News
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Not Delayed: Firefox 11 Still Coming Later Today
Yesterday, Mozilla announced that it would delay today's planned launch of Firefox 11 for a few days in order to scrutinize a potential security issue and to [...]
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First Come, First Serve: Google I/O Registration to Open March 27th at 7am PT
Google I/O is Google's premier annual conference for developers and last year, the event sold out in less than an hour. After postponing the event and expanding [...]
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Mozilla Postpones Tomorrow’s Launch of Firefox 11 to Fix Potential Security Issue
It's been just about six weeks since the last Firefox release and version 11 was scheduled to be released tomorrow, but Mozilla just announced that users will [...]
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Twitter Acquires Posterous
Twitter just announced that it has acquired Posterous, the popular minimalist blogging service. Posterous' services will remain up and running for the time being and the company's [...]
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6 Million Downloads Later, Microsoft Photosynth Goes Global
Photosynth is, without doubt, one of Microsoft's more impressive mobile apps. The app lets you snap panorama pictures with your iPhone and then upload them to Photosynth.net [...]
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Opinion
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It’s Time for Apple to Allow Real Browser Competition on iOS
Yesterday, Google launched its redesigned search app for the iPad. It features a smart, innovative design and could, with just a few extra features like bookmarks, easily [...]
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Google Music and iTunes Match: Modern Solutions to Yesterday’s Problems?
With the launches of iTunes Match and Google Music, this was clearly a good week for music lovers (at least in the U.S.). With iTunes Match, Apple [...]
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Amazon Adds More Apps for Kindle Fire and Consumer Interest is High – Is It Time for Apple to Start Worrying?
Amazon today announced that its new $199 Kindle Fire, which will go on sale next week, will feature apps from Facebook, Netflix, Rhapsody, Pandora and Zynga. Several thousand more apps will follow next week. Until now, there really wasn’t much of a market for tablets, there was really only a market for the iPad. Clearly, that’s changing very quickly, though. With Amazon and Barnes & Noble getting into the market, their cheaper (and smaller) tablets could hurt Apple’s position as the dominant tablet player.
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Kindle Fire: A Minor Threat to the iPad, Major Threat to Other Android Tablets
Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet runs Android, has a nice screen, is fast, cheap ($199), features an innovative browser, and – thanks to being an Android tablet at heart – offers support for thousands of apps out of the box. I doubt, however, that it’s a major threat to the iPad. The tablet manufacturers that should be very worried however, are those who are also in the Android business, including Barnes & Noble with its $249 Nook Color. The reason for this, I think, is Amazon’s superior ecosystem and the low price.
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