1. Survey Says: The iPad Is Not A Kindle Killer 56 minutes ago permalinkWhile plenty of people predicted that the iPad would kill the Kindle when it first came out ( including us ), that turned out to be wrong. Very wrong. The Kindle went on to become the best selling product in Amazon's history over the holidays, selling an estimated 8 million units last year. The Kindle is a very different device which appeals to ...
2. API Growth Doubles in 2010, Social and Mobile Are Trends 1 hour ago permalinkWas 2010 the year of the API? Some have claimed this each of the last five years, with the next always eclipsing the previous. There were 1,019 new APIs added to our API directory in 2010, two times the number added in 2009. Greater trends on the web are being played out, as social APIs were the most popular and the influence of mobile is clear.
3. Doesn't everyone try to avoid or evade taxes? 3 hours ago permalinkIn the light of recent announcements to limit tax avoidance and tax evasion I am forced to ask an uncomfortable question: Doesn't everyone try to avoid or evade taxes?
4. J.P. Morgan: Global E-Commerce Revenue To Grow By 19 Percent In 2011 To $680B 8 minutes ago permalinkWith e-commerce spending performing well over the past holiday season, retailers are hoping this trend will continue into 2011. J.P. Morgan senior analyst Imran Kahn has released his annual report forecasting trends for the New Year that includes a number of positive projections for the e-commerce industry. The report forecasts that e-commerce ... 5. Honeycomb Needs Powerful Chip, Screen 10 minutes ago permalinkGoogle's new Android Honeycomb tablet OS will require a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor to run properly, said Bobby Cha, managing director of Korean consumer electronics firm Enspert.
6. Op-Ed Contributor: Chewing Gum for Terrorists 3 hours ago permalinkDID former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, Tom Ridge, a former homeland security secretary, and Frances Townsend, a former national security adviser, all commit a federal crime last month in Paris when they spoke in support of the Mujahedeen Khalq at a conference organized by the Iranian opposition group& ...
7. App-y Holidays: iOS Gorged, Android Stuffed, RIM Got Leftovers, Windows Phone Went Hungry 1 hour ago permalinkThere has already been plenty of data out there suggesting that Apple had a monster holiday season. We'll know for sure in a few weeks when they announced their earnings. For now though, we have to go by what third-party developers are seeing when it comes to app download numbers. And one company, Flixster , has given us some key details of how ...
8. Austin Ventures 59 minutes ago permalinkAustin Ventures has worked with talented entrepreneurs to build valuable companies for nearly twenty-five years. With $3.9 billion under management, AV is the most active venture capital and growth equity firm in Texas. With an investment focus on business services and supply chain, financial services, media and information services, software and ...
9. Toshiba shows of glasses-free 3D Qosmio, says technology could hit laptops in 2011 1 hour ago permalinkIt's no secret that Toshiba 's got a thing for glasses-free 3D displays and that it's been putting together 3D concept laptops based on the technology, but according to Toshiba's director of product marketing Phil Osako, the company could be ready to bring a 3D laptop sans spectacles to market by the end of the year. Sounds good to us, but it's ... 10. Italy rules YouTube and other video sites are like TV stations, are liable for content 1 hour ago permalinkStrange policy changes are afoot in Italy, where the government's Communications Authority has just issued two resolutions that effectively turn YouTube and other video services into TV stations subject to stricter regulation -- and stricter liability for the content they host. Under the new rules, any site that exercises even the smallest ... 11. Click Verification 1 hour ago permalinkAs a security measure to ensure our customers receive the highest quality traffic, we ask that you please type in the characters that you see on this picture in to the box below. 12. Sprint EVO Shift 4G shows up on Walmart's website, HTC teases big in Vegas 2 hours ago permalink"It's not your dream phone. It's the one after that," coming January 6th. Catchy teaser from HTC , as seen displayed across the side of an entire building for all the CES attendees to see. We can't say for sure what device it's referencing, but we wouldn't be entirely surprised if it ended up being the oft-leaked sequel to its Evo 4G, aptly ... 13. Spectec CameraJet system promises to bring UWB connectivity to your camera 2 hours ago permalinkNot satisfied with an Eye-Fi card to add some wireless connectivity to your digital camera? Then it looks like you'll soon have another option courtesy of Alereon and Spectec -- they've just announced their Spectec CameraJet system, which consists of a Wi-Jet SD card and Wi-Jet USB dongle that combine to deliver a "faster than wire" Ultra ... 14. Disunion: War in the Cabinet 3 hours ago permalinkThe cabinet debates Anderson's actions at Fort Sumter, and a beleaguered Buchanan is pressed into a decision. 15. Vizio Will Offer Phone, Tablet in a Crowded Market 4 hours ago permalinkWhat do you get when one of the leading LCD HDTV manufacturers gets into the smartphone and tablet business? That's yet to be seen, but Vizio is getting ready to find out. The company is the latest technology vendor to build mobile devices. Dubbed Via Phone and Via Tablet, the mobile devices will soon be part of the Via Plus ecosystem, described ... 16. What does Goldman's investment in Facebook mean? 6 hours ago permalinkFacebook has raised $500 million in new "venture capital" at a $50 billion valuation, according to a report late last night from DealBook. Not sure if the $50 billion is a pre-money or post-money mark, but I'm also not sure if such niggling details matter at such a nose-bleedingly high stratosphere.
17. Alarm Glitch Angers iPhone Users Around the World 6 hours ago permalinkMany people around the world used their iPhone to send text messages wishing friends and family a happy new year, but they may not have awakened for work the next day. Not because they had too much fun the night before, but because their iPhone was plagued with a glitch that caused the built-in alarm to fail. Like most smartphones, the iPhone ... 18. Starting the sixth year of FIR with a thank you 12 hours ago permalinkToday at about 9am Pacific time, 5pm UK time, we’ll be recording this week’s episode of For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report, as we do every Monday. Today’s episode will be show number 580. Today also marks the beginning of our sixth year of podcasting: show #1 went out on January 3, 2005. [...] 19. Adapting to a new mobile connection 13 hours ago permalinkGood news for mobile phone users in EU countries – a voluntary agreement by the major mobile phone manufacturers came into force in the EU on January 1 where all new phones announced for sale in the EU in the coming years must have a standard micro-USB socket for charging the device. GHacks.net reports that [...] 20. Editorial: Reform and the Filibuster 16 hours ago permalinkThe new Senate will face a momentous decision: a vote on whether to change its rules to prohibit the widespread abuse of the filibuster. It should seize the opportunity. |
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