Quick Tech & PR
02/23/2010
» "Worldwide Mobile Phone Sales to End Users Grew 8 Per Cent in Fourth Quarter 2009; Market Remained Flat in 2009" via Gartner
Worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totalled 1.211 billion units in 2009, a 0.9 per cent decline from 2008, according to Gartner, Inc. In the fourth quarter of 2009, the market registered a single-digit growth as mobile phone sales to end users surpassed 340 million units, an 8.3 per cent increase from the fourth quarter of 2008.
Link posted at 10:08
02/11/2010
» "Google shuts down music blogs without warning" via Guardian
Damn. I’m glad some of my favorite music blogs aren’t running on Blogger.
Link posted at 11:28
02/10/2010
» "Warner retreats from free music streaming" via BBC News
I don’t use streaming music sites, so this won’t affect me, however, I think this is just a dumb move. It’s only going to make people bootleg music more.
Link posted at 13:06
» "Serenity Now: Google Buzz is Google Wave Light, a Non-Starter" via The Steve Rubel Lifestream
Those of you who know me or have been reading my work for awhile are probably well aware that I love Google products - especially Gmail. I even stopped using Google Reader in favor of subscribing to email newsletters from the blogs I care about so I can peruse/search them there. One less inbox that I have to manage is a good thing.
So, with that, you would naturally assume that I would love Google Buzz. Well, I just got it in my Gmail today and my first take is that it’s Google Wave Light. Is the technology great? Sure. However, it’s way too complex for the masses. It doesn’t organize social information, it makes it even more of a mess.
Link posted at 11:56
» "Google Plans To Deliver 1Gb/sec Fiber-Optic Broadband Network To More Than 50,000 Homes" via TechCrunch
Google is getting into the broadband business. The company plans to deploy its own “experimental” fiber-optic network to at least 50,000 homes, perhaps as many as 500,000. The fiber-optic network will deliver speeds of 1 gigabit-per-second, which is more than 20 times faster than residential fiber optic services offered today in the U.S.
Link posted at 11:49
02/09/2010
» "Magazines’ Newsstand Sales Fall 9.1 Percent" via NYTimes.com
Magazines’ newsstand sales plummeted in the last six months of 2009, and subscriptions dropped as well.
Link posted at 11:15
» "Foursquare Inks Deals With Major Media and Entertainment Brands" via Mashable
These guys have made a lot of smart moves recently.
Link posted at 10:54
02/04/2010
» "Sun’s Chief Executive Tweets His Resignation" - NYTimes.com
And he did it in a haiku. Awesome.
Link posted at 13:04
