So I’m in Seattle last week and I’m having a few drinks with an old co-worker from TechCrunch, Devin Coldewey, and we’re casually chit chatting about gadgets and tech. The conversation goes from 3D filmmaking since we’re talking about how cool Avatar is and then the subject of Apple’s tablet comes up. I steer the conversation …
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What We’re Looking Forward To In 2010: Gadgets
In a little over a week I’ll be in Las Vegas for CES. It’s my hope – along with every other tech journo – that the annual trade show will serve as center stage for some groundbreaking announcement by a major (or minor) CE company. It’s doubtful, but I’m keeping my fingers crossed. I don’t expect Palm to make as big a splash as they did …
5-Minute Android 2.1 Demo
Currently on a Virgin America flight from JFK to SEA via LAX. Flying over the Grand Canyon and I’m being told to pack it up. So here’s a 5-minute video of the Nexus One presented without comment.
I Mixed Drinks, Stomped on Scorpions in the PS3’s Bizarre New MMO ‘Sodium One’
Today I went back Home. To PlayStation Home, that is.
The PlayStation 3’s online, avatar-based social networking community is filled with plenty of other player avatars, mini-games, shops, music, advertisements and video previews. I’ve only hung out in the virtual world a handful of times since the beta launched about one year ago …
Nexus One Unboxed, Caught On Camera (Again)
It comes as no surprise that pictures and videos of the Nexus One keep trickling out. But the almighty Google has since pulled said videos and images of the device have been less than spectacular. We’ve known about the QR code, but nobody had the balls to share those images with the rest of the world. No one even bothered to capture …
Yelp Walks Out On Google, $550 Million
It was reported last week that Google was poised to snatch up user generated review site Yelp for $550 million. It would have been a lovely acquisition and mashup with Google Maps, but something happened over the weekend to derail talks indefinitely.
TechCrunch is citing multiple sources saying Jeremy Stoppleman simply walked away …
Iranian Cyber Army Takes Down Twitter, Sort Of
Late last night Twitter was apparently hacked by a group calling themselves the Iranian Cyber Army. It turns out that it was merely a DNS exploit that redirected Twitter.com visitors to a page with the following message:
Iranian Cyber Army
THIS SITE HAS BEEN HACKED BY IRANIAN CYBER ARMY
iRANiAN.CYBER.ARMY@GMAIL.COM
U.S.A. Think
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Is Google Working On Its Own Netbook?
I still don’t see the validity in netbooks. In fact, I’m looking at an HP netbook on my desk that I haven’t touched in over a month. But they’re wildly popular, so what do I know?
MArrington is citing sources that claim Google has handed an RFP to a hardware manufacturer to begin discussions about making the ideal Chrome OS …
Dick Family None Too Pleased With Google
Like most of you, I immediately thought of Philip K. Dick, Blade Runner and Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? when news broke (you know, when HTC filed the device with the FCC) that the Google Phone would be called Nexus One. There’s an obvious connection to Dick’s Replicants. That much is obvious.
When Lev and I were looking …
Nexus One: The Videos
These videos are an incredible waste of time. And if that’s the portrait keyboard people have to live with on the Nexus One then I will pass, good sir!
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(via The Nexus One)
Faceoff: Goo.gl vs. Bit.ly
Looks like Google has updated its hit list.
The Internet king announced it will attempt to conquer URL shorteners and dethrone current crowned-prince-of-the-short, Bit.ly.
Via its blog on Monday, Google announced the launch of updated versions of the Google Toolbar and Feedburner, as well as the introduction of the Google URL …
Nexus One: New Specs, Details
It comes as no surprise that the Android 2.1 ROM from the Nexus One has leaked. It’s already been ported to other Android devices like the Droid, but what’s most intriguing about the leak is that it reveals a handful of key hardware specs. The most notable of the bunch being libraries specific to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor, …