Pop over to iCloud.com today and you’ll see a doomed web page. The domain, which redirects to Xcerion’s CloudMe software, is sitting on some prime real estate, namely Apple’s new iCloud service. In a short release, Apple confirmed the existence and name: Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick...
There goes all the fun rumors and wild speculation. Apple just released a press release detailing what’s coming next week at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. I’ll let that sink in for a moment. Apple pre-announced something — iOS 5 and OS X Lion to be exact. Oh, and something called iCloud, too....
While the concept of using the web to share “stuff” — from cars to apartments to tools — is still relatively new to many consumers, the business model is being adopted by a growing number of companies and I think has started to reach a tipping point and become more of a mainstream concept....
Samsung has begun mass producing its active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) panels in its new factory, two months ahead of schedule, as it attempts to cope with demand for the latest wave of smartphones and tablets. Samsung announced in September 2010 that it would open its new $2.1 billion facility in July increasing production...
Facebook is just about to reach 700 million users, according to Socialbakers, a blog that tracks Facebook statistics. The countries that contributed most to the growth were emerging countries, especially Brazil, Indonesia and India. Brazil and India are interesting because they’re huge and have other social networks. If Facebook dominates there, it can grow...
The current Internet era is characterized by multiple devices, including mobile phones, tablets, Internet TVs, netbooks, laptops, and of course the good old PC. One of the key services needed in this multi-device online world is reliable synchronization. Yet faulty or not-quite-optimal sync is one of the problems I experience the most these days....
It’s more important than ever to pay attention to the browsing experience of your sites on mobile platforms. People are doing more of their downtime browsing on devices like the iPad than ever before, and a morning commute read session on the iPhone isn’t uncommon. Here are 13 mobile web design resources that’ll make...
AppsFire, the smartphone app that helps you find other cool smartphone apps, raises $3.6 million. Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/2W3l6UEG1cE/appsfire-the-smartphone-app-that-helps-you-find-other-cool-smartphone-apps-raises-36-million-2011-5
I doubt that Google has plans to bring its Chrome browser to the iPad anytime soon, but for fans of Chrome, there’s a new app you might want to consider: iChromy. The app has some of the look and feel of the Chrome browser. There are tabs at the top of the screen and...
The Swedish startup Saplo has released a new text analysis API today that should help developers build tools to tap into the company’s semantic technology platform. This should allow people to build their own personalization or recommendation apps based on contextual meaning rather than solely on tags or keywords. The API offers access to...