Om Malik: ‘Why Intel Will Be a Mobile Loser’
On Malik on why Intel is in such a weak position in the competitive (and lucrative) mobile CPU market. Smart analysis.
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Claim Chowder: ‘Why the iPad Will Fail and Help Windows 7 to Succeed’
Mike Halsey, on January 28:
All this will have come about because Apple have done the R&D and
released a product that’s been instantly derided as ugly and not
what people want. If I were Steve Ballmer today, I’d be
splashing out on an extra skiing holiday.
Mike Halsey, on April 29:
The simple fact [...]
Scribd Switching From Flash to HTML5
Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch:
Scribd co-founder and chief technology officer Jared Friedman tells me: “We are scrapping three years of Flash development and betting the company on HTML5 because we believe HTML5 is a dramatically better reading experience than Flash. Now any document can become a Web page.”
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NEWS: WEBSITE OF THE DAY – Kitsch-U-Like
‘Putting the chic into tongue in cheek’ – genius
We were drawn here looking for the Harinezumi digital super 8 camera, but what we found was a world of fun.
We love this stuff.
Page after page of gloriously tongue in cheek and retro goodies. Perfect pressies for every conceivable occasion.
As long as that occasion is steeped in [...]
New Features in iPhone OS 4.0 Beta 3
ipad-style file sharing through iTunes, and media playback controls in the app-switching strip.
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DF RSS Feed Sponsorship Openings
A heads-up to anyone considering sponsoring the DF RSS feed: July is almost sold out, but August remains wide open. If you have a product or service you’d like to promote to the smart, good-looking, affluent DF audience, get in touch.
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Mac Rumors: Next iPhone to Record 1280 × 720 HD Video?
Mobile phones are obviating the Flip class of pocket video cameras.
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Google Redesigns Search Results Page
Looks good, including the cleaned-up, brightened Google logo.
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Adobe Shows Prototype Android Tablets Running Flash and AIR at Web 2.0 Expo
I especially like this video, showing the Android browser playing YouTube videos using Flash, where the guy narrating the video says “Good thing I didn’t buy an ipad, because this one does Flash”, and at that moment, the browser crashes.
Sure would be great if ipads could play YouTube video, though.
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Second IE9 Platform Preview
Microsoft is taking HTML5 seriously, and they’re competing for real to make IE9 a good, modern browser. This is good news.
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