Stuck In The iPhone Min...
Our full review of the Motorola Backflip should be up in a few days, but a few words of wisdom in the mean time: Don’t buy it. Between its crazy form-factor and the hidden trackpad tucked on the back of the display, everything we took as merits at face value have devolved into...
Mad Lib Competition: Th...
This time last week, prompted by Luke Wroblewski’s research , I asked you to suggest Mad Lib style sign-up text for your favourite websites. By way of encouragement, I promised to dig around my hotel room and find some kind of prizes; a signed copy of my eBay-auction-winning book ,...
Yelp Hit With Second Ex...
Last week, we reported on a class-action lawsuit filed in Los Angeles alleging that Yelp was running an “extortion scheme”. More here: Yelp Hit With Second Extortion Lawsuit, CEO Calls It...
Tawkon Measures The Rad...
Here we go again . . . Apple App Store Fail No. Read more here: Tawkon Measures The Radiation Spewing From Your iPhone. No Wonder Apple Doesn’t Approve...
Yahoo Contacts Gets Fac...
Last December, Yahoo announced that it would be rolling out a deep integration of its products with Facebook Connect, essentially outsourcing all things social to the world’s most popular social network. Today marks one of the initial demonstrations of this partnership, with Yahoo...
RealNetworks Settles Re...
Right around the time the world’s financial markets started to collapse, back in 2008, RealNetworks, the folks behind RealPlayer, released RealDVD . View post: RealNetworks Settles RealDVD Lawsuit: Has To Cough Up $4.5mil, Stop Supporting The...
Microsoft’s Project N...
Around 1976, when I was a very young lad, I somehow convinced my parents to spring for a home version of the most cutting edge consumer video game available at the time – Pong . I fondly remember sitting in the living room and playing that game for tens of hours. My parents...
Silicon Valley Delegati...
The U.S. needs to be more welcoming of startup founders, no matter where they were born. Go here to read the rest: Silicon Valley Delegation To Go To D.C. To Rally Support For Startup Visa...
Google Backs Its Boy, H...
As you’ve undoubtedly heard by now, Apple has filed a lawsuit against device-maker HTC over 20 patents they control. As you might imagine, Google has something to say about it too View original here: Google Backs Its Boy, HTC, In The Apple Lawsuit...