I was skimming TechCrunch and saw that the state of David Sifry was in transition. Well, matter of fact Dave Sifry is no longer H.N.I.C. at Technorati.
Rewind, the past few months of Technorati and their ever changing homepage, I thought to myself, “Man, they don’t know what to do with themselves, search engine, portal or a community?” As a web user to me it seemed that the more that Technorati “added”, the more they were “taking away”. More►
The Apple iPhone / Meizu Mini One argument has been swelling since January. Did Meizu copy the Apple once again?
Evidence presented last time I cared to read on this subject says that the Meizu did embrace design cues introduced by Apple at MacWorld in January, but Meizu announced the M8, a full screen mobile, four days prior.
Arguments have sprawled several directions since. Can a “copycat†company produce a superior product at a cheaper price? Meizu has copied Apple products previously, and many state, those products have subtle improvements over the originals. Not long ago many considered Samsung second rate. Now, many of their products are in high demand. More►
Word on the web, says several mainstream publications are scrambling for worthy content. In the meantime, they stuff their pages with useless iPhone banter and cram ridonkulous lies onto the unsuspecting sheeple who cling to their words as if they contain the secrets of life.
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I was fapping away some time earlier when I spotted a post on ValleyWag citing Viacom for having double standards. Taking it up a notch, Nick Denton & Co. posted a video of Oprah the Almighty on the Viacom owned iFilm to show the company’s contradictive ways. More►
Both are covered on Gizmodo today. There’s also the credibility / legitimacy issues and that they get too much press. But you already knew that. Gizmodo kicks out more news daily than most sites in a week. Still, they do what other sites with the same reach or more don’t. They question authority.
Today’s “You Might Have Just Bought a DVD But We Still Think You’re A Criminal “, covers those crappy anti-piracy ads that get more screen time than Ann Coulter for calling John Edwards a faggot and possibly being a transexual. We agree. They suck. More►
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Picking up a story ran by the NYTimes, SmartMobs chimes in on McDonald’s and StarBucks charging for WiFi. This rings up there with the public library saying you can’t use FREE WiFi after hours.
There’s also comment on airports starting to charge for electricity. We may still have to fly but luckily we have user-friendly Panera Bread who happens to offer WiFi for FREE. Probably healthier for you anyway. More►
Like trained lap dogs a good majority of the online world is slobbering on the shiny knob of Apple and the yet to be released iPhone. Countless acolytes have submitted their sonnets of praise and worship for the still unreleased device. The Apple iPhone will no doubt be cool but could the community please not do the same thing with the iPhone that was done with the iPod, namely dubbing every potentially equally cool, if not cooler device a “Killerâ€. More►
I just read this post over at BlackBerryCool (BBC) and I must say, I don’t think Gates is gloating, just stating the obvious. Heck, BBC even knows that last year Microsoft received over half a million Windows Mobile software orders. We’re just now seeing the results.
I still believe the core of Microsoft’s growth is beyond brand recognition, but based more on the transformation of Microsoft as a company. Three key points give Microsoft a serious advantage:
So when you see the fruit of Microsoft partnering with Ford, remember that’s Windows Mobile. A lot of attention is on Microsoft Windows Vista, but Vista in this current generation can only go as far as Windows Mobile will allow it to go. More►
Well BigBerries.com went down briefly early this morning and later today we were victimized yet again by hacks. As a result of this for the short-term and possibly for long-term comments have been turned off. I know it sucks but for the few comments that are actually valid we have to wade through mountains of spam. The spam in addition to the attacks lead us to believe that we need to close the comments until we get a fix on the situation and if turning comments back on will enhance the BigBerries experience.
However, if you really want to voice your opinion you can still Contact us
Nokia says it will pull itself from next years consumer electronics orgy held in Germany. CeBIT is by far Europe’s biggest and baddest tech fair, but Nokia always doing its best to stay one step ahead of the pack, will be pulling out. Other industry heavyweights snatched their names from the hat of listed attendees, including Philips and Canon. After breakout of the story Nokia issued a statement via spokeperson to make it clear that the company will make some appearances during their 2007 World Tour, most notably at 3GSM 2007. The decision to withdraw from CeBIT came after review of Nokia marketing activites. Known reasons behind the move include making a concerted effort on Nokia events such as Open Studio.
