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Monthly Archives: August 2010
Just how bad is Flash on Android?
Pretty bad. In fact, if you’re thinking video, utterly unusable. Kevin Tofel of GigaOm and JKOnTheRun is someone who isn’t a dyed in the wool iPhone or Apple fan. In fact, he replaced his iPhone with a Nexus One in … Continue reading
“We’re putting the band back together. We’re on a mission from God”
Well, it was a nice break. But I think I have unfinished business here. Stay tuned…
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The end, goodbye (and hello)
I’ve been writing here for over eight years, and in that time what started out as a simple collection of links and bits and bobs that I found interesting has mushroomed into something huge. I’ve no idea how many posts. … Continue reading
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When mobile carriers ruled the world
If you want to understand what happens when you allow the mobile carriers to dictate hardware, look no further than the fate of the Samsung Epic 4G: “The Galaxy S will eventually hit Verizon rebranded as the ‘Fascinate’, but it … Continue reading
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Apple reassures FutureTap: “We’re not making a patent claim on your work”
Remember the story about how Apple was stealing a third-party app developer’s work and patenting it? At the time, I explained in a long post that the patent was nothing to do with FutureTap’s excellent WhereTo? application. And, after consulting … Continue reading
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Tagged Apple, FutureTap, intellectual property, law, Ortwin Gentz, Patent
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My one comment on the Google/Verizon net neutrality announcement
I don’t have enough time to do a long post on Google and Verizon, but I will say this: claiming you’re preserving network neutrality on the Internet by redefining what “Internet” means isn’t going to wash. If “Internet” can be … Continue reading
Why Andy Ihnatko is my favourite tech writer
Because he writes stuff as good as this: “As for Google? Well, the death of Wave doesn’t matter to Google. They still have their ad business, and their search, and their maps, and their mail, and their mobile OS, and … Continue reading
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iPads only selling to the Apple faithful? Only if you count anyone with an iPod as “the faithful”
In search of a headline, Marketing Magazine cites a YouGov survey as showing that the iPad is only “reaching out to the converted“: “In the two months since the iPad launched in the UK, YouGov has found that 96% of … Continue reading
No, Apple isn’t patenting developers’ work. But it still has a bigger problem
Patents are hard to understand. If any government wants to reduce the costs of running a business quickly and easily, it should revamp the system of patents to make them easy for people who aren’t lawyers to read, and harder … Continue reading
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Tagged App Store, Apple, FutureTap, iPhone, Macintosh, Om Malik, Patent, Steve Jobs
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The death of Google Wave means a step-change at Google
It would be easy to write an “I told you so” post about the demise of Google Wave. Launched with the kind of fanfare that tempts hubris, it was quickly abandoned by even the most fervent of Google-boosters. Scoble, to … Continue reading
