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Friday, 16th December 2011

A Game of Phones

What would it take to turn Apple into RIM?

What would it take to turn Apple into RIM?

On the heights, all the paths are paved with daggers - Robert Jordan The Apple rumor cycle is gearing back up. It is always exciting when the mass of Web pundits get on their high horses and start making prognostications about who, when, what, how the new iDevice will be. With all the attention that new versions of the iPad and iPhone receive…

Mobile Dan Rowinski comments

2011 in Review > Best of 2011

Top 10 Consumer Cloud Applications of 2011

For the last few years, many everyday folks who've been asked in surveys, "What is a cloud application?" have either guessed wrong or said they don't know. Folks don't know what "the cloud" is, and for the most part, that's not their fault. Unlike the Internet, which truly is a single network of interconnected resources, "the cloud" is more of…

Scott M. Fulton comments

Why Don't More People Care About Tech News?

Earlier this week on his personal blog, one of Google's product management directors, Hunter Walk, posted a very interesting sampling of responses from technology journalists about the broad question of whether they are receiving the level of journalism from our business that they deserve. I found it very interesting that a product manager from…

Enterprise Scott M. Fulton comments

Facebook Now A Publicly Traded Subsidiary Of Facebook

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus named his gaming company after his late American bulldog, a beloved yet health issue-ridden breed with a short life expectancy. Ninety-five percent of four-year-old Zynga's business depends on Facebook. Will Zynga's overdependence on Facebook make it repeat the story of the bulldog it was named after?

Play Alicia Eler comments

Jury Duty & The Wired World

Last week was the first time I'd ever been called for jury duty. I put it on the RWW team calendar weeks in advance. I figured I'd miss one day at my desk. I'd spend it sitting in a waiting room, voraciously reading Twitter and shouting from the sidelines. I was wrong. I was chosen for a jury trial that lasted all week. I sat in the voir dire…

Jon Mitchell comments

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