The rumor of an Amazon smartphone is picking up steam, with Bloomberg citing two unnamed sources who say the device is in development.
Amazon is reportedly working with manufacturer Foxconn on the device, and is looking to …
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Time to Admit It: A Smaller iPad Would Spell Doom for Everyone Else
The rumors of a mini iPad have surfaced once again, and I’m starting to believe them. Both Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal report that Apple will launch an iPad with a screen smaller than 8 inches this year, citing unnamed …
Steve Jobs or Bill Gates: Who Will Be Remembered 50 Years from Now?
Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley. He contributes to the “Big Picture” opinion column that appears every Monday on …
RIM’s Most Excellent Decision: Delaying BlackBerry 10
Back in April, I failed to take advantage of an opportunity to look prescient. A couple of weeks before RIM held its big BlackBerry World conference in Orlando, I got an invitation to meet here in the Bay Area with executives …
Google I/O Conference: Five Questions I’d Like to See Answered
Google kicks off its annual Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco today.
While the event is ostensibly a place for app developers to get educated about Android, Chrome and related Google products, it’s also a venue …
Why Facebook Shouldn’t Have Pulled the ‘Find Friends Nearby’ App
Imagine this scenario: You’re out with friends at a bar and you meet a group of fun people. At the end of the night, you decide that you all want to keep in touch. While business cards might seem too formal and exchanging phone …
Are Notebooks Becoming Relics?
Ben Bajarin is a principal at Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley. He contributes to the “Big Picture” opinion column that appears every Monday here on …
6 Things Windows Phone 8 Still Needs to Succeed
With Windows Phone 8, Microsoft will redo the plumbing of its mobile operating system to allow more diverse hardware and easier app development.
At last, Windows Phone will support multi-core processors, HD screen resolutions …
10 Mac Apps that Need MacBook Pro Retina Support (and Pronto)
Yesterday the unthinkable happened: my local Apple Store got their mitts on a mid-grade MacBook Pro with Retina display they could actually sell. That’s right: Instead of putting it out on one of their tables with a security …
Spotify Adds Radio, Mobile Apps Slowly Get Better
Spotify’s mobile apps are disappointments for a long list of reasons, but the streaming music service is slowly fixing some of what’s broken or missing.
The latest addition is streaming radio, which is now available on Spotify …
Klout: A Good Idea Done Wrong?
Apparently not deterred by the outcry the last time Klout changed its algorithm, the company’s CEO Joe Fernandez announced at LeWeb London ’12 that Klout is planning to “expand how it monitors its users’ reach by measuring how …
Google+ Has a Games Problem
Long before the launch of Google+, there was a recurring rumor that Google would get into social games in a big way. The company invested more than $100 million in Zynga, and was reportedly planning to use games as an anchor …