Apple insists it will intervene on behalf of developers being sued by patent troll Lodsys, reports Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents. This insistence on behalf of Apple shows that the company is serious about stepping in on behalf of developers of software on the App Store that use the in-app purchasing components of Apple’s...
Daily Archives: August 8, 2011
Digg’s New Newswire is a Radical Experiment in Social News
Digg, the social news site that was once the darling of tech-loving web users everywhere, has faced a rapid decline in interest as the rest of the web grew up and it remained relatively slow and impersonal. Today the site added a big new feature it thinks could help: a highly customizable, real time...
Apple dominates worldwide tablet sales, but Europe is open to disruption
Apple’s dominance of the worldwide tablet market may be driven by its focus on North American and European markets but despite its strong presence and high tablet adoption in some European countries, Apple’s hold on the continent is open to disruption, a new report by technology and market research firm Forrester suggests. In Europe, Apple...
Boxee’s first iPad app: Stream media between your PC and TV seamlessly
If you haven’t played with Boxee yet, you’ll love its first iPad app, which just hit the Apple store today. And even if you are a Boxee pro, this is one more way to enjoy the Web’s entertainment while you’re on the go- whether it’s from your bed, couch, or 30,000 feet in the...
WHAT IN GOD’S NAME HAPPENED TO THE MARKETS TODAY? The SAIcast Discuss
See Also: SP Begins Downgrading Municipalities McConnell Calls For “Significant Entitlement Reforms” After SP Downgrade Senate Banking Committee Weighing Probe Of SP Downgrade Today everything in the market tanked. The US faced its first day as a AA+ rated nation and Europe continued to get crushed as it seemed no one was safe from...
Which Tech Stocks Did Best During The Last Recession?
Safe haven. Image: IBM See Also: MARKETS MAKING HUGE COMEBACK ON RUMORS OF ECB BOND BUYING PLAN Market Meltdown Will Delay, Not Derail, Social Commerce IPOs THE APPLE INVESTOR: Apple Ahead Of Google In Terms Of Innovation But It’s Not Number One If the market crashes of the last few days indicate that the...
Forget Unplugging On Vacation And Book This Twitter-Themed Cruise Instead
Image: steamboatsorg via flickr Social media isn’t just for in the office anymore. Now you can network while you’re on vacation. Norwegian Cruise Line recently announced its SeaTweetup Cruise, a three-night Bahamas getaway for social media-savvy individuals (via USA Today). The cruise sets sail from Miami in November with fares starting at $271 per...
Apple releases Lion Recovery Disk Assistant
Apple has today released Lion Recovery Disk Assistant which allows you to create OS X Lion recovery disks on external drives, including hard drives and USB flash drives. Lion Recovery is a feature built into OS X Lion that lets you repair disks or reinstall without the need for a physical disc. It stores...
Stock Market Collapse: Time For Donald Trump To Run (Again) For President
David Seaman Helicopter Shout Out American Express Premier Rewards Gold Grab While They’re Hot: Credit Card Deals and 100 Commission Free Trades During The Situation Room on CNN earlier today, Wolf Blitzer spoke via phone with guest Donald Trump. He weighed in on the SP credit downgrade and ensuing stock market turmoil, and mentioned...
Disney And Carnegie Mellon Create Motion Capture On The Go
By now, we’ve all seen behind-the-scenes footage of motion capture in action — an actor clad in a monochrome jumpsuit and the occasional handful of colored balls, spouting off dialogue and gesticulating wildly. It used to be that such work could only be done within the confines of a studio, a closed space where...