Digital Lifestyle Cadillac ATS Delivers Homegrown Automotive Innovation In January, The New York Times wondered aloud why Apple did not make the iPhone in America. The story heaped a torrent of commentary and scrutiny on Silicon Valley’s most valuable company. Whether you think manufacturing in the U.S. is right or not for Apple, Cadillac is proving that American-made technology can compete with the best. Enterprise Michael Tchong View comments
Analysis Improvements in New York Times' Fech Makes It Easier to Follow the Money Having data available electronically is not the same thing as the data being useful. Campaign finance disclosures provided electronically by the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), are a good example of that. The New York Times's Fech (not "fetch") is a RubyGem - a packaged application - designed to help journalists and public interest… Hack Joe Brockmeier View comments
NYT How One Mobile Device Manager Works I have written frequently about the BYOD trend (such as my article last week on why managing devices isn't easy. The other side of BYOD is using some form of endpoint management product to make sure that you can track and secure all of your devices. These go under various headings, such as Mobile Device Management (MDM), endpoint security, or… Enterprise David Strom View comments
Dot Obits Remembering Dennis Ritchie, Creator of the C Programming Language and UNIX Co-Creator Dennis M. Ritchie, co-creator of UNIX and father of the C programming language, died this past weekend after a long illness. It's no exaggeration to say that without Ritchie, modern computing would not be what it is today. Often known as "dmr," Ritchie was born in Bronxville, NY in 1941. He studied at Harvard University, initially focusing on… Enterprise Joe Brockmeier View comments
Apple iOS 5 Upgrade Causes Issues For Some The release of one of Apple's biggest updates to its mobile operating system yesterday was not without issues. As iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch owners flocked to their computers to upgrade their devices to the new OS, Apple's servers were apparently caught off guard. The first snag many noticed was the estimated download time for the software. As… John Paul Titlow View comments
Analysis Time to "Like" Your Local Mall You wouldn't think that your local megaplex shopping mall is leading the way in terms of social media engagement, but you'd be wrong. Simon Property Group, owners of hundreds of malls across America, is doing it right when it comes to how they engage their store owners and consumers. Let's take a closer look and see some of the lessons learned… Enterprise David Strom View comments
NYT Kickstarter Has 1 Million Project Backers Only two years after launching, online crowdfunding service Kickstarter has had 1 million people sign up and pledge financial support for a wide range of projects of all shapes and sizes. The site has been used to help creative people get funding for everything from art projects, music videos and graphic novels to urban farms and DIY computing… John Paul Titlow View comments
mobile Qrank Gets Funding Mobile quiz startup Qrank will announce next week that it has raised a seed round of funding, including an investment from early Twitter VP of Product Jason Goldman. Qrank is building out a platform that will let any organization with a backlog of content use it to create smart, fast-paced mobile trivia games. The games incorporate social… Mobile Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Google Google Hands Over Gmail Data of WikiLeaks Gmail users got a hefty dose of reality today when it was revealed that Google may have handed over one user's private data to the U.S. government, who requested it without a search warrant. The contacts list and IP address data of Jacob Appelbaum, a WikiLeaks volunteer and developer for Tor was given to the U.S. government after they… John Paul Titlow View comments
NYT iPhone 4S Breaks Sales Record However underwhelmed the initial response to its launch may have seemed, the iPhone 4S just broke Apple's sales records. The company's latest smartphone, which was unveiled last week, sold over 1 million units in its first 24 hours of being available to pre-order. To put things in perspective, when the iPhone 4 launched last year, it set a… John Paul Titlow View comments