Posts Tagged “Tech”

Why stop with in-app purchases?

by Pete on September 29, 2011

So a while back, Amazon shut off purchasing within their Kindle app for IOS, and then created their Cloud Reader. Now we hear that Facebook has been holding off releasing its iPad app and is working on an HTML5 version (…)

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Opera would have saved the Lindbergh baby

by Pete on September 28, 2011

An exec from Opera tosses some sour grapes regarding Amazon’s announcement today about their Silk browser: A senior executive at Opera Software said he was “very flattered” that Amazon launched its Silk browser on Wednesday, but that Opera had already (…)

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Dear Google Reader, did you not get the memo?

by Pete on September 25, 2011

Once every week or two, when I switch to the Google Reader tab in my browser, there’s a little notice up at the top of the page that says “A new version of Google Reader is available. Please refresh your (…)

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Quiknetflixter

by Pete on September 19, 2011

While I’m not saying (yet) that I think it is a good idea, I do have to wonder what percentage of the tech pundits currently screaming that Netflix’s “Quikster” announcement represents THE WORST IDEA EVER have written in the last (…)

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