Compared to how things used to be done with desktop computers, accessing your smartphone seems as instantaneous as it gets. You just pick up the device, tap a button, slide a finger to the right, enter (or Swype) your passcode and you’re in. The whole process takes about two seconds and requires virtually no...
I made a lot of predictions about cloud computing and the general IT infrastructure space heading into 2011, and I impressed myself with my skills of prognostication. Of course, some might have been no-brainers, and it’s possible I’m just grading myself too generously, so I’ll let readers be the judges. For your assessment, here’s...
My colleague Dan Dern (who has written for us from time to time) has done an excellent two-part extensive review of iPad keyboards for TabletPC Review. If you haven’t yet purchased a keyboard for your iPad and are in the market, it is an excellent resource. In the first part of his review he...
Gazelle Lab, the brand-new Tampa Bay-based TechStars Network member which just held its first Demo Day in November, is expanding its operations. The accelerator has just announced the opening of second location in Orlando, Florida, where it will be working with local academic institution Rollins College. The Orlando team will be led by founder Richard Licursi, CEO of Florida’s Spectrum...
The Chrome Webstore is filled with wonderful extensions and apps, some of which make life as a designer exponentially easier. But it’s not all cotton candy and butterflies. The Web Store is also full of unpredictable, useless apps that are generally a complete waste of everyone’s time. So, instead of making you sift through...
Earlier today Amazon’s stock was taking a drubbing after a Goldman report claimed this quarter’s sales were going to come in light. The stock has since recovered is basically flat for the day. One reason for the bounce back? Goldman’s analysis was flawed, at least according to Doug Anmuth at JP Morgan. Here’s his...
While 2011 is almost over, the year has only really just begun in terms of determining its historical significance. 2011 wasn’t, of course, just another year. Like 1989, 1968, 1917 and 1848, 2011 was a revolutionary year, one that – from Cairo to Athens to Tunis to Wall Street to Moscow – may have...
Image: jencu via flickr Apple has filed a patent for a facial recognition system for mobile devices comparable to what some Android users already have, reports Patently Apple. The system would work to make it so that you’d never have to manually turn on your device or enter a password to get access to...
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Not unsurprisingly, this holiday season was a big one for the world’s biggest e-commerce retailer. But it wasn’t just all those remote-controlled, inflatable flying sharks and Forever Lazy pajamas people ordered. Among the biggest winners this year was Amazon’s line of Kindle e-readers and, naturally, the e-books that go on them. Kindles flew off...