From the monthly archives:

March 2011

This guy understands

March 31, 2011

Sometimes, commenters are better than the articles on which they’re commenting. On a post about how Google is open, no really, it’s open, Android owner “David S” says this: So Android is open if you redefine open to the point that Android becomes open? Because you say it is, we should trust you? You can’t [...]

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Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and iPad compared

March 15, 2011

How will the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 compare to the iPad 2? Seth Weintraub at Fortune highlights four points where the Samsung scores well compared to the iPad: Runs on HSPA+ ’4G’ networks at up to 21Mbps without sending it back to the shop It somehow weighs less than the iPad 2 Wifi at 599 [...]

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Compare and contrast

March 12, 2011

Compare… “The Glendale Galleria store in California sold out of all their iPad 2s within 45 minutes of opening their doors (thanks, Michael K.). According to multiple reports via Twitter, users were unable to choose the model they wanted.” and contrast… “Jefferies analyst Peter Misek on Friday argued that earnings estimates for Motorola Mobility are [...]

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If you want to know the core of the Twitter API changes, this is it

March 12, 2011

That clever Matthew Somerville character has done a handy page visually showing the differences between the old and new Twitter API terms. There are lots of them, but I think the most important one is short: “We want to empower our ecosystem partners to build valuable businesses tools around the information flowing through Twitter.” Twitter [...]

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Why the tablet market is Apple’s to lose, in 23 words

March 4, 2011

James Kendrick on Twitter: “Tablet makers cannot build tablets as cheaply as Apple. This is the dilemma facing Samsung and friends, & won’t go away. Profits might” If you’re interested in mobile stuff, you should read James, who’s currently writing the Mobile News column for ZDNet. The old On The Run With Tablet PCs podcasts [...]

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Why “evil” is the most over-used word in tech

March 2, 2011

One of the things which you often hear reading tech blogs, and particularly the comments, is that such-and-such a company is “evil”. What this usually means isn’t that they’re deliberately employing children or forcing workers to work in polluted factories which damage their health. Instead, the cry of “evil” is used to describe companies that [...]

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Nieman Journalism lab responds to John Gruber

March 2, 2011

Nieman Journalism Lab responds to John Gruber’s defence of the 30% Apple subscription take: “But if someone searches for and downloads The New York Times app — after the Times has spent more than a century building up its brand, as the cost of billions of dollars — can it really be said that Apple [...]

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When is “the best price” for customers not “the best price” for customers?

March 1, 2011

The Sage Gruber’s contortions to position Apple’s subscription pricing scam as “good for consumers” are getting so wild that he’ll be a high-level yoga master before you know it: “Why not allow developers and publishers to set their own prices for in-app subscriptions? One reason: Apple wants its customers to get the best price — [...]

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OmniFocus Tips For Power Users

March 1, 2011

OmniFocus is my favourite GTD app for the Mac, but it isn’t always the easiest piece of software to get your head around. This video has some great OmniFocus tips and tricks, and if you’re a user it’s well worth watching.   OmniFocus Ninja Tricks from The Omni Group on Vimeo. Related articles Learning OmniFocus [...]

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