Skype has been in the news recently for their outage last week and the announcement of the updated Skype for iPhone with video conferencing. Today, they are again in the news because China has declared services provided by Skype to be illegal in China. News reports from The Wall Street Journal and PC Magazine are [...]
Some have called 2010 as the Year of the Tablet with the success the iPad this year. In reality, 2011 will be the Year of the Tablet as numerous companies unveil competitors of different shapes and sizes. With huge potential in this growing field, many will make announcements at the CES show in Las Vegas. [...]
Microsoft has not released numbers on the sales of their Windows Phone 7 and have been taking a lot of heat about the lack of numbers. Because of the lack of information, many have been criticizing them as having poor sales and their expectations have not been met. We have believed that the sales numbers [...]
There has been much speculation about what the next generation of the iPhone should contain, which has generated a lot of good ideas of what to expect in the next phone. We have seen items such as face recognition capabilities, an FM receiver, extended battery life and a host of others. There have been some [...]
Yahoo’s popular social bookmarking service Delicious was believed earlier this week to have its days numbered after the Delicious logo appeared under the mysterious “Sunset†portion of a leaked Yahoo internal presentation slide. Yahoo says otherwise, posting a message Friday on the Delicious blog denying the bookmarking site will be shut down, instead suggesting “a [...]
Rumors of Google getting into the online music business began months ago. This week reports from Business Insider say the search engine giant was close to buying a popular digital music service, narrowing their choice to either Rhapsody or Spotify. A separate BI report says Google also wants to build a music “locker†for users [...]
Yahoo has changed direction this year and under the guidance of CEO, Carol Bartz, things have continued to change for the once prominent leader on the web. This week, there were layoffs of 600 employees as part of ongoing efforts to refocus the company. Obviously, those who left are not happy about the changing directions [...]
The number of lawsuits against companies has been increasing over the years as the holders of patents claim to be protecting their intellectual rights. Some of the patents are so general in the wording, they could apply to just about any company given the growth of technology. We have seen companies being purchased just for [...]
The Southeast Asia Regional Cooperation in Human Development (SEARCH) project, dedicated to human rights, child protection and ethnic minorities issues, teaches young people in Southeast Asia how to use Social Media to connect with other young people and express themselves online. Through onsite workshops in large cities and rural areas of Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines and [...]
Verizon rolled out their LTE network last Sunday and reports are starting to come in from people who are actually using the Verizon LTE USB modems. These reports are the first signs of how well it will be received and whether it will live up to the hype. We have three different reports from individuals [...]
Comcast is trying to deal with rising costs and loss of subscribers, just like all the other cable providers here in the US. One of the ways to potentially adjust for the issue is to determine another revenue source that is not currently being taped. You do not have to look very far by seeing [...]
Google’s new eBooks, or Google Books depending on which name you like better, appears to be challenging a market which has been controlled by a hand full of companies for manufacturing devices along with those which are distributing the eBooks themselves. There are several things going for Google with this new offering. The first is [...]
Twitter is experiencing another virus attack and this one may be around for a while. They are using the shortened URL names to accomplish this one and at the moment are using the http://goo.gl/R7f68 URL on tweets thus far. There is nothing to stop the current virus to mutate to using another shortened URL. There [...]
Ever since the departure of Ray Ozzie from Microsoft and his last publication, it appears Microsoft has gotten the message about moving away from the desktop centric world they have been in for over 20 years. Recent moves to the cloud with Azure and Office 365 indicate things are finally starting to change so they [...]
Social Networking in Asia is far different than in the US, partly because of connection speeds in countries which are still adding infrastructure. This has not slowed down the over recent years as money is spent on upgrading technology, though remote areas are slower to get these changes, where larger towns make it more cost [...]
Here in Asia, we have been hearing about the deal between Yahoo Japan and Google where Google will be providing search results and advertising to them. This has been discussed here in the region and widely reported since the agreement was first reached. This week, the group responsible for reviewing possible monopoly deals has concluded [...]
Microsoft has published sales numbers for their Kinect device for the Xbox 360. This has been a great success story for them this month and after the first 25 days of being on sale in the US, they are boasting about the fantastic success with over 2.5 million units sold. With that number, they can [...]
Reports are coming out of China regarding the government’s attempt to stop hacking activities from inside China against companies and governments outside of China. News reports, like one from Reuters, are reporting that hundreds of people are being arrested for hacking activities this year. They have been reporting government activities including shutting down a hacker [...]
