★ Middleware and Section 3.3.1
Miguel de Icaza wrote a thoughtful, informative piece this week regarding how MonoTouch works, and how it might avoid conflicting with Apple’s new Section 3.3.1. It was published two days ago, thus, before Steve Jobs’s “Thoughts on Flash” essay was published. de Icaza’s theory on the business case for the new, more restrictive Section 3.3.1, [...]
Jay Yarow on Microsoft’s Tablet Problem
Microsoft is still months away from getting back into the phone game, and they seemingly have nothing in the pipeline for tablets.
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‘What the Old Timers Used to Call Cabin Fever’
The evolution of Jack Torrance, by Max Brown.
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Guess How Many Different Mobile Phone Models Motorola Currently Sells
117.
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Motorola, Then and Now
Peter Svensson, reporting for Forbes:
Motorola Inc. posted an unexpected profit in the first quarter, as
sales of its new phones outdid its own forecasts. It also gave an
outlook that was brighter than Wall Street was predicting, and its
shares jumped in premarket trading.
However, it has lost its position as the largest [...]
David Chartier Reviews Five iPad Bags and Packs
This is the sort of thing Macworld does better than anyone — cross-comparison of a pile of competing products. Chartier’s favorite: <a href="http://www.macworld.com/reviews/product/502319/review/tom_bihn_ristretto_for_ipadnetbooks.html”>the Tom Bihn Ristretto for ipads and Netbooks.
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IE 9 Will Support Only H.264 for HTML5 Video
Dean Hachamovitch:
The future of the web is HTML5. Microsoft is deeply engaged in the HTML5 process with the W3C. HTML5 will be very important in advancing rich, interactive web applications and site design. The HTML5 specification describes video support without specifying a particular video format. We think H.264 is an excellent format. In its HTML5 [...]
NEWS: Win one of five copies of CoPilot Live v8
Navigate you way to this ace prize
Pocket-lint has teamed up with CoPilot to bring you the chance of winning one of five copies of its excellent GPS application. Especially useful if you want to take full advantage of our Geek Weekend feature.
The app gives you comprehensive navigation on your smartphone, giveing you the ability to [...]
NEWS: Suma technology goes hand-in-hand with 3D… Literally
New interface offers innovative navigation for next-gen experiences
Inspired by the fact that 3D applications and games are popping up left, right and centre, design and technology firm Cambridge Consultants is at stage two in creating a complete interface system to aid navigation through this next-gen world.
The Suma mouse concept showcases the potential of the interface, [...]
NEWS: Firefox demos new add-ons manager
Opens in a tab, like in Chrome
The worm is beginning to turn. For a long time Google’s Chrome browser has been playing catch-up, trying to emulate the best features of its competitors. It nabbed its start page from Opera, its add-ons from Firefox and… well… nothing much from IE.
But now it’s reached a point where [...]
