ReadWrite: November 2011 Archives – ReadWrite

November 2011 Archives

Wednesday, 30th November 2011

Does Siri Have A Pro-Life Agenda?

Let's get one thing straight: Apple's Siri is based on a DARPA-funded military artificial intelligence project. It is indicative of the AI-powered future of search. Siri is not just another voice-powered virtual assistant tool. Allegations of Siri being pro-life circulated about the Web yesterday, kicked off by a post on Raw Story. Raw reported…

Alicia Eler comments

Google: Tablets Are For Fun

As part of its ongoing sponsored research into mobile computing habits, Google released some interesting findings about the way consumers use their different devices. Google refers to the tablet as a "third digital screen in consumer's lives that fill[s] the gap between desktops and smartphones." Its study found that people use tablets for personal…

Jon Mitchell comments

How to be the Anti-Microsoft

Yesterday, I wrote a short review of a new mobile app from Webscorer that has a curious lineage. The startup came to be from a group of several ex-Microsoft developers and is led by Vesa Suomalainen. I have known Vesa for many years, and first met him when he ran Microsoft's mainframe communications business with a product called Host Integration…

David Strom comments

Info Architecture

5th Annual Blue Beanie Day

Today is the Fifth Annual International Blue Beanie Day in support of Web standards. It's a day to celebrate HTML, CSS, the open standards, languages and protocols that have always formed the backbone of the Web. The movement is spearheaded by the indomitable Jeffrey Zeldman, whose work and writing champions the cause of a compatible, readable…

Jon Mitchell comments

The Role of Gender In Mobile Phone Usage

A new study by Compete shows that women are adopting smartphones more quickly than men. In 2011, women outnumbered men in a study of smartphone owners by gender. This goes directly against findings in 2010, at which point there were more male than female smartphone owners. Of the types of activities done on smartphones, female-identified smartphone…

Mobile Alicia Eler comments

Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
114
Next