Apple’s latest ad wants you to buy a $500+ tablet computer that runs App Store apps. Apple wants to sell you shiny things to make money.
Google’s latest ad wants you to store personal details about your child’s life, from birth, on their serve…
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Google Is Creepy
The Missed Earnings Face
via mediamemo.allthingsd.com
If my boss made this face, I’d be worried.
Digital Is a Replacement, Not An Extension
By bundling its digital version with the print version for one flat price, Time Inc. is trying to innovate in the struggling print media market
via tuaw.com
Time Magazine wouldn’t know innovation if it bit them. Any model that treats digital as an …
A 6-Hitter
I think the main message here is that Google’s Chrome OS is going to be a hard nut to crack for all the operating systems. Near term, the losers are primarily Microsoft with its dominant Windows 7 position in the PC laptops and desktops. Intermedi…
Why Indeed
via engadget.com
Dialogs like this are what make me tremble with fear and/or rage every time I plug my iDevice into iTunes. Apple – kill syncing. It’s 1998-esque nonsense like this that’ll push us all to Amazon’s Android offering.
So What Is It?
Apple’s plans will allow iTunes customers to store their songs on a remote server, and then access them from wherever they have an Internet connection, said two of these people who asked not to be named as the talks are still confidential
via reute…
You’re With Me, Amazon
I popped for 50GB of Amazon Cloud Player storage today. It mostly makes sense for me. Being an iOS user I won’t be able to stream from my devices, which sucks (fix that Amazon). But 90% of my usage is via Web at work/home, so I’ll figure out t…
Playbook Clusterf**k
via crackberry.com
Probably the most important Playbook app – the one that actually enables email, calendar, contacts – is unavailable on AT&T. Wow.
LG G-Slate: DOA
The big sticking point for this device will be the fact that you not only have to pony up $630 just to get in the door, but you’re required to sign up for a restrictive, two-year contract as well.
via thisismynext.com
Great idea, T-Mobile. Data con…
You’re Already Paying For It
HBO Go will come via “participating TV providers” — whatever that means — perhaps as early as May 2. You’ll have to be an HBO subscriber to use it.
via tipb.com
Being able to watch HBO while sitting in the doctor’s office is neat. It woul…