I’m lazy. Well, at least when it comes to getting my butt out of my chair and doing anything other than work. Chances are, if you’re reading this, then this same description fits you. So when I first heard about the ethos behind FitFu, it seemed like something I could get behind. The idea...
Daily Archives: July 7, 2011
Hands on with Amazon Cloud Player for iPad
When Amazon began offering MP3 song downloads without digital rights management (DRM) back in late 2007, I quickly jumped on the bandwagon. Even as an iPhone owner at the time, I ceased buying my music from iTunes, which later dropped DRM. Amazon continued to lead the way in mobile music this year by introducing...
Microsoft’s Patent Shakedown On Android Comes From A Long Tradition (MSFT, GOOG)
Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith, left, with Steve Ballmer Image: AP See Also: Amazon’s Android Appstore Is A “Disaster,” Says A Developer Microsoft Gave Customer $250,000 To Choose Office 365 Over Google Apps Microsoft Trying To Get $15 For Every Android Phone Samsung Sells Microsoft’s tactic of approaching Android resellers and asking for patent...
Facebook trapped in MySQL ‘fate worse than death’
According to database pioneer Michael Stonebraker, Facebook is operating a huge, complex MySQL implementation equivalent to “a fate worse than death,” and the only way out is “bite the bullet and rewrite everything.” Not that it’s necessarily Facebook’s fault, though. Stonebraker says the social network’s predicament is all too common among web startups that...
Death To The QR Code
See Also: The Future Of Advertising Is Coming: Here’s What You Need To Know POLL: What Kinds Of Advertising Do You Actually WANT More Of? TV Advertising Is Begging For Disruption… But It’s Getting Insanely Complicated Over the past few years, “QR codes” — those square, mobile barcodes — have started to show up...
Facebook’s Andrew Bosworth: “The Most Exciting Things Are Things We’re Not Working On”
Hi this is Alexia Tsotsis from Tech Crunch TV and I am here with Director of Product Engineering for Facebook, Andrew Bosworth. You got it. And we are post-awesome announcements. It was indeed awesome. I thought it was pretty awesome. I’m glad you agree. So you guys announced three things. You announced a new...
What Happens When Wall Street Invades Silicon Valley? SAICAST With Special Guest Bill Clerico Of WePay
See Also: This Woman May Be Zynga’s Most Important Secret Asset Here’s Why Every Social Network Must Change Or Die SAICAST: Facebook’s First Response To Google Plus SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON iTUNES HERE At the time LinkedIn IPO launched and its stock skyrocketed to more than double its initial price, we speculated if...
Windows Intune 2.0 beta rumored to debut next week
According to ZDNet, Microsoft is set to debut the beta of Windows Intune 2.0 next week at the company’s Worldwide Partner Conference. If the beta is set to be unveiled and delivered later or distributed that day is not perfectly clear, but we suspect that if the company does demo the product, they will distribute it....
iOS Hacker Begins Porting Swype To Jailbroken iPhones
When it comes to Swype and their crazy drag-to-type alternative keyboard of the same name, there’s only one problem: it’s really, really tough to give up once you’ve gotten used to it. Alas, I’ve gotta deal with the withdrawal symptoms each and every time I jump from an Android device back to my iPhone,...
eBay Acquires Mobile Payments Company Zong to Boost PayPal
Today, eBay announced that it has purchased mobile payments company Zong for $240 million to integrate into PayPal. By buying Zong, eBay is attempting to position PayPal to be a leader in mobile payments for the years to come. Mobile payments are expected to be a $670 billion industry by 2015 according to report...