Daily Archives: January 31, 2010

Amazon caves in to Macmillan, pouts and sulks

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Macmillan E-books – kindle Discussion Forum: We want you to know that ultimately, however, we will have to capitulate and accept Macmillan’s terms because Macmillan has a monopoly over their own titles, and we will want to offer them to … Continue reading →

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Danny’s “jet plane emotions” on the iPad

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

My deputy-nemesis Danny O’Brien on the iPad, openness, and hacking stuff: “It’s easy to see the iPad as the final tragedy in a long history of openness and tinkerability in general purpose computing. But the truth is, the cyclical fight … Continue reading →

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Andy Ihnatko sums up the difference between iPad and Android

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

Otherwise, the release of the iPad marks a classic battle between two philosophies: Is it better to have a device that is loaded with bullet-pointable features? Or is it better to have a device that has a shorter list of … Continue reading →

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Never Dupe Your Readers

Posted on January 31, 2010 by Ian Betteridge

As someone who’s followed Apple closely for most of my life and also someone who doesn’t really give Jason Calacanis credit for much of anything besides incessantly promoting himself, I knew Apple would never give a guy like that a … Continue reading →

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