Cameras lined the steps to the Sheraton in midtown Manhattan, eager to get a glimpse of the headliner at a packed house for the show about to unfold. A new Broadway star? A young lion of Hollywood? Nope. Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook arriving to take part in the... Read More »
A few days ago, stimulated by the level of recent noise on the internets about open and closed and apps and HTML5 and walled gardens and governance models and why someone hates
How much do you make? Have you ever contemplated suicide? Are you now or have you ever been…? Are you aware of the fact…? I have here before me… [...]information devices for universal, tyrannical womb-to-tomb surveillance are causing a very serious dilemma between our claim to privacy and the community’s... Read More »
I think it’s clear by now that I will do just about anything to work in a reference to the greatest film meme of all time, Planet of the Apes. Let’s just say that I have a very indulgent editor. You da man, John Taschek. [Ed. note: Planet of the... Read More »
Depending on whom you ask, 2011 was either the year of the iPad or the year of social. The truth is that they were and are equally weighted because they are catalysts for each other, and while each can exist without the other, imagining such a thing is like trying... Read More »
Here’s my list of prediction for the months ahead. There will be a proxy fight or some other credible challenge to Steve Ballmer’s leadership of Microsoft. The rumors that Gates will return will surface every few weeks despite his denials.The pain has gone on for too long for shareholders. Plucky... Read More »
The Kindle Fire is awesome. I went full-on nerd for this one, pre-ordering a month ago. (I didn’t go for the black belt and stake out the SFO FedEx office as some dudes did for the iPhone 4 release.) Amazon of course had one-button tracking via the UPS API, and... Read More »
I work from home these days, and I have returned to my old addiction: CNN or CNBC have to be on in the background. My limited supply of creative juices just doesn’t flow without them. Still, cable TV is strangely unsatisfying now and shockingly insular. Political reporting at this point... Read More »
Barnes & Noble introduced its latest Nook reader this week, aiming it squarely at the Kindle Fire. On CNBC, Barnes & Noble CEO William Lynch lead off with what he described as superior specs and in-store support: Well, the Nook tablet offers not only the better display, these media tablets... Read More »
Sometimes, the other shoe takes a while to drop. In this case, two years and twelve days. That’s the interval between Eric Schmidt’s resignation from the board of Apple and the proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google. It has been a period of intense competition, hypergrowth, and two very... Read More »
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