Oct 06 2010
Hewlett-Packard Co will introduce smartphones in early 2011 using the webOS software it acquired…
I’m looking forward to this. I’ve never had the chance to play with a WebOS device but the online demos I’ve seen look really good. (via HP to launch new webOS phones in early 2011 | Reuters)
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Oct 06 2010
Link: Trouble In Clever Domain Land: Bit.ly And Others Risk Losing Theirs Swift.ly
This is the big risk with domain shortening services. Twitter (along with Twitter clones) is the only service that actually needs a URL shortening service due to the space constraints of a tweet. The fact that Twitter hasn’t had this functionality built in to the service from day one shows how poorly planned the service was. Even today, it’s not obvious how to use Twitter’s own URL shortening service, so we still have to rely on 3rd party services.
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Oct 06 2010
Link: Facebook Now Allows You To “Download Your Information”
Exactly as the title says.
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Oct 06 2010
Link: Motorola Droid Pro, first hands-on!
Motorola’s BlackBerry? The freshly-announced Moto Droid Pro’s keyboard feels like it, to be sure, and after trying it out, we believed the Motorola rep who told us they tested comparable speeds of 37WPM in several focus groups. But that’s definitely Android under the hood, paired with a nice, responsive capacitive touchscreen and a 1GHz processor that sped through the UI. Check it out in our gallery below while we go find out more!
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Oct 05 2010
Battle of the tech giants! Microsoft opening a retail store just metres away from an Apple store.
Microsoft to do direct battle with Apple at Mall of America – Your Tech Weblog
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Oct 04 2010
Link: Here comes Google TV – Google TV Blog
You can get a sneak peek of some of these apps in the video below…
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Oct 03 2010
Link: Where does the NZ Government get money?
Some analysis by Lance Wiggs. I wonder if GST should be added to Income tax to show the amount of ‘personal tax’ that individuals pay?
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