Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Features, Internet Tools, iPhone, App Store We're at a new juncture in the course of iPhone development, I believe. Twitter has basically monopolized the "text exporting" function of your iPhone -- if you want to broadcast text from a mobile device, most of...

Looks like Dell is serving up a little Apple compete with their new teaser for the "Adamo" which in latin means to fall in love with/lust after and in Dell's case looks to be a near-unibody laptop.  Everyone knows geeks like to see brand new tech taken apart and here Dell does it in reverse in all ...

For some reason I’m always closing deals in December/January, so my blog runs dry for a while.  But here they are, late again – my tech market predictions for the interesting times we call 2009: SaaS vendors who are not already at the inflection point of positive cash-flow and controlled churn ...

The US music industry association, RIAA, has canned its strategy of suing online music pirates, according to the WSJ.  This comes after 5 years of using the services of security firm MediaSentry to document the sharing of music files in order to prosecute the pimply teens behind that nefarious acti...

A couple of days ago Google released a video chat plugin for Gmail. With Google, it’s always a little hard to figure out where all of the pieces fit - that’s why there are entire blogs dedicated to the company - but in this case, I think this seemingly innocuous Gmail feature hints at so...

Today, NetFlix announced that they have begun deployment of their new player to their customers, incorporating dynamic streaming for DVD-style fast-forward and rewind over the Web. This is a big shot in the arm for Silverlight 2, and hot on the heels of the overwhelmingly successful NBC Olympics cov...

Earlier this week at Microsoft’s Advance08 conference, Robbie Bach and Mark Kroese presented some examples of how the company is putting the fun in ad-funded experiences on three screens – TV, PC, and Mobile devices, with content examples including Gaming , Video, Music, and Mobile scenarios.  ...

A Microsoft VP once told me, "In the world of business, there are Pioneers and there are Settlers.  Microsoft needs both."  I've always gravitated toward the startup opportunities within Microsoft.  A few years ago, I was given the opportunity to help take a fledgling technology called, "WPF/E", ...

http://mashable.com/2008/05/08/zenbe-invites-revolutionize-your-email-the-startup-review/.     "20-word Pitch: Zenbe is a new free webmail service, aiming to deliver the   best email experience on the web. CEOÂ’s Description: Zenbe provides users with a full   featured email...

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_15/b4079076955222.htm?chan=technology_tech+maven+page+-+new_this+week%27s+column.     "Its Flash software is the standard for online video. Now it's taking on   YouTube and iTunes. What kind of software enables these Web sites to di...