TechnologizerMicrosoft
Is Microsoft eliminating the Start button–a user-interface element that’s practically synonymous with Windows itself–from Windows 8? Last week, that was the scuttlebutt. This week, Windows superblogger Paul Thurrott says that “ …
TechnologizerApps & Software
Of all the iPhone apps in the world, none have a greater potential to benefit from Siri’s voice input than ones that provide turn-by-turn navigation–since spoken commands would provide not only convenience but safety. (And, in …
TechnologizerHome Entertainment
The Wall Street Journal‘s Amir Efrati and Ethan Smith are reporting that Google is working on a consumer-electronics system designed to stream music–and, eventually, maybe video and other media–around the home. Their story …
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It’s time to update our perceptions about a decades-old device that’s evolving more rapidly than ever.
TechnologizerSmartphones
Windows Phone 7.5 Mango is an impressive operating system. Nokia makes nifty hardware. So despite Windows Phone’s tiny market share to date and Nokia’s recent woes, I want to be optimistic about the Finnish phone maker’s return …
TechnologizerAmazon
Michael Kozlowski of Good E-Reader is reporting that Amazon.com plans to open a retail store in the Seattle area in the coming months. The store will supposedly feature Kindle e-readers and tablets as well as other products, and …
TechnologizerApps & Web
Wolfram|Alpha–the “computational knowledge engine” that lets you pose questions about math, history, and other factual stuff and get reliable responses, often in the form of beautifully-done infographics–is an extraordinary …
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It’s not cheap, and it looks and feels a tad peculiar. But its 3D blows away the blurry stuff on TVs and in theaters.
TechnologizerTablets
When I attended Macworld|iWorld last Thursday and Friday, the show floor was bustling with attendees. And in terms of bustle-per-square-foot, the busiest booth I saw probably belonged to Nomad Brush, which makes brushes that can …
TechnologizerApple
Why a decades-old stereotype is less relevant than ever.
TechnologizerSmartphones
In a release exuberantly titled “Lumia 900 Introduction to Trigger Smartphone Renaissance for Nokia and Microsoft,” IHS iSuppli analyst Wayne Lam has some predictions about where the phone market is going between now and …
TechnologizerGoogle
The web giant just mashed up its search engine and social network — and the results so far are unsatisfying.
