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Archive for October 18th, 2009

Wolfram Alpha Launches $50 iPhone App (Christina Warren/Mashable!)

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Christina Warren / Mashable!:
Wolfram Alpha Launches $50 iPhone App  —  On Thursday WolframAlpha launched its developer API, which should allow large and small developers (as well as businesses and educational institutions) to harness the power of the computational knowledge engine to enhance their own applications or products.

New camera promises to capture your whole life (Kurt Kleiner/New Scientist)

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Kurt Kleiner / New Scientist:
New camera promises to capture your whole life  —  A camera you can wear as a pendant to record every moment of your life will soon be launched by a UK-based firm.  —  Originally invented to help jog the memories of people with Alzheimer’s disease, it might one day be […]

Verizon Droid Is The Real Deal (Michael Arrington/TechCrunch)

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Verizon Droid Is The Real Deal  —  Verizon and Motorola finally lifted the curtain on their new Droid Android phone yesterday.  Make no mistake, this is Android’s flagship product, and the first phone that will pose a significant threat to Apple’s iPhone.  And it will be available very soon, possibly as […]

Forecast for Microsoft: Partly Cloudy (Ashlee Vance/New York Times)

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Ashlee Vance / New York Times:
Forecast for Microsoft: Partly Cloudy  —  RAY OZZIE, the chief software architect at Microsoft, bristles when asked whether people think that new versions of his company’s flagship software — like Windows and Office — are exciting.  —  “It’s tremendously exciting,” he exclaims defensively …

Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ (update) (Darren Murph/Engadget)

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Darren Murph / Engadget:
Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ (update)  —  We knew Verizon Wireless would soon be throwing caution to the wind in an effort to sway uncommitted smartphone buyers towards Big Red, and it looks like the November-bound Motorola Droid will be VZW’s anti-iPhone.

Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’ (Darren Murph/Engadget)

Sunday, October 18th, 2009

Darren Murph / Engadget:
Verizon’s anti-iPhone gets its first commercial: ‘Droid Does’  —  We knew Verizon Wireless would soon be throwing caution to the wind in an effort to sway uncommitted smartphone buyers towards Big Red, and it looks like the November-bound Motorola Droid will be VZW’s anti-iPhone.