Not much on this, as Google’s Chrome Web App store will be discussed during the ongoing I/O conference. But I’m intrigued by the concept. Google Chrome users who find web apps in the store will be able to create convenient shortcuts in Chrome for easy access. Also, developers will have the option to easily sell [...]
John Lilly, CEO of Mozilla, the open source project responsible primarily for the Firefox browser, has announced he’s stepping down from the company. He’s doing so to pursue tech startup investing. Not sure what impact this will have on the development of Firefox though.
The personal computer has reached the S-Curve’s shoulder while very personal computers are still at the S-Curve’s knee, poised for the type of growth the PC has enjoyed over the past 30 years…Apple, Google, and now HP have seen the past and the future: The PC business is mature and graying; the growth is with [...]
Unfortunately, Spotify is still not available in the US; so for all you non-US readers upgrades inlcude: iTunes library importing, public playlist sharing, and Facebook profile management. It doesn’t help that Spotify constantly ranks as the best music management software out there (I’ll give my left nut to ditch iTunes), but until then we’ll have to envy from [...]
It backfired for AOL a decade ago, so I’m not sure why Facebook believes it can be a different kind of portal to the interent. Maybe the difference is they don’t want to be a portal, so much as they want to be more like the binding glue. Either way, I hate portals and I [...]
The company has been up for sale and it doesn’t seem as if anyone wants to buy them. So, he’s open to a “strategic relationship or business deal” and he’s open to considering a “reasonable offer” from a third party-hence the news about Lenovo. Although not the only company said to be in the running, [...]
If ever there was an argument that President Obama needs to appoint a tech savvy Supreme Court Justice when the next vacancy becomes available, it would be the opening arguments in the City of Ontario v. Quon case. (The case concerns a police-officer who was dismissed from his job for sexting his ex-wife and girlfriend [...]
Hard to tell if the exclusive belongs to Engadget or Gizmodo (apparently they bought the model from the person who stole it/found it on a bar floor; but it belongs to Apple), but John Gruber feels confident enough that this is the real deal, next generation iPhone based upon the new ceramic/glass backing. Probably launching sometime later this [...]
