Archive for the ‘Software’ Category
The Death of the Shopping Cart
Feb 10 by JD Rucker | 2 commentsThe thing that truly sparked the initial growth of eCommerce has become the greatest point of abandonment on sites that try to sell us stuff. The online shopping cart – a once cool and integral part of the retail end of the Internet – has devolved more »
How We Are Tracked Online
Feb 8 by JD Rucker | add commentThe news is jam-packed with stories about online privacy, “do not track,” and Internet security issues. With proposals for a National Internet ID and do-not-track legislation on the table, it’s clear that 2011 will be a year when much will boil over in the privacy more »
Apple Axes Boxed Software
Feb 7 by Ty Dunitz | 1 commentReally, it’s about damn time – and while it’s only a rumour, it makes perfect sense: Apple seems to be phasing out boxed software. The move comes sooner than anyone might have guessed – already, Apple’s personal setup notes seem to hint towards more »
Media Artists Start Prank Dating Site... and YOU Might Be On It
Feb 4 by Ty Dunitz | 1 commentYou may want to check out Lovely-Faces. Yeah it’s a dating site – and we’re not saying you’re desperate. The fact of the matter is, you may already have a profile here. In fact, it’s only day one, and there are already 250, 000 members. Now that’s growth. Media more »
Why The Future of Blogging Starts Now
Feb 2 by Navneet Alang | 4 commentsSo, once again, we are hearing about the end of blogging. This time in comes in the form of a New York Observer article. Among others, the piece quotes Gawker’s Nick Denton whose massive blog empire is undergoing a very non-blog redesign. It essentially argues that the blog is toast because people more »
AOL Still Exists... And Really, Really Shouldn't
Jan 24 by Ty Dunitz | 1 commentAn unnamed former AOL executive has whispered a few choice sweet nothings into the ear of the New Yorker, not the least revealing of which may be that allegedly 75% of subscribers to the service “don’t need it”. “The company still gets eighty percent of more »
Quora: Has Social Trumped the Semantic Web?
Jan 17 by Navneet Alang | 3 commentsLong long ago, in that distant, ancient era of the 2000′s, we heard unending chatter about this thing called ‘the semantic web’. The semantic web was supposed to be like the holy grail of technology. At its heart, it was meant to do two things: more »
How Physical Media Can Still Have a Future
Jan 12 by Navneet Alang | 13 commentsIt has become common wisdom that retail stores that carry physical media – CDs, books, movies in particular – are, to use the scientific term, “toast”. And indeed, whatever is being said, physical media stores are going through an upheaval: more »
3D Scanning iPhone App Might Just Blow Your Mind
Jan 7 by Connor Livingston | 3 commentsWho said you had go to CES in Las Vegas to have your mind blown by the latest technology. Just head over to the App Store for this nifty 3D Scanner that you can install on your iPhone. At $0.99, it’s likely a cheaper way to geek out than airfare and hotel accommodations in Nevada. more »
Android's Biggest Problem? It Isn't Cool.
Jan 5 by Navneet Alang | 11 commentsAndroid is not ‘cool’. There, I said it. Sure, this year it’s almost certain that Android will overtake iOS in terms of market share. And, the Consumer Electronics Show may as well be called the “Half This Stuff is Android Electronics show”. But, rather than simply being more »
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