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Sony follows Apple right off the iTunes cliff

Dave Jeyes — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:55:16 +0000

Sony unveiled plans for a digital download store to sell music, videos and books just like Apple’s iTunes. What the company forgot to mention is that the digital download space is already too crowded.

The [...]

Why Facebook is a company to watch in online video

Dave Jeyes — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:41:27 +0000

In the last month, Facebook has overtaken sites like ESPN, ABC and CBS to become the number three video site on the Web.

Just a short month ago, Facebook was in tenth place [...]

Verizon tells AT&T, “The truth hurts”

Dave Jeyes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:17:40 +0000

Verizon’s commercials ridiculing AT&T’s 3G coverage may have sparked a lawsuit, but the company stands by the campaign saying the, “ads are true and the truth hurts.”

It all started with Verizon’s ad with the slogan, “There’s [...]

Nokia reportedly eyeing Palm

Dave Jeyes — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:05:55 +0000

Palm stock surged 8 percent on reports that Nokia could acquire the struggling smartphone maker, but does Nokia really need yet another mobile platform?

Palm is in the midst of a historic turnaround with Jon Rubinstein, creator of the [...]

Twitter starts shrinking in October

Dave Jeyes — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:56:20 +0000

After a nearly flat September, Twitter saw a whopping 8 percent drop in users during the month of October. Has the service reached critical mass long before becoming mainstream?

Looking at Twitter’s traffic numbers as reported by Comscore, the service [...]

Charging for news for all the wrong reasons

Dave Jeyes — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:39:30 +0000

A recent study finds that as many as 60 percent of news outlets are evaluating a paid subscription model for their content. If these papers want to save journalism, they might just have to [...]

‘Tis the season for free Wi-Fi marketing campaigns

Dave Jeyes — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:05:21 +0000

Internet players like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft are sponsoring free Wi-Fi hotspots in airports, hotels and even Time Square in hopes of easing holiday travel and winning over some new customers.

If you are traveling through [...]

Firefox leads in browser vulnerabilities

Dave Jeyes — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:02 +0000

Surpassing long-running leader Internet Explorer, the browser with the most security vulnerabilities is now Mozilla Firefox according to application security company Cenzic.

In its latest report, Firefox accounts for 44 percent of all browser vulnerabilities. Safari ranks number [...]

iPhone App Developer caught snooping on users

Dave Jeyes — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:38:16 +0000

Without warning or any need based on it’s applications, iPhone gaming company Storm8 has been snooping on users’ cell phone numbers and storing them on their servers. Left unchecked, what other kind of malware [...]

Smartphones don’t need a new name

Dave Jeyes — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:07:56 +0000

In his review of the Motorola Droid, New York Times writer David Pogue tried to coin the phrase “App Phone” for the newest, high-end mobile devices, presumably because, well, you can install applications on them. While the newer platforms are getting [...]