Category: Industry

Worst of the Week: Four days of fog and shame

Not sure if I am like the rest of you, but short work weeks are somehow the most awesome and most frustrating things ever invented by the Dalai Lama. As such I both love and hate these four-day work weeks with a passion I usually reserve only for breakfast.

by Dan Meyer Posted in Content, Devices, Events, FCC, Industry, Industry News, Lifestyle, Mobile Hardware, Mobile Software, News, worst of the week0 Comments

Worst of the Week: DoJ and the Flying Circus

So, word on the street is that AT&T is looking to buy T-Mobile USA so it can either acquire sufficient spectrum assets to remain operational and save T-Mobile USA from imploding or it wants to remove a robust and viable competitor from the market, torture puppies and burn the Constitution.

by Dan Meyer Posted in Carriers, Events, FCC, Industry, Lifestyle, News, Rumor Mill, worst of the week0 Comments

Does Android have an image problem?

The collective wisdom of Twitter is often called upon to provide answers. Where should I visit when I go on holiday to such and such a place?  Can anyone recommend a good…? Which product should I buy? Recently, I’ve noticed a trend in such questions.  Many people are coming to the end of a contract [...]

by Paul Hunnisett Posted in Industry, Lifestyle0 Comments

Women buying 50% of smartphones, 61% of eReaders

Not too long ago we heard some evidence that eReaders – specifically Barnes & Noble’s Nook Color – were being snapped up by the world’s womenfolk. Now according to some official numbers from Nielsen, women are buying almost two thirds (61%) of all eReaders sold.

by Jon Norris Posted in Devices, Industry, Lifestyle, Mobile Hardware, Mobile Software, News, OS0 Comments

Why Steve Jobs matters

When I think of Steve Jobs, feelings of wonder and absolute awe rush over me. Jobs is without a doubt, the most iconoclastic creative mind of the modern age. If that makes me a fanboy, so be it. If liking Apple Inc. products makes me a fanboy, I’m fine with that too. Jobs is in [...]

by Matt Kapko Posted in Devices, Featured, Industry, Mobile Hardware, Mobile Software, News, OS0 Comments

German state deems Facebook “Like” button illegal

Germany has a long, storied history of being both swift and overzealous in their enforcement of privacy and intellectual property laws. Today Germany’s Independent Centre for Privacy Protection has issued a blanket ban on the Facebook Like button.

by Jon Norris Posted in Content, Industry, Mobile Software, News, Social0 Comments

Worst of the Week: Crazy from the heat

Wow! Now that was a crazy week for the mobile device market. First Google went all crazy in announcing plans to acquire Motorola Mobility to the chagrin of it seems just about everyone; and just yesterday Hewlett-Packard went even crazier announcing it was basically shuttering its mobile operations including the WebOS business it acquired along with Palm last year for more than $1 billion.

by Dan Meyer Posted in App Corner, Carriers, Devices, Events, Industry, Lifestyle, Mobile Hardware, Mobile Software, Rumor Mill, worst of the week0 Comments

95% of tablet buyers still lusting for an iPad

There was another twist in the iPad vs Android punch and counter-punch today as a consumer survey indicated that 94.5% of respondents were interested in purchasing Apple’s ubiquitous iPad over an alternate tablet device.

by Jon Norris Posted in Devices, Industry, Lifestyle, Mobile Hardware, Mobile Software, News, OS0 Comments

Android tablets steal 20% of iPad’s market already?

According to a study by ABI Research published today Android tablets have already dented the iPad’s market share to the tune of 20% over the last twelve months.

by Jon Norris Posted in Devices, Industry, Mobile Software, News, OS0 Comments

Worst of the Week: Bumpy ride through the cloud

Not a minute seems to go by where some company does not announce some new awesome application or service that is made even more awesome by its ability to do whatever it does from just about anywhere. This movement towards being unwired anywhere at any time is gaining momentum due to the tech industry’s love affair with the “cloud.” Also known as server farms run by large corporations where all of your information is kept safe (?) and secure (?) for you whenever you need it.

by Dan Meyer Posted in App Corner, Carriers, Content, Devices, Industry, Lifestyle, Mobile Software, worst of the week0 Comments

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