It seems that one of the most popular things for tech reporters to do these days is pass on rumors and prognostications about what Apple might do with their possible tablet product. At the same time, a number of companies announced their slate/tablet options at CES a couple of weeks [...]
I woke up the other morning and a phrase popped into my head, “the seeds of the future are already planted.” This is an eloquent way to express something I have been preaching for a few years now. It is possible to accurately predict the future state of certain areas [...]
Our mobile phones are quickly replacing the laptop as the screen of choice for the digerati. More and more can be accomplished on the mobile phone platform that we used to reserve for the laptop with a high-speed connection to the Internet. Today our mobile phones are coming equipped with [...]
Twitter is teaming up with the Current television/Internet network to offer a feed of the tomorrow nights debate, with live tweets popping up on the bottom of the screen. Tuesday, October 7th, Senators Obama and McCain will hold another debate live on national television, and you can be a part [...]
Our computers are shrinking again, even as they become incredibly more powerful. Ultra portable laptops, sometimes called 'netbooks', are sitting on boardroom tables all across America, and smartphones are in the hands of teenagers, the college crowd. and (shudder) even our CEOs. As these devices move from the techno-elite early [...]
Amazon, the world's leading book e-tailer, is getting larger by acquiring Audible. Audible is the leader of audible books sales on the internet with some 80,000 titles in the stable. Reuters is reporting that Amazon will pay $300 million for Audible, a 23% premium. This move gives Amazon a steady [...]
An announcement that came somewhat out of the blue this week was Amazon debuting a new book reader called Kindle. I have to admit here that I bought one of the very first ebook readers 5 years ago and loaded 3 books, never used it, and now have added it [...]