The tech news industry can be frustrating to watch sometimes, BUT the past week has been like an epiphany for me. Until very recently, if you asked me what I thought about biased reporters, I would have said that you can’t trust them. They’re biased. The clue is in the word! I was wrong. Very…
Paul Adams, the Google UX (User Experience) researcher, who pointed out some flaws on Facebook this year, has now left Google to join Facebook. Whilst Adams is clearly a very bright guy, I believe this move is potentially an indicator of a MUCH bigger story, regarding the balance of power with these 2 Internet giants….
So, Yahoo’s saviour Carol Bartz has has hit the headlines again this week.
Following some poorly handled announcements, it seems that Yahoo Buzz and delicious.com are being axed, scaled back or sold (depending on which announcement you heard.)
Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 last week and the tech media response was, perhaps, the best example to date of how biased some tech news outlets are regarding certain brands. Almost everyone who has been hands-on with a Windows Phone 7 device has been impressed to a lesser or greater degree. However, many established technology…
Sensational headlines like the one above, have been used for years, as a way to attract readers. If a headline sounds really interesting, there’s a better chance people will read it, than if that same, equally good article or blog post has a more “realistic” title. However, there’s a big difference between making a headline…
I have spoken to a few friends today, who shared the exact same observation as me. Each said how interesting it was, that some A-Lister’s with access to Mark Zukerberg; such as Mashable’s Pete Cashmore and Buzz Machine’s Jeff Jarvis, were far more supportive of ‘Zuck and critical of his negative portrayal in the Facebook…
If you stopped using one of your main social media platforms for a couple of weeks, how many people would notice? Ten, twenty – Maybe a hundred? OK, what if you were Leo Laporte, one of the best known and most respected people in your field with hundreds of thousands of followers and fans?
The answer might surprise you!
Ask any Google Wave user and they will confirm that Wave is a very useful tool for working in collaboration on projects. It’s powerful, fast and has a host of superb features. So, why did Google announce yesterday that they were ceasing development of Google Wave?
The simple answer from Google, was that “we have not seen the level of adoption we would have liked.” In other words, it attracted very few regular users…
Android users can relax again, in the knowledge that the Android OS is just as safe today as ever; despite yesterday’s incorrect reports of a malicious app that was on millions of Android users devices!
Yesterday, the blogosphere was full of stories about an Android wallpaper app, which was reportedly collecting sensitive user data and sending it off to a server in China. LookOut (the firm who reported this supposed security problem) has since issued a statement saying that in fact, the app was NOT showing any malicious behaviour…
Natali Del Conte, one of our fave tech journalists, has just announced that she has given birth to a healthy and handsome baby boy.
Natali is host of Loaded; CNET’s popular daily tectnology newscast. The former techcrunch journalist and regular contributor to the CBS Early Show, made her announcement in true geek fashion, via…
