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Yahoo Not a Market Leader
Yahoo offers a nightmare for investors believing the company is capable of being a leader. What it knows how to do, the only the thing it does well, is figure out ways of getting people’s attention. Remember the cowboy rodeo yelping, “YAHOO!” of the 1990’s? Now Yahoo has struck a deal with Starbucks hoping it [...]
Android Gingerbread Rant on Rumors
The Gingerbread rumor is beginning to make its way around the web. One blurry photograph and one blurry video. Oh, then there that brief bit regarding native support for video chat and Google Voice finally adding support for true VoIP calling. It is all wrapped up together with a mention of Google’s claim to be [...]
MIUI Rom
I have been sporting the MIUI (9.30) rom on my Nexus One for the past few weeks. Without a doubt, it has been one of the most intriguing custom roms to hit the wild. MIUI comes from the Chinese rooted community. Part of what makes it so incredible is its design goes outside the Android [...]
Android’s Fragmentation Dilemma
Android certainly has become a popular platform for smart devices. Its open source nature has inspired a multitude of gadgets, development by a variety of manufacturers, and it is sold by every major wireless carrier. No matter what Droid Does, the one knock on Android has been the issue of fragmentation. What is fragmentation? In [...]
Windows 7 Phone Launches in October
Windows 7 Phone’s launch is right around the corner. Monday, October 11th, Steve Balmer will be in New York City doing his mighty best to make the world forget Microsoft’s mobile past. Hype backed up by half a billion dollars in marketing will be unleashed on consumers heading into the holiday season. Forget the money [...]
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Comcast Spins TV Everywhere, The Same Old Cable Plan
Even while there is hardly anything left exclusively on cable, even while new kinds of competition are surfacing, Comcast plans on keeping the cable box in the living room.
Apple and Microsoft spell doom for the Blu Ray Format
High definition video is definitely one reason to upgrade from an old television. With all the connectivity an HDTV offers, it is certainly not out of the question for a big 60” screen to be part of a home entertainment system right along with a PC. This is exactly what Microsoft and Apple are thinking. [...]
Microsoft’s Head in the Cloud
In the world of personal computers, I sincerely believe Microsoft provides the best operating system right now. I do not care about the user experience of a Mac. If the software I want to run is not available on a platform, then the user experience is just not there for me. This is a personal [...]
Two Chrome Add Ons for Google Docs
If you use Google Chrome, or are thinking about switching to the Chrome browser, there are two great extensions for Google Docs contending to make life a whole lot easier. One is the Google Docs extension made by Google itself, and the other is called My Shortcuts, from thomashunsaker.com. Both these extensions aim to do [...]
Android Gingerbread Updates