Who said you can’t teach an old tiger new tricks? Or is that an old dog? Either way, if you have an older Mac and are web-developer-curious, check this out. As you may know, I am teaching free programming lessons in Venice Mondays 5-7. If you have 2 hours (and a Mac OS X computer,…continue reading.
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Today, a deeper dive Microsoft announced the developer strategy for the next generation of Windows® Phones, which includes a number of key benefits for developers. In our previous post, we discussed how Marketplace addresses the challenges of distribution and monetization for developers with an easily discovered, on-device application that can distribute your applications to millions…continue reading.
We have just seen Gartner’s Q4 2008 numbers, and Windows Mobile did pretty well. Many, even Windows Mobile fans, think 2009 will be different, with the iPhone surging back and Android rising from the bottom. Here is why that is wrong, and Windows Mobile will meet its 22 million 2009 target. 1) Aggressive action by…continue reading.
It didn’t take two online privacy groups that long to attack Google’s recent announced interest-based advertising. Electronic Privacy Information and Center for Digital Democracy have similarly attacked the online ad targeting program. For its part, Marc Rotenberg executive director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center said that the interest-based ad targeting is a disaster and…continue reading.
Getty Images, one of the largest photo distributors, has forged a pact with Flickr to commercially license selected user content. Welcome to the Flickr collection a whole new creative universe, chock full of images that capture the passion and personality of a global community of photographers – and of the places they call home. Started…continue reading.
The nuggets of information necessary for science to progress are often hard to find, submerged deep within the Web, or within databases that can’t be easily accessed or integrated. As a result, many scientists today work in relative isolation, follow blind alleys and unnecessarily duplicate existing research. Addressing this critical challenge for researchers, Microsoft Corp.…continue reading.
Online video site Hulu opened its doors to the public (in the US, anyway) a year ago today. Since then, Hulu says its video library has grown 333 percent from 12,000 videos to 40,000 videos. It’d take you 7,1000 hours to watch it all. The site now has 130 content partners, which is more than…continue reading.
It seems not so long ago i was told about this great service that would forward your call around to your different devices. Well long ago turned out to be two years ago and now I only have one number but that being said google voice launches with super cool feature. Voice mail transcription. …continue reading.
