Today on the Building Windows 8 blog, Microsoft promised that USB 3.0 support will be a part of its coming operating system. According to the company’s blog post on the subject, USB 3.0 will hit effective market saturation in 2013, and complete saturation in 2015. That in mind, Microsoft is ensuring that Windows 8 can...
Daily Archives: August 22, 2011
The Best Restaurants For Service In The Bay Area
Image: ktylerconk via Flickr Last week we told you about the New York City restaurants with the best service. Now we’re taking it to the west coast and looking at the restaurants that treat customers the best in the Bay Area. Poor service is the most common complaint among restaurant goers, with 60% of...
The Best Restaurants For Service In Silicon Valley
Image: ktylerconk via Flickr Last week we told you about the New York City restaurants with the best service. Now we’re taking it to the west coast and looking at the restaurants that treat customers the best in Silicon Valley. Poor service is the most common complaint among restaurant goers, with 60% of respondents...
The Best Restaurants For Service In Silicon Valley
Image: ktylerconk via Flickr Last week we told you about the New York City restaurants with the best service. Now we’re taking it to the west coast and looking at the restaurants that treat customers the best in Silicon Valley. Poor service is the most common complaint among restaurant goers, with 60% of respondents...
Balance of power continues to shift in the e-book wars
As we’ve written a number of times at GigaOM, the traditional book-publishing business continues to be disrupted, with some self-published authors such as Amanda Hocking making millions of dollars without using a traditional agent or publisher, by selling their own books through Amazon’s Kindle platform. In the latest sign of this disruption, author John...
The Social Timing Sweet Spot: Timing your posts for optimal results
Some of us tweet and post on Facebook almost nonstop throughout our day, while others tend to limit their posts to a few updates here and there for fear of overloading their friends and followers. As it turns out, there is an optimal time to tweet and post, as well as a favorable frequency...
The Social Timing Sweet Spot: Timing your posts for optimal results
Some of us tweet and post on Facebook almost nonstop throughout our day, while others tend to limit their posts to a few updates here and there for fear of overloading their friends and followers. As it turns out, there is an optimal time to tweet and post, as well as a favorable frequency...
Street food stars dish digital media marketing advice at National Street Food Conference
The worlds of technology and table manners came together today at a breakout session on social media marketing at the National Street Food Conference held at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco. The National Street Food Conference was organized by, which La Cocina is an incubator for food startups run by immigrant entrepreneurs...
Intel Exec: We’ve Heard Apple Might Switch To ARM (INTC, AAPL)
At least Intel CEO Paul Otellini will never have to wear that darn suit again. Image: AP See Also: How To Optimize Your New Mac And Make It Run Like A Dream The Newest MacBook Air Is Dead-Sexy Unedited Thoughts About Technology Better Left Unposted A couple months ago, rumors emerged that Apple...
360 for Android phones: the “Instagram for Panoramas”
Taking a 360-degree image offers a more immersive viewing experience, but for Google Android devices, there aren’t too many third-party panoramic apps to choose from. Some Android smartphones now come with a panoramic function in the native camera application, but that’s usually reserved for higher-end devices. 360, a beta application for Android, has the...