The Tech World, like a majority of Americans, went for Obama hook, line, and sinker in ’08. How does the tech industry view him now? Pretty much like the majority of Americans do: harmful to business
They called him the first “tech president.”
But two years after they rallied behind his campaign and helped put him in the White House, technology industry executives give President Barack Obama mediocre reviews.
I’ve been evaluating these “mobile app builders” and will add this to my list of companies to try out. So far I’ve had mixed results. The services that seem to provide rich apps cost a lot and the ones that are cheap have crappy apps. You get what you pay for. However the fact is that this niche is booming and will continue to do so. Just like the early days of the Web required deep techies to build a rudimentary web site, today’s mobile apps are expensive and complicated. But this will go away very soon as the mobile market continues to explode and the demand for mobile apps skyrockets
 
Forget Android, iOS and the rest of the mobile operating systems.
Sometimes you don’t need to spend weeks building the sleekest mobile apps for native environments. And depending on your business, something a little bit more quick and simple can do the job just fine. That’s the theory behind Widgetbox Mobile, a new offering from the team behind ClickTurn ads, which aims to help businesses build mobile web apps in minutes.
I’m always warning folks about Facebook and privacy. Monday’s WSJ article confirms that Facebook’s sharing of the “User ID” allows other firms to tie a lot of data to your persona. My immediate advice is that you should check your Facebook privacy settings immediately and make sure you’re only sharing that you want everyone to know
By EMILY STEEL And GEOFFREY A. FOWLER
Kim White Bloomberg
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed the F8 developer conference this spring.
Many of the most popular applications, or “apps,” on the social-networking site Facebook Inc. have been transmitting identifying information—in effect, providing access to people’s names and, in some cases, their friends’ names—to dozens of advertising and Internet tracking companies, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.
I’m trying out something new which are quick video tips. Let me know what you think!
This iPhone phenom game has come to Android today. It’s been so popular that users have crashed the “GetJar.com” web site that is exclusive publishing the game for a few days until it gets to the Android Market. If, like me, you can’t get yours, enjoy the trailer until the site is up and running again.
Peter Vesterbacka, who goes by the title Mighty Eagle at Rovio and runs the U.S. office, said in an interview that Angry Birds is now used more than 65 million minutes per day on just the paid version of the iPhone. With Angry Birds launching on Android, Vesterbacka predicts that the game will shoot to 100 million minutes a day in short order, which is more than your typical prime-time TV show.
If you’re keen for the QWERTY hotness that is the T-mobile G2, then I recommend you head on over to Amazon, as they have the phone for only $99 (on a two-year contract).
If you’ve been waiting for the G2, Amazon is giving you all the excuse you need to pick up this badboy.
Something people have been waiting for since the first T-Mobile, Android handset was launched is finally going to be available… Yes, Wi-Fi calling is hitting Android devices on T-Mobile. We have reached out to T-Mobile for clarification, as this doesn’t seem to be a normal UMA implementation (as rumored); it’s powered by a new application and we don’t think Wi-Fi to cellular handoffs will work. With that said, T-Mobile’s Wi-Fi calling capability is a great feature nonethenless, letting you make calls over a Wi-Fi signal when there is no cell service, and even making international calls abroad for free. The service will roll out on the new T-Mobile myTouch when the device is released later this year as well as support the Motorola DEFY. Full press release after the break!
I continue to be impressed on how Tmobile is innovating. I thought they were going to be out to lunch a while ago, but it’s good to see they are fighting for their market share.
Google is using its vast database of web shopping data to construct the ‘Google Price Index’ – a daily measure of inflation that could one day provide an alternative to official statistics.
The work by Google’s chief economist, Hal Varian, highlights how economic data can be gathered far more rapidly using online sources. The official Consumer Price Index data are collected by hand from shops, and only published monthly with a time lag of several weeks.
I’m still trying to recover from the shock of reading that the Consumer Price Index is collected BY [FREAKING] HAND from shops and “…with a time lag of several weeks”.
This is why Government needs to get out of everything that’s not purely a government function (e.g. law enforcement, judicial, military). This is stupefyingly shocking to me.
Microsoft may be late to the game with a consumer-savvy phone OS, but Windows Phone 7 is aiming to do right a lot of what Google is doing wrong. Based on what I saw during a visit to Microsoft’s headquarters two weeks ago, the Windows Phone 7 team may be on the right track to pose a serious threat to Google.
As much as I’ve become a Google fanboy, Microsoft is still, well, MICROSOFT. It’s good to see them making a very serious stab at the mobile market. They will not go down without a serious fight. If anyone can take back their market share, it’s Microsoft.
