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Smart Phones

  • Blogs

    July 20, 2009

    Amazon Vs. Barnes & Noble: The Tale of the Tape

    So Barnes & Noble, the world's largest retail bookstore chain, is entering the the ebook market in a big way. As the company announced today, it's promising "more than 700,000 titles, including hundreds of new releases and bestsellers at only $9.99, making it the world's largest selection of eBooks ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 1, 2009

    Kindle Vs. iPhone, Round II

    In a long business story in this month's Fast Company magazine, there are some interesting observations on the mounting battle between the Amazon Kindle electronic reader device and Apple's iPhone. Writer Adam L. Penenberg cites Jobs' past pronouncement that, "It doesn't matter how good or bad [the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2009

    New York Post: Bing Has Google in a Panic!

    NY Post sets up a face-offIt's not often that the sensation-masters at the New York Post dive into the nerdy world of tech battles, but yesterday they weighed in on the Google/Bing battle (which has yet to be proved a battle, except in Microsoft commercials). Under the headline "FEAR GRIPS GOOGLE", ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    SIFF Invades Your iPhone

    It had to happen: movies in your pocket. Or rather, the SIFF movie schedule on your smartphone. SIFF's searchable Web site is up and live today, and you can start buying individual tickets there tomorrow (Friday). One cute ancillary feature will also be mobile: "SIFFter," which allows you to mouse a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 5, 2009

    GoTime Goes to Portland

    GoTime, the revolutionary Seattle-based company that feeds ultra-specialized drinking establishment and happy hour data to your iPhone, has expanded its coverage area to Portland, thus making Rip City's manifold mom-'n-pop strip joints that much easier to navigate for transplanted Seattle bachelor p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    PUSA Unveils its own iPhone Application

    I just got a press release from Dave Meinart announcing that Seattle's storied rock band, the Presidents of the United States of America (PUSA) have jumped in bed with Apple and now have a new iPhone application. The $2.99 app gives those who subscribe to it, full-tracks from four albums as well as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Ballmer Demands Market Share!

    Over at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft has several announcements designed to up its share of the valuable smartphone market. As the NYT reports, having 90 percent of the PC software market is not enough. (Besides, Windows is a mature product.) MSFT only has about 14 percent of mob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Microsoft's New Weapon Against Apple

    Why even bother hiring an advertising firm, when reality is so much better? As Microsoft ramps up its efforts in the smartphone wars against Apple's iPhone, this news just came in from the English-language site of Al Jazeera. Reporter Hamish Macdonald, undoubtedly a very brave man, is wandering arou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    WSJ Reports on MSFT's Phone Strategy

    Let's shoot down some rumors and relay some facts about Microsoft and smartphones. The Wall Street Journal reports here that the Redmond software titan will start playing catch-up to Apple's iPhone app store by offering similar phone-friendly gizmos for the new Windows Mobile 6.5. One such service, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 9, 2009

    Does This Kindle Make My iPhone Look Fat?

    And here it is! Jeff Bezos has unveiled Kindle version 2.0, and it's bigger, more expensive ($360), yet thinner: only 0.36" according to Amazon, or "25 percent thinner than the iPhone." Here's the Gizmodo report, and the NYT story. Other facts: 8" x 5.3" dimensions, 7 times more memory, Feb. 24 shi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 8, 2009

    Ballmer in Your Pocket

    Speculation continues to mount about Microsoft elbowing itself further into the smartphone market. The company accidentally launched a beta-site version of MyPhone, as Cnet reports here. The service, expected to be announced later this month at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, will allow user ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 6, 2009

    Kindle Fever!

    Kindle 2.0 is koming! As predicted, next Monday morning in New York, Jeff Bezos will unveil the second generation of the popular digital download device. Gizmodo says the press conference, which it will live-blog, begins at one o'clock our time, and predicts Bezos will announce some features that pu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Zune Will Save Us All

    Over at TechFlash, Todd Bishop says that MSFT is importing some key executives from its Zune division to help the guys in Windows Mobile. The latter application is used on some, but not very many, smartphones. Motorola is one client for the software. But that's a brand in decline. Now we've already ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 5, 2009

    Tickle Me, SpongeBob

    Thanks to Redmond company Mobui, SpongeBob SquarePants, erstwhile target of the religious right, is now available for tickling on your iPhone. Released on January 20th, SpongeBob Tickler "creates a virtual underwater iPhone buddy that lives in players' pockets and allows them to manipulate a virtual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2009

    If MSFT Made a Smartphone

    We recently relayed the rumor that Microsoft should, according to some speculators, buy Palm, which is about to market the sexy new Pre smartphone. The cell phone market, according to The New York Times, is stagnant, so any new growth lies along the smartphone path. (Or, as some would have it, follo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 29, 2009

    Should MSFT Get Into Smartphones?

    Here's an interesting theory from Slate and Cnet, which is timely given Microsoft's layoffs and miserable stock performance (down to about $18 per share from $32 a year ago). Writing for Slate, Farhad Manjoo suggests MSFT should buy Palm, maker of the very hot, very hyped Palm Pre (above). That woul ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    I Need a New Spy Phone

    I have a first-generation Blackberry Pearl that I've basically loved to death (OK, dropped), and the photos it takes look like I'm shooting through a dirty handkerchief. This year, I promised I would buy a cell phone with a decent camera. Normal people would simply bring along a camera and take pho ... More >>

  • Food

    September 3, 2008

    Taking the Sloe Out of Gin

    You’re gonna have to do it yourself.

  • Blogs

    July 16, 2008

    Coolest reason to by a new iPhone

    You’re gonna have to do it yourself.

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2008

    Frank Bruni Reviews Urbanspoon

    You’re gonna have to do it yourself.

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2007

    SBFY Part Six: Cefiore

    You’re gonna have to do it yourself.

  • Blogs

    September 7, 2007

    Blackberries on Acid

    You’re gonna have to do it yourself.

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2007

    Squirrels, Plums, & Blackberry Update

    You’re gonna have to do it yourself.

  • Blogs

    July 18, 2007

    Buying Fruit in Jam Quantities

    You’re gonna have to do it yourself.

  • Blogs

    June 18, 2007

    New & Improved Food Files

    You’re gonna have to do it yourself.

  • News

    July 23, 2003

    Redefining Microsoft

    Like it or not, the company that aspires to innovate is tied to the PC.

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