Plus David Pogue is still reeling from 'the tragic death of the Flip', and the BlackBerry Playbook's curious codependency
A quick burst of 7 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
The Tragic Death of the Flip >> NYTimes.com
"The most plausible reason is that Cisco wants the technology in the Flip more than it wants the business. Cisco is, after all, in the videoconferencing business, and the Flip's video quality--for its size and price--was amazing. Maybe, in fact, that was Cisco's plan all along. Buy the beloved Flip for its technology, then shut it down and fire 550 people."
Google Profit Misses Estimates on Hiring, Marketing Costs; Shares Decline >> Bloomberg
"Google Inc. (GOOG), the largest Internet- search company, reported profit that missed estimates after spending more on hiring and marketing amid mounting competition with Facebook Inc. and Apple Inc. (AAPL) The shares fell 5.2 percent."
Snide Remarks - Leaving in a Huff >> Eric D. Snider
Very funny writeup of the shenanigans at AOL's sites Moviefone and Cinematical.
PlayBook: A Tablet With a Case Of Codependency >> Walt Mossberg
"RIM also plans to release this summer special players or emulators that will allow the PlayBook to run BlackBerry apps and even Android apps. But the latter, while numerous, will be apps designed for the smartphone versions of Android, not the newer tablet version. It's too early to say how these apps will perform via the special player.
"I got the strong impression RIM is scrambling to get the product to market, and that it will be adding other features already offered on competing devices for months, through software patches.
"For instance, although the PlayBook has very nice front and rear cameras, it comes without video-chatting software. That will be added soon after launch, RIM says. The same goes for a video store, even though the screen renders videos beautifully and a built-in connector outputs gorgeous high-definition video to a TV over a cable."
On the plus side: he likes the interface, and says it handles Flash very well. Battery life: about six hours.
IP Drought begins today in Asia-Pacific >> Andy Davidson
"That's it - the Asia Pacific region is the first to run out of IPv4 addresses.
"This happened following an assignment of around half a million addresses to support the users at the Chinanet Fujian Province Network."
Awaiting the arrival of the black market in 5..4..3..
Bing's Marketshare Keeps On Increasing - But Not At Google's Expense >> paidContent
"The latest comScore figures show that Bing now controls 13.9% of the search market, up from 13.6% in February, and 8% in May 2009, when Bing was still known as Live Search. One problem: Microsoft is still taking market share from partner Yahoo and not from Google."
Details, details.
Beefing up goo.gl with new features >> Official Google Blog
More tweaks, basically trying to approach the utility of bit.ly. Why does Google want a shortener? So it can track what people are clicking on within social networks that it doesn't own or have access to.
You can follow Guardian Technology's linkbucket on delicious
Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/apr/15/technology-links-newsbucket
Communications Holdings Compal Electronics Cosmote Mobile Telecom Dlink
No comments:
Post a Comment