Linkpost | 9.15.2011
• Ballmer: 500,000 Downloads of Windows 8 Since Last Night – Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer says during a Day 2 keynote that the developer preview of Windows 8 was a hot download. Also Ballmer: Windows...
View ArticleLinkpost | 9.24.2011
• Google+ Approaching 50 Million Users: Paul Allen – The unofficial Google statistician says there’s been a huge increase in users since the service was opened to the public. It also coincides with the...
View ArticleLinkpost | 10.18.2011
Updated 1:02 p.m. • Verizon unveils DROID RAZR by Motorola, pre-orders begin October 27th for $299.99 – It will use Gingerbread, not Ice Cream Sandwich, talk to Verizon’s LTE network and has a 4.3-inch...
View ArticleLinkpost | 10.20.2011
• Apple Activates iTunes Match Setting in iOS 5, Suggesting Imminent Launch – In Settings, go to the Music settings and wait a second. The iTunes Match switch will appear, but it won’t be active until...
View ArticleLinkpost | 10.23.2011
• Memories of Steve – Ben Rosen, former Compaq chairman and the venture capitalist who helped get it started, also worked closely with Steve Jobs in the early days of Apple. He offers some fascinating...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.4.2011
• B&N launching Nook Tablet for $249 on November 16th, and we’ve got the dirty details – It’s very similar to the Nook Color, but with twice the memory and twice the storage. And Nook Color...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.5.2011
• Motorola Mobility won a formal injunction against Apple in Germany over two patents – Apple Inc. is barred from distributing or selling infringing products in Germany, but it doesn’t appear to apply...
View ArticleLinkpost | 2.9.2012
Updated 2:11 p.m. • Building Windows for the ARM processor architecture – Microsoft finally provides some details about how Windows 8 on ARM processors will work. It won’t run legacy desktop apps, but...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.3.2012
• Apple’s Chinese iPhone plants employ forced interns, claim campaigners – Activists claim Apple’s audit of Foxconn “watered down” claims that schools are forcing students to do months-long internships...
View ArticleLinkpost | 7.8.2012
• Speed Tests: Windows 8 Vs. Windows 7 – Windows 8 smokes Windows 7 in terms of bootup times, which was evident even from the earliest builds of Win8. • It Never Gets Better – Matt Buchanan at FWD says...
View ArticleLinkpost | 8.13.2012
Updated 4:03 p.m. • iPhone 5 pre-orders planned for September 12, second release wave for first week of October and AT&T planning for iPhone launch in late September, clearing schedules through...
View ArticleLinkpost | 11.10.2012
• “Siri, When Will Personal Digital Assistants Finally Work?” – Siri still sucks, but then, so do other smartphone personal assistants. • Chinese government blocks Google.com, Gmail, Google+, Maps,...
View ArticleLinkpost | 1.22.2013
• Announcing the Firefox OS Developer Preview Phone! – Developers can purchase an early smartphone that uses the new, open-source mobile OS developed by Mozilla. It relies on HTML5 for its apps....
View ArticleLinkpost | 2.28.2013
• Comcast Punishes BitTorrent Pirates With Browser Hijack – As part of “six strikes” initiative, after four warnings Comcast will take over accused infringers’ browsers, preventing them from using the...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.1.2013
• Google’s CFO says Motorola’s upcoming products aren’t ‘wow’ by Google standards (update) – He says Google inherited 18 months’ worth of products that must be cleared out before more innovative...
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