Tuesday: May 18, 2010
Microsoft to give Hotmail service a makeover at some point this summer....users will encounter a first screen that’s on overview of new messages, sorted into categories, with e-mails from known contacts in the top heap, updates from services like Facebook and Twitter at the bottom, and a bar up top that lets you send a status message.
Wednesday: May 12, 2010
Google will probably have an e-book store of their own in the near future.Interesting news when combined with the all-to-recent rumors of an Android tablet coming to Verizon. And apparently Google has already even gotten approvals from roughly 25,000 authors and publishers.
Tuesday: May 11, 2010
Rumors swirling that Apple might make their MobileMe service free for all.This is an interesting rumor and would certainly make a lot of sense given that most, if not all, of the current functionality of MobileMe can be done elsewhere - for free. If this happened, I'd drop some of current Google services I currently use in less than a minute.
Tuesday: April 13, 2010
Opera Mini browser app now available for your beloved iPhone.Users of the iPhone now have an alternative to Safari when browsing the web thanks to Opera's latest and recently approved app offering. The Register has a thorough review of the app on the other side of the click. I'll admit it feels pretty snappy on my 3GS although sometimes page rendering is a bit wonky.
Monday: April 12, 2010
Google already hard at work on an Apple iPad competitor device.Well surprise, surprise - Google wants in on the tablet market as well. Actually, it's not much of a surprise at all but it'll be interesting to see how this all progresses in terms of the continued rivalry between Apple and Google.
Thursday: March 4, 2010
Sony looking to give Apple some viable competition in the portable arena.Sony engineers are toiling away on “a portable device that blurs distinctions among a netbook, an e-reader and a PlayStation Portable.” It will also knit in tightly with Sony’s iTunes-like media store, a marketplace for music, video and games set to debut later this month.
Tuesday: March 2, 2010
Google is now the proud recipient of a location-based advertising patent.The full description of the patent is available over on the other side of the click. Do all mobile carriers and device makers (oh, hi Apple) have something to worry about now that Google has acquired this patent?
Friday: February 19, 2010
Ten year search deal between Microsoft and Yahoo finalized and approved by regulators.Microsoft is hoping to give Google some viable competition with this new deal. Also, Yahoo's search will soon be powered by Microsoft perhaps spawning an even sillier name for a search engine like Bahoo or YaBing. One last point, both names are actually sounds (try it, YAHOO... BING!).
Tuesday: February 16, 2010
Microsoft pulls the curtain back on their brand new Zune-like Phone.That's quite an interesting user interface that Microsoft has come up with for this device and I wonder how useful it will actually be in day-to-day use. Also, I appreciate their underlying message/tactic of designing the gadget to be the complete opposite of the iPhone.
Tuesday: January 5, 2010
Apple to acquire Quattro Wireless Ad Company for a mere $275 million.The news comes after Google announced plans in November to buy AdMob, another mobile ad provider, for $750 million. Both Quattro and AdMob focus on in-application and other types of mobile ads...
Thursday: October 8, 2009
Amazon's Kindle device can now be yours for just $259.With Wednesday's $40 reduction on the Kindle, the device now costs $259. It debuted in 2007 at $399 and started this year at $359, before another price cut in July.
Friday: October 2, 2009
IBM now selling discount email service to compete with Google.IBM thinks the timing for its e-mail alternative is ideal, given that Google's service suffered a highly publicized outage that locked out corporate customers for nearly two hours last month.
Tuesday: September 15, 2009
Microsoft decides to give Bing some visual aids.In a blog post, the company said a study it conducted found that consumers can process results with images 20% faster than text only results. 'It's like searching through a large online catalogue,' Microsoft said.
Friday: July 24, 2009
PayPal would like you to know that they will eventually be bigger than eBay.Oh by the way, eBay is coming out with something called 'eBay Bucks' in the near future.
Thursday: July 16, 2009
Yahoo still number one in some areas that aren't search engine related.Good for them. There are also some interesting usage stats in the article as well.