Year: 2011

Last week was a big one for tablet computing. Google formally showed off a version of Android for tablets, and Apple and News Corp. jointly unveiled the long-awaited daily “newspaper” for the iPad called The […]

by Larry Magid I really wanted to like The Daily, the new iPad-only newspaper from Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. The idea of a 21st century newspaper that combines, text, graphics, video and social networking in […]

This graphic from Renesys says it all, but the net tracking firm also spelled it out: “Egyptian Internet providers returned to the Internet at 09:29:31 UTC (11:29am Cairo time). Websites such as the Egyptian Stock […]

by Larry Magid Internet service in Egypt is now totally shut down and there are reports that cell phone service has again been cut, but that won’t stop people from finding ways to reach out […]

by Larry Magid No matter how many plugs he pulls or cables he cuts, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is not going to completely suppress information flowing within his country or between Egypt and the rest […]

Apple, in its earnings report last week, announced that Mac sales in its most recent quarter were up by 23 percent over the same quarter last year despite the popularity of the iPad, which competes […]

Facebook is giving developers access to addresses and mobile numbers but users have to allow it for each App they install As Huffington Post reported, Facebook on Friday announced on its developers blog that it is making […]

Intuit, which makes Quicken and Quickbooks has a service called GoPayment which includes apps for the BlackBerry, Android and iPhones and a small credit card reader that plugs into the audio port of a smart […]

The rumors are true. Verizon will start shipping an iPhone on February 10th. Pre-orders will be accepted starting on February 3rd. Verizon has a web page where “You can sign-up to get details” on how to […]

A 2009  study (PDF) from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute found that truck drivers who were texting were 23 times more at risk of a “crash or near crash event” than “nondistracted driving.” As reported by […]