I, Cringely » Prediction 7: A new Microsoft CEO - Cringely on technology
Fascinating predication. Ballmer’s way outta step, too 90’s of a guy IMHO. Schmidt is quite an interesting option.
webOS goes open source
Downside of going open-source is there will be so many ‘flavors’ of WebOS, like Android. Will be challenging for device makers and mobile providers.
There are now more wireless subscriber connections in the U.S. than people
For the first time, the number of wireless devices connecting to cellular networks in the United States and its territories over the past six months has surpassed the country’s total population.
RIM Rolls Out NFC-Based BlackBerry Tag (whatever)
RIM seems to be a company who has lost all focus, all purpose and is struggling to stay afloat. They should take whatever money they have, go into top secret lockdown and brainstorm, innovate a game changing product - instead of putting out the same crap. It’s what Microsoft did earlier. See what someone else is doing and then rush to get something similar to the market (remember the Blackberry Storm???) only to have it flop - why? Because the same innovative quality wasn’t also included to make the product shine.
Sprint to "Bet the Company" on iPhone
The No. 3 wireless company is making a multibillion dollar gamble that Apple Inc.’s gadget will be the ticket to a turnaround, even though Sprint Chief Executive Dan Hesse told the board in August that Sprint would likely lose money on the deal until 2014, according to people familiar with the matter.
No Flash Player in Metro IE
Silverlight dead too?
Nintendo Will Not Make Smartphone Games, Says President Iwata
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata:
“This is absolutely not under consideration. If we did this, Nintendo would cease to be Nintendo. Having a hardware development team in-house is a major strength. It’s the duty of management to make use of those strengths.”
Try, try real hard to think outside the box on this.
Nintendo, I think, wants to make money and there’s no reason some of their most popular games (Super Mario Bros) couldn’t be expanded to iOS. If Angry birds can make damn near 100 million, Nintendo would be wise to listen up and make an easy buck.
Verious Launches First Marketplace For Mobile App Components | TechCrunch
Today, TechCrunch Disrupt finalist Verious is launching the world’s first marketplace for mobile application components – that is, the libraries, the SDKs (software development kits), the add-ons, the open source code and other third-party services which specifically cater to mobile app developers. Until now, there hasn’t been a centralized repository of these resources.
Adobe tries mobile photos as a service with Carousel
This won’t live very long. $60 a year, for what? Where’s the value added?
Report: Amazon Kindle Tablet Is The Real Deal, And It Looks Like A PlayBook | paidContent
The interface is all Amazon and Kindle. It’s black, dark blue, and a bunch of orange. The main screen is a carousel that looks like Cover Flow in iTunes which displays all the content you have on the device. This includes books, apps, movies, etc. Below the main carousel is a dock to pin your favorite items in one easy-to-access place. When you turn the device horizontally, the dock disappears below the fold.
Above the dock is the status bar (time, battery, etc) and this doubles as a notification tray. When apps have updates, or when new subscriptions are ready for you to view, they appear here. The top bar shows “YOUR NAME’s Kindle” and then the number of notifications you have in bright orange. It looks quite nice.
US seeks to block AT&T, T-Mobile deal
Spot on. Glad they’re attempting to block this deal.
Allen Paltrow: My Experience with Jobs and Apple
Growing up I was a huge apple fan-boy (fine, still am.) The first NY apple store in Soho opening was probably the coolest thing that happened to me between the ages 6 and 12. For a while I would spend almost every weekend there. Every year for halloween I was a mac, and I made a habit of shaving…
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My name is Matt and I am a Product Manager specializing in Mobile at Thomson Reuters. I like my Family. I like Apple. I like Photography. I like Mobile Toys. I like Food. I like Golf. I'm big into all technology with major interests in mobile which fascinates the begeebees out of me. I like a lot of stuff so I thought I'd share along with the occasional light-bulb of insight too. All views expressed are mine alone.
