Archive | February 3rd, 2010
Life working at Google
This isn’t Apple related at all, but an interesting read about one person’s experience working at Google after just 1 month on the job. The first thing that I’ve learned is that internally Google is incredibly open, but externally there is a lot we can’t say. I understand and support a lot of the reasons [...]
Continue reading...What people said about the iPod when it was first announced
3. February 2010
Given the perplexing backlash and seeming hatred being directed at the iPad, we thought it’d be somewhat instructive to go back in time and take a look at what some people were saying about the iPod when Steve Jobs first announced Apple’s first MP3 player back in October, 2001. When first released, the original iPod [...]
Continue reading...Amazon buys multitouch company, looks to make Kindle more appealing
3. February 2010
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It looks like Amazon won’t be taking Apple’s iPad lightly. The New York Times reports that Amazon recently purchased a New York based company named Touchco that specializes in touchscreen technology, a feature which the Kindle obviously lacks. Amazon will reportedly merge Touchco’s employees and technology into its Kindle hardware division, a move which is an obvious [...]
Continue reading...Apple strengthens mobile ad team
3. February 2010
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New Media Age reports: Apple has hired former Microsoft EMEA mobile advertising sales manager Theo Theodorou – who built Microsoft’s mobile ad network in new territories – as head of sales EMEA at its recently acquired mobile ad network Quattro Wireless… Meanwhile, Todd Tran, previously MD of Group M-owned mobile marketing agency Joule and a [...]
Continue reading...Sweeping multitouch comes to the Nexus One
3. February 2010
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Google yesterday announced that it had issued a software update for Nexus One users to enable broad multitouch functionality, including the much desired “pinch to zoom” feature for Google Maps. A few months ago, we reported that the initial Android phone, the G1, didn’t include multi-touch functionality because Apple asked Google not to implement it. [...]
Continue reading...How the iPad came to be [Photo]
3. February 2010
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Nothing like a shroom trip to turn the iPhone into the iPad! via digg
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3. February 2010
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