Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
T-Mobile to Use Google Software in Devices for Home — SAN FRANCISCO — T-Mobile is planning an aggressive push deep into the home with a variety of communications devices that will use Google’s new Android operating software that already runs one of its cellphones.
Archive for April 5th, 2009
T-Mobile to Use Google Software in Devices for Home (Ashlee Vance/New York Times)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Think Microblogging is Hip? Try Nanoblogging! (Nathania Johnson/Search Engine Watch)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Nathania Johnson / Search Engine Watch:
Think Microblogging is Hip? Try Nanoblogging! — With all the hype surrounding Twitter these days, it was only a matter of time before someone tried to outdo them and come out with an even faster and more efficient method of communciation. — Enter Flutter. Flutter claims to be a […]
A Picture Is Worth A Thousands Tweets: Pixim And TweetPhoto Emerge (Leena Rao/TechCrunch)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Leena Rao / TechCrunch:
A Picture Is Worth A Thousands Tweets: Pixim And TweetPhoto Emerge — There’s been a proliferation of photo sharing apps tied to Twitter, including TwitPic, Twitxr (review), and Yfrog (review), giving users a vast amount of choice when it comes to image sharing on the popular micro-blogging service.
I.B.M. Withdraws $7 Billion Offer for Sun Microsystems (Steve Lohr/New York Times)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Steve Lohr / New York Times:
I.B.M. Withdraws $7 Billion Offer for Sun Microsystems — I.B.M., after months of negotiations, withdrew its $7 billion bid for Sun Microsystems on Sunday, one day after Sun’s board balked at a slightly reduced offer, according to a person close to the talks.
Sun Microsystems, IBM Talks On The Brink Of Collapse: Report (Investor’s Business Daily)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Investor’s Business Daily:
Sun Microsystems, IBM Talks On The Brink Of Collapse: Report — SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Talks between Sun Microsystems Inc. and IBM Corp. about IBM’s acquisition of Sun are on the brink of collapse, according to a published report. — The breakdown threatens a deal that would have been valued …
Is This the Future of the Digital Book? (Brad Stone/New York Times)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Brad Stone / New York Times:
Is This the Future of the Digital Book? — PLENTY of authors dream of writing the great American novel. — Bradley Inman wants to create great fiction, dramatic online video and compelling Twitter stream — and then roll them all into a multimedia hybrid that is tailored to the […]
With Inbox Clogged With Admirers, Twitter Should Ignore the Hype … (Kara Swisher/BoomTown)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
With Inbox Clogged With Admirers, Twitter Should Ignore the Hype and Get Back to Work — The hubbub that was created around a rumor that was floated late last week that Twitter was in “late-stage” negotiation to be acquired by Google-which BoomTown reported was premature-definitely resulted in one certainty.
Dell netbook roadmap leaks out, get ready for the Mini 11 (Nilay Patel/Engadget)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Nilay Patel / Engadget:
Dell netbook roadmap leaks out, get ready for the Mini 11 — Oops, it looks like a Dell middle manager somewhere got a little too excited and let a full set of netbook roadmap slides leak out. The biggest news is a planned Mini 11 due sometime between now and the […]
You’ve got to know what you stand for to survive in journalism online (Robert Niles/Online Journalism Review)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Robert Niles / Online Journalism Review:
You’ve got to know what you stand for to survive in journalism online — Established journalists and newsrooms making the transition to online publishing should not do so with the assumption that editorial content provides their strength in a competitive online information market.
Google is just an amoral menace (Henry Porter/Guardian)
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
Henry Porter / Guardian:
Google is just an amoral menace — The ever-growing empire produces nothing but seems determined to control everything — If indeed a new era of global responsibility has come into being with measures that actually restrain banks and isolate tax havens, it may be time for the planet’s …