and Peter Oppenheimer, Apple’s CFO, will host a conference call to announce the outcome of the Company’s discussions concerning its cash balance. Apple® will not be … Continue reading
Link: Retraction →
This American Life has completed retracted it’s story called “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory”, as the theatrical performance portrayed in the story was just that — theater based on no actual investigative reporting. Though this is truly unbelievable for … Continue reading
Link: Not a Hobby →
Roku exec Anthony Wood: Personally, I think they call it a hobby not cause they’re not trying–they’re putting a lot of effort into Apple TV–but because they haven’t been that successful compared to the iPhone and iPad. So it’s a … Continue reading
Link: An Overlooked Piece of News From the Apple Keynote →
An insight from Kit Eaton, Fast Company: What Apple is quietly doing is changing how you pay for things online, and the more speculative reader may wonder if this is a bigger step toward a long-rumored mobile payment system from … Continue reading
Link: Twitter acquires Posterous →
This is most likely a talent hire.
Link: All About the Milliseconds →
Microsoft Applied Sciences Group shows how current tablet technology still has a few years before it gets to the point of actually feeling like you are painting with your finger.