News
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Cisco Wants EU to Place Conditions on Already Approved Microsoft/Skype Deal
Last October, Microsoft won final approval from the European Commission to go ahead with its acquisition of the popular VoIP service Skype. Now, however, this approval is [...]
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Apple Does the Right Thing: “Any App Wishing to Access Contact Data Will Require Explicit User Approval”
Apple has finally weighed in on the ongoing discussion about the recent discovery that numerous iOS apps (including Path, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram) upload their users' iOS [...]
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Address Book-Gate: U.S. Congress Members Ask Apple About its Role
Two members of the U.S. Congress, Energy and Commerce Committee Ranking Member Henry A. Waxman and Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subcommittee Ranking Member G. K. Butterfield, sent a [...]
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No More Buttons: Clear Demonstrates the Power of a Purely Gesture-Based Interface
At Goldman Sach's technology and Internet conference today, Apple's CEO Tim Cook gave a rare live interview that provided a sweeping overview of the current state of [...]
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Live Blog: Apple’s CEO Tim Cook at the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet Conference
Apple’s CEO Tim Cook is speaking at Goldman Sach’s Technology and Internet Conference. In an unusual move, Apple is making a live audio webcast of this event [...]
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Opinion
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Is There Still a Future for Google Knol?
Remember Google’s Knol? The company’s answer to Wikipedia? If you don’t, you are not alone. Indeed, it’s questionable whether Google itself remembers Knol. As the intrepid Google-watchers at the Google Operating System pointed out yesterday, not only does the site seem to suffer from major performance issues, but its software hasn’t been updated for over a year now.
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Can Digital Shaming Save Lives? Town Wants to Put DUI Mugshots on Facebook
Drinking and driving is never a good idea, but if you to ensure that your DUI mugshot never goes viral, it’d be a good idea to stay especially sober while driving through the city of Huntington Beach, CA. According to the Associated Press, Huntington Beach’s city council is currently considering a proposal that would allow the city’s police department to post mugshots of everyone arrested for DUI on the city’s Facebook page.
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Why I'm Not Buying ChangeWave's AT&T/Verizon iPhone Switcher Numbers
According to research firm ChangeWave, 15% of AT&T’s mobile subscribers plan to switch carriers in the next 90 days. Even worse for AT&T, 26% of its iPhone users plan to defect to Verizon once it gets the iPhone (41% within the 90 days after the release of the iPhone and 31% within a year). With numbers like this and the general undercurrent of dislike for AT&T in the tech blogosphere, these statistics are obviously catnip for the tech press and most outlets reported them as simple facts.
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Why Your Next Car Will Have an IP Address
One trend that’s very clear at this year’s CES is that the Internet is slowly making its way into cars. Of course, you can already browser the net and play music from Pandora through your smartphone, but the next generation of cars – and especially electric cars – are making the Internet an integral part of the car’s feature set.
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