Apple’s Steve Jobs took the stage at his company’s Worldwide Developers Conference today and, along with several other senior Apple officials, showcased what’s coming from Apple’s desktop operating system, Mac OS X Lion; the operating system that powers the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, iOS; and the long-rumored “iCloud” online storage …
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Live from Apple’s WWDC 2011 Keynote
We’re live at 10AM Pacific, 1PM Eastern from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in California. Harry McCracken of Technologizer is steering the liveblog ship, with commentary provided by yours truly.
We’re expecting to hear information about the next version of Apple’s mobile operating system, details about the future of the OS X …
Are Theaters the Real Winners in the VoD/DVD War?
The unlikely winner in the battle between DVDs and Video On Demand? According to movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, the answer is movie theaters – and it’s all because they remain the most reliable source of income for movie studios.
Talking at this weekend’s “Produced By Conference,” an annual conference put on by the Producer’s Guild of …
Why Has France Banned ‘Facebook’ and ‘Twitter’ from TV?
Two unexpected words have joined the list of those you can’t say on television and radio news in France: “Facebook” and “Twitter.”
The French TV regulatory agency, Conseil Superieur de l’Audiovisuel, has banned mentions of either company on the air unless it relates to a specific story about said companies, for fear of unfair …
Well This Is Interesting: Walmart Drops iPhone 4 Price to $147
Something strange is afoot.
Right before an Apple event that normally announces a new iPhone, yet this year is supposedly NOT being used to announce a new iPhone, Walmart has dropped the price of the iPhone 4 down to $147. If I had a full beard, I’d be stroking it right now and saying, “Hmmm.”
This is the e-mail I just got from …
Top Five Monday Tech Deals
It’s Monday! Time for some handpicked gadget deals.
ViewSonic 10.1-inch Android tablet: $270 at Woot (today only)
You want a 10-inch tablet, right? But you don’t want to spend an arm and a leg on it. You’re fine with an arm OR a leg but beyond that, these tablet prices are too high in general—is that what you’re …
Lightning in a Bottle: Antimatter Trapped for Nearly 17 Minutes
Okay, so antimatter’s nothing like lightning, really, but bottling it in a kind of containment field? Doesn’t sound like the safest gig. More like something you’d catch Geordi La Forge trying during some wild hair zero-sum Star Trek plotline involving aliens, the Holodeck, rerouting power from life support, and a self-destruct …
Tweets Are the New TV Ratings
The success of a TV show is no longer dependent on its official viewer ratings – Twitter and Facebook are increasingly telling producers and advertisers everything they need to know.
I’ve noticed it in my Twitter stream, you must have seen it in yours: Every evening, the big TV show of the night gets a slew of mentions by those …
E3-some: What We’re Looking Forward to at E3 2011
The closest thing gamers have to a holy pilgrimage comes in the form of the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles. E3 takes over the Los Angeles Convention Center for only three days every year, but entire weeks leading up to the show are filled with hype and rumors about what games and hardware will be shown and …
YouTube Adds Creative Commons to Clips, Allows Legal Remixing
YouTube wants you to start using other people’s content – well, within reason. The Google-owned video site launched a new feature yesterday that gives users access to more than 10,000 videos under Creative Commons license for remixing or editing in YouTube’s editor, which will automatically cite and source the original.
The site’s …
Twitter Declares Photo War, Announces Native Image Sharing
Clap if you like, or just shrug if you don’t care: Twitter’s finally going to let you upload and share photos directly, through its website. The takeaway: No more Yfrog or TwitPic or Twitgoo for you.
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo told users Wednesday at the D9 conference (wherein a bunch of celebrity tech folk chat with media bigwigs) that …
Watch: Microsoft’s First Official ‘Windows 8’ Interface Demo
Lookin’ good, Microsoft. Windows 8 is shaping up to be very touchy-feely, as Microsoft’s first official video demo shows. There’s a whole lot of Windows Phone 7 influence here, which makes it look nothing like previous versions of Windows built for PCs.
That being said, Microsoft’s press release states:
“Although the new user
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