Archive | March 30th, 2011
Engadget editors Chris Ziegler and Joanna Stern also say bon voyage
And that makes 6. Following in the footsteps of Paul Miller, Ross Miller, Josh Topolsky and Nilay Patel, two more Engadget editors have called it quits. In a blogpost published late on Wednesday, editor Chris Ziegler announced that he was leaving what he described as his dream job. Much like the slew of previous departing […]
Continue reading...Softbank CEO Masayoshi Son offers earthquake victims iPhone replacements, offers to pay phone bills of orphans
30. March 2011
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Masayoshi Son, the founder and CEO of Softbank Capital as well as the CEO of Softbank Mobile, has made a grand gesture following the Japan disasters by offering the 1,200 people relocating to Takeo, Saga where Son is originally from, a free year of living costs (transportation and food) in addition to employment positions. But […]
Continue reading...Parks and Recreation plugs Microsoft
30. March 2011
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The most recent episode of Parks and Recreation: “Camping” included a not so subliminal Microsoft pitch. Just to make sure you get it, they included sticky notes almost exactly in the logo color pattern. If only it helped our Leslie Knope come up with a killer idea. In the real world you can’t buy a […]
Continue reading...Microsoft research and strategy officer Craig Mundie not sure the tablet market has staying power
30. March 2011
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It’s an interesting and counter-intuitive strategy. Reference a popular product that your company simply can’t compete with and question the staying power of said product. It’s an easy strategy, no doubt, and is a heck of a lot easier than actually delivering a compelling product yourself. And that’s apparently the mindset over in Redmond these […]
Continue reading...Apple patent describes graphical implementation of contact lists for the iPhone
30. March 2011
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A new patent filing unearthed by AppleInsider last week suggests that Apple is exploring ways to improve browsing through and selecting contacts on the iPhone. In a patent titled “Segmented Graphical Representations for Recommending Elements”, Apple describes a more graphically engaging way for users to navigate through their list of contacts.
Continue reading...LaLa CEO Bill Nguyen: Apple acquired us “for the people”
30. March 2011
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In December 2009, Apple purchased LaLa, a young startup company that let users purchase, download, and stream songs for as little as $0.10 a song. The LaLa acquisition naturally led to speculation that Apple was planning on using LaLa’s streaming expertise to set up a cloud-based version of iTunes where users would be able to […]
Continue reading...Why expanding WWDC is a bad idea – it’s the “community”, stupid!
30. March 2011
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There’s been a lot of talk regarding the alacrity with which this year’s WWDC sold out, with some going so far as to say that Apple needs to retool its annual developer conference to better accommodate the unprecedented number of developers interested in iOS and OS X.
Continue reading...Vimeo releases iPhone app with video editing and sharing features
30. March 2011
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Vimeo yesterday announced the availability of its first iPhone app. Free to download, the Vimeo app lets users watch videos in addition to letting them upload and manage content. Video footage can be uploaded to Vimeo in either standard or high definition, and conversely, videos can be downloaded to the iPhone’s Camera Roll. With respect […]
Continue reading...iOS 5 will feature “deeply integrated” and advanced voice activation technology
30. March 2011
At this year’s WWDC, Apple will for the first time give developers a sneak peak at all of the new features it’s planning to cook into iOS 5, rumored to be a significant mobile OS update. While features of previous iOS updates were fairly easy to pin down (i.e cut and paste), we haven’t heard […]
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30. March 2011
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