When Google first released the 0.1 version of their Gears browser plug-in back in May 2007, I thought for sure it would be only a matter of a few months before we saw web applications taking full advantage of an offline mode, maybe a year at max. I think I may have grossly underestimated [...]
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As was reported by TechCrunch and others today, during Apple’s quarterly earnings call, Apple’s COO Tim Cook answered questions about what Apple would do in the face of rising competition from Google’s Android, RIM BlackBerry and Palm. Cook’s answer seems to be a warning to the competition that Apple will sue competitors that blatantly [...]
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CNET News has a long list of Google projects that are getting scrapped or otherwise cut back. In short, here’s the buzz:
Getting shutdown (now or soon):
Google Video
Google Catalogs Search
Dodgeball
Jaiku (may live on w/volunteers)
Google Mashup Editor
Rumored to be shut down soon:
Grand Central
Knol
Google Base
Google Notebook
I’d add: Google Sites to that list, too. But CNET didn’t call [...]
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There was plenty of coverage of Palm unveiling the Pre today at CES 2009 in Las Vegas. It certainly helped their stock — Palm’s stock price rose over 34% on the release of the Pre, closing at $4.45 today.
Looking at the phone, it’s easy to see why people like what they see:
Large, vivid multi-touch touchscreen
Email, [...]
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Looking for a cheap way to get an iPhone, but don’t want to buy one from Craigslist or eBay? Best Buy is now selling used iPhones at $50 below MSRP, 8gb iPhones for $149 and 16gb iPhones for $249. The phones have been returned less than 30 days from purchase, so they are generally [...]
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There are a lot of Twitter clones that are trying to figure out how to take the power of simple micro-blogging and bring it to the enterprise: Yammer, Present.ly, and WizeHive to name just a few. They all share one feature that I find utterly fascinating: they all use a simple command line interface for [...]
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Two news items caught my attention in the news recently: RadioShack selling a $99 Netbook PC (which ultimately costs over $1,400 when you factor in the 2-year AT&T data contract), and Microsoft recently publishing a patent for a pay-as-you-go home PC.
The price of home computers has dropped significantly. It’s now cheaper than ever to [...]
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