More details have emerged since we originally reported on Twitter’s photo-sharing service, namely that Apple’s new iOS 5 will probably come with a baked in Twitter image sharing feature.
A tipster informs us that one trigger happy Apple iOS designer has already released a test link into the wild (which we’ve seen but are not replicating [...]
Every technology era has its four horsemen driving growth and innovation. In the 1990s it was Microsoft, Intel, Cisco, and Dell. Today, there is anew “gang of four,” as Google chairman Eric Schmidt puts it. They are Google (of course), Apple, Amazon and Facebook, and they are behind the consumer revolution on [...]
Today during a keynote interview at AllThingsD’s D9, Google Executive Chairman (and former longtime CEO) made a key announcement: Google has recently renewed its partnership with Apple over mapping and search. In other words, don’t look for a new version of Maps on iOS at next month’s WWDC.
So, why is this important? Apple has long shipped [...]
PunchTab, a startup that offers a social loyalty platform for consumers and publishers, has raised $850,000 in seed funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures, Embarcadero Ventures, and angels Venky Harinarayan, Anand Rajaraman, and Nick Sturiale. PunchTab is the brainchild of YouSendIt founder Ranjith Kumaran.
PunchTab allows publishers to give reward points to users who check in [...]
Wrapping up his D9 interview, Google’s Eric Schmidt had one last piece of advice for anyone worried about online security:
Use Google’s Chrome Browser
Use two factor authentication in Gmail
Get a Mac.
Macs aren’t susceptible to all the Windows PC viruses out there, Schmidt said. Schmidt said he was speaking as a proud former member of Apple’s board.
No one [...]
iTunes is often called Apple’s worst piece of software. It’s criticized for being a bloated and slow way to manage music and sync iOS devices. This becomes especially apparent if you store a lot of content on your device or have a large iTunes library. iTunes doesn’t have to be so painful to use though. [...]
Google’s Eric Schmidt may have just pre-announced the iPhone with NFC.
Speaking at The Wall Street Journal‘s All Things D conference, he said Android had NFC now, but “everyone else will have it very soon.”
Scmidt didn’t mention Apple, but his meaning was clear. The era of mobile payments with smartphones is upon us. Schmidt is a [...]
Windows 7 was rude enough to crash catastrophically Friday, an hour before a column deadline. After 45 minutes of hopeful auto-repair, an error message unceremoniously notified me that, no, nothing will be repaired automatically today. “Would you like to shut down?” Um, no, I wouldn’t.
The only solution was to reformat the disk and rebuild the [...]
Steve Jobs calls Android a “probe in your pocket” because it spies on users, according to Wall Street Journal reporter Kara Swisher.
Swisher mentioned the barb while interviewing Google’s Eric Schmidt on stage at the All Things D conference. She said Jobs called Android a “probe in your pocket.” Jobs indirectly suggested to Swisher that Google may be sucking [...]
FX designer Jordu Schell has worked on “Avatar,” “Hellboy,” and “Alien Vs. Predator.” Here's his amazing bust of the evil Grand Mof Tarkin from Star Wars (Peter Cushing). It’s incredible to think that this is just made from silicon and plastic. ( More pics here ).
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