The companies I am not worried about — the ones who will be in the PC industry of the future — are the ones that understand mobility and consumer markets. Right now this is a very short list
Opinion
Stop Complaining: Playmysong and Spotify Just Gave Us Free Jukeboxes
Playmysong launched a Spotify app this morning that can turn any computer into a jukebox containing most of the music in the world, for free.
Should Toddlers Use Tablets and Smartphones After All?
New research suggests that using screens may in fact yield slight benefits to very young children when it comes to learning
Three Questions I Hope Google Answers Before Google Glass Is Released
We now know when, roughly speaking, we’ll be able to buy Google Glass, but the company needs to address controversial use-case questions before the glasses arrive.
Reddit and Crowdsourcing: Valuable or Problematic?
In the mad scramble to figure out who was behind the Boston Marathon bombings, there’s been a lot of praise and scorn heaped upon Reddit — and crowdsourcing in general — for its attempts to play detective. Reddit is deserving of both.
Is There a Walt Disney–Steve Jobs Connection?
They were more alike than you probably ever imagined.
The iPad-Sized Nail in the PC’s Coffin
There’s no question about it: the perils are deep and wide for companies whose primary business is making PCs.
An Always-Online Console? ‘Deal With It’ — Microsoft Studios Creative Director Kicks the Hornet’s Nest
Microsoft Studios’ creative director Adam Orth sort of walked into it yesterday on Twitter.
The Double Standard in the Room: ReDigi and the (Now Illegal) Resale of MP3s
So much for your right to resell MP3 music files: a U.S. District court just decided that the resale of MP3 files — where those files are transferred by copying — officially violates the Copyright Act.
An Interview with Computing Pioneer Alan Kay
Born in 1940, computer scientist Alan Curtis Kay is one of a handful of visionaries most responsible for the concepts which have propelled personal computing forward over the past thirty years.
The Hardware Company’s Dilemma
If you are a technology company not named Apple, then the answer to this question is vital to your future.
Google’s Dance
Is Google a benign and helpful information company, or is it a massive advertising agency that spies on consumers and puts our privacy and civil liberties at risk? It’s all a matter of perception.
