One of the oldest Twitter traditions is #followfriday, or #ff, where everyone suggests everyone users they should follow. Let’s face it, #ff has become a joke. For a lot of people it’s become a way to scratch backs, and most of them are undecipherable. If you see a tweet with “#ff” and ten twitter...
As if it weren’t enough that Iran has already figured out how to foil America’s ‘Internet in a Suitcase’ before it has even come into existence, Iranian Communications Minister Resza Taqipour has announced plans for Iran to get its own Internet by the end of August. Monsters and Critics quoted the official Iranian News...
A new report from research analysts Global Equities Research has revealed that Apple’s iTunes platform, including music, films, iBooks and the App Store, will grow at a rate of 39% over the next three years to contribute $13 billion in revenue in 2013. The group’s research indicates that more publishers are supporting Apple’s iBook...
Apple has reportedly begun submitting orders for its next-generation iPhone, initially purchasing 15 million devices from Taiwan-based supplier Pegatron Technology, which will begin shipping in September, Digitimes has revealed. Pegatron had previously assisted with the production of the CDMA iPhone 4 for Verizon networks, shipping 4 million orders for the smartphone, despite upgrading its...
Internet giants Google and Microsoft have officially given their web-based energy management tools the Donald Trump (as in You’re Fired!), and last week announced that they would be closing them down in the near future. I’ve already dug into a few reasons why I think both Google’s PowerMeter tool, and Microsoft’s Hohm app, didn’t...
Alibaba Group, one of the most powerful Chinese internet companies, is building its own mobile operating system, the Journal reports. This is an unusual move for Alibaba, which is mostly an e-commerce destination. But if Amazon is building app stores… The OS will be “cloud-based” with most applications in the cloud instead of having...
Just as popular consumer web apps eventually find their way into the enterprise (Yammer anyone?), the health sector is increasingly taking its cue from the world of web apps. The Seattle product design firm Artefact, whose future camera concept caught the attention of our readers in April, recently designed a prototype patient care app...