Time for Microsoft to Throw Out Another Rule Book
One of the main things that has been said about Windows Phone 7 is that the team working on it threw out the rule book when it came to trying to revitalize Microsoft’s mobile…
Rdio Launch and Lala Delays, Two Ends of the Music-Cloud Spectrum
The cloud has seen a handful of developments this week, latching onto consumers by way of music. Cloud-based music service Rdio launched its public beta, while Apple continues to work on its Lala project.…
Technofacts: New York Hast the Most Gadgets.
By Tom Foremski
Retrevo has just released the results of its gadget survey and there are many interesting stats. Take a look: States With Households Most Likely To Have Gadgets – New York has the most iPads…
Forbe Issues Social Media Decree: “Everyone Blogs”
By Jeff Nolan
[Editor’s Note: This is a good thing – a practice we encourage here at SiliconANGLE, even amongst those that work with us who’s primary job function isn’t to write. –mrh] Every Forbes reporter will…
You and Your Customers’ Relationship: It’s Complicated
On the Harvard Business Review, Matt Dixon and Lara Ponomareff wrote a piece that caught my eye, Why Your Customers Don’t Want to Talk to You. Consumers increasingly prefer self-service, and the authors speculate:…
BlackBerry Torch Debutes Reworked User Experience, Universal Search
BlackBerry Torch has launched, and it’s running RIM’s latest operating system, BlackBerry OS 6. After months of agonizing debate over RIM’s ability to keep pace with today’s smart phones, the Canadian manufacturer has revealed…
Roadmap for Future: What is Social Networking? Gurus Respond and I Weigh In
By John Furrier
I saw some great discussion on Facebook answers by Mark Zuckerberg and Shervin Pishevar (two respected gurus). I had to weight in since this is an area that I’ve been research and developing products…
RIM Faces Ban in U.A.E., Is There a Black Box for Consumer Data?
We expect to see a new BlackBerry later this morning, giving RIM a chance to regain its place in the smart phone market. But amidst the excitement of the new product reveal, RIM is…
Echo River Makes News Headlines and Comments Real-Time
Weeks after making Recent Comments a member of the real-time club, Echo’s latest (and biggest) move is Echo River. The new Echo River product is a news stream that turns static websites into dynamic…
Infochimps Launch New APIs for IP-Census and Twitter Cliques
Infochimps, the marketplace for using, buying and selling data, has released two new API calls and a series of updates. The new API’s offer deeper insight into various demographic groups and their social activity.…