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Kayak, Halliburton dropping Blackberry

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:57:24 +0000

Slip sliding away. Once upon a time, if you worked for a big corporation that provided a smartphone, chances are that device was a Blackberry — it was the device to have. No more as developers and corporations flee the platform for the greener and more secure pastures of the iPhone.

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A spoonful of sugar? RIM sweetens pot for developers

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:39:57 +0000

Free gift! Or, put another way, how to get a small downpayment on what is probably a bad investment of your time. Research in Motion is looking at you — developers, developers, developers — and, if you port your Android app to QNX in 10 days or less, they are graciously willing to [...] Related posts:

Before you decide to publish with iBooks look at what others have to offer

Susan Wilson — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:02:13 +0000

A lot of people are all agog [...] Related posts:

Android: Between an update and a hard place

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:00:20 +0000

Go to the store and try an Android — it feels good. A little lagginess in the user interface and goofy, non-intuitive design aside, Google’s been doing quality work. However, the latest batch of Android innovations (not to mention security updates) aren’t getting to users. Though handset makers and the carriers won’t say [...] Related posts:

Modern Warfare declares victory

Ronald O Carlson — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:03:51 +0000

There’s exciting and depressing news from the world of gaming — Activision Blizzard sold more than three quarters of a billion dollars of a single game and buyers played 7 million hours just on the Xbox on the title’s first day. Won’t be getting that time back any time soon.

Activision Blizzard’s Modern [...] Related posts:

Patent trolls cost innovators $500 billion

Ronald O Carlson — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:31:23 +0000

Everybody hates patent trolls, but no one’s ever put a number on how much they cost innovators and society in general. Moreover, NPE or non-practicing entities — a new age acronym for scumbag — aren’t targeting innovation in general, they’re going after software companies that have created real products.

Boston University Law School’s [...] Related posts:

Android viruses up 472% since July

Ronald O Carlson — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:37:59 +0000

Too often the words “open and free” can be summarized with a single word, “infection,” thus presenting an increasingly dire situation that Google and its Android partners ignore at their peril.

Citing Juniper Networks analyst Dan Hoffman, Bloomberg is reporting a string of dangling statistics and supporting quotes about Android security [...] Related posts:

Google calls Siri a serious threat

Susan Wilson — Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:04:57 +0000

Google’s Chairman called Siri a “competitive threat” to its search business. Of course, this [...] Related posts:

iPhone 4S Siri is a glimpse into the future

Dave Parrack — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:52:47 +0000

The iPhone 4S is OK, the lack of appearance by the iPhone 5 a shock. But Siri just about managed to save the day.

Hands up if you weren’t bitterly disappointed by Apple’s latest event… just as [...] Related posts:

Is Amazon about to buy WebOS from HP?

Susan Wilson — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 07:05:00 +0000

Well if the rumors are true Amazon and HP are negotiating. If [...] Related posts: