The Twitterverse was in a flurry this week, as early adopters and tech enthusiasts excitedly dissected Google‘s brand new social network, Google+. According to the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism’s New Media Index for the week of June 27-July 1, Google+ accounted for 35% of tweeted news links for the week, followed by a few...
In a cease-and-desist letter to mobile application store GetJar, Apple instructs them to stop using the term ‘app store’ to describe its product, reports the Wall Street Journal. Updates below. The letter is dated June 22 and outlines a request for GetJar to stop using the term ‘app store’ on the companies website and...
In a cease-and-desist letter to mobile application store GetJar, Apple instructs them to stop using the term ‘app store’ to describe its product, reports the Wall Street Journal. The letter is dated June 22 and outlines a request for GetJar to stop using the term ‘app store’ on the companies website and to refrain...
The problem, as Pang puts it, is that “Technologies that were supposed to help us think better, work more efficiently, and connect more meaningfully with others now interrupt us, divide our attention, and stretch us thin.” Pang suggests that we don’t have to choose between information technology and contemplation, and suggests contemplative computing as...
As people are fond of saying about Apple, there comes a time when you have to build for the future and leave the past behind. I usually write at least the whole 140 character yet when I need less than 140 characters I have. It’s great to see Twitter preparing for the next wave...
Technology is supposed to make our lives easier, but might it also make us healthier? Startups in Silicon Valley seem to be in two camps: The preventative apps that measure your caloric intake or apps that help you exercise like the soon to launch Heatbeat or Gym Fu; Then there’s the health care focused ones...
In-app payments have radically changed the business model of games in iOS, says Jeferson Valadares of Flurry, a mobile analytics company. Free games are now generating the majority of the revenue amongst the top 100 grossing games in the App Store. A free game gets more downloads, and if it’s engaging, and has the...
Now that smart-grid network leader Silver Spring Networks has filed for an IPO, some of the economics of selling a wireless network and connected devices to utilities becomes a little more clear. No joke, folks, it’s a difficult business to be in. But at the same time, when a company like Silver Spring starts...
“The space shuttle Atlantis is seen shortly after the rotating service structure (RSS) was rolled back at launch pad 39a, Thursday, July 7, 2011 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. Atlantis is set to liftoff Friday, July 8, on the final flight of the shuttle program, STS-135, a 12-day mission...
Somehow yet another seven days have slipped us by, and that means that it is time for the weekly TNWmicrosoft roundup that brings you four of the hottest recent Microsoft stories in a whimsical format to send you into the weekend with a smile on your face and a head full of knowledge. As...