And why didn’t I think of that? Well, actually I have, as in autonomous bots posting updates on Facebook and Twitter, but not this specifically. New Company Promises to Give You a Pretend Facebook Girlfriend What about creating a whole slew of imaginary friends that likes and comments positively on whatever you write about, and Read more about Virtual girlfriend on Facebook[…]
The first musical album that’s also a location aware iPhone app I’m thinking of another innovation (?): Releasing albums as apps, and only apps: hard to pirate easy to charge for additional content (in-app or on demand) like lyrics, artist info, videos and games in line with the app trend
Bada is Samsung’s own mobile platform. They also use Android and other platforms, but Bada is squarely their own, and they have their own app store as well. It’s been surprisingly successful considering we don’t hear much about Bada outside of Korea. From a developer point-of-view Bada is a good alternative, as it might be Read more about Bada delivers[…]
The industry seems to agree with my thoughts in Paper books vs digital – Abiro How E-Books Are Coming Full Circle Thanks to Tablets- Mobile Technology News « Not that I’m content with the current tablets in terms of weight and battery life, but that will of course improve over time.
Good news, as this has shown to be a good way to profit from apps over time, and at the same time get the spread by providing the app for free. This complements direct purchase and advertising as revenue options. In-App Purchases Coming to Android Next Week
As you know 3D on TV is done by switching the left and right eye pictures very fast, and by the user wearing glasses that switch in sync with the picture switching. That means TVs without integrated 3D support can be used for 3D viewing provided an external device handles the picture switching and syncing Read more about 3D on non-3D equipment[…]
Mike Maples Says Twitter Is a Thunder Lizard- Tech News and Analysis « An investor of course defends its investments, but he has a few valid points, but I’d argue that’s not because of Twitter itself, but by those using Twitter. “…saying it has a chance to become a fundamental and important company in the Read more about On Twitter and future competition[…]
Nintendo 3DS review- Is it worth $249 and $40 per game- – VentureBeat I’ve been convering this topic before in Smart phones killed the game star, episode 2. Compare that to 229 for the 8 GB iPod Touch (that is identical to the iPhone except for lack of a mobile radio) that can also be Read more about Portable game consoles vs smartphones[…]
IPv6 has existed for a long time now (released 1998), but few steps have been taken to move from the very old IPv4 scheme (2^32 alternatives) to IPv6 (2^128 alternatives). When We Run Out of IP Addresses – PCWorld I suggest the following solution to speed things up (that’s hopefully already being done): Move to Read more about Running out of IP addresses? Really?[…]
This is starting to get scary: Is Color’s Team Worth $41M, Even if Its Idea Isn’t– Tech News and Analysis « “But what’s more likely is that the VCs involved are betting the team behind Color will come up with something worthwhile for that $41 million, and they don’t particularly care what it is.” Consider Read more about Blowing bubbles…[…]