Over the break, there's been a bit of discussion by some of the big names regarding the reasons why Windows Phone 7 handsets haven't been flying off the shelves this holiday season. Charlie Kindel started the debate with "Windows Phone is Superior; Why Hasn't It Taken Off?" and largely faults the relationship between the OEMs, Microsoft and the carriers. MG Siegler
Things have been busy here in a good way. I have been pulling some 19 hour days. Hopefully by Sunday things are going to cool off just a bit and I can enjoy the holidays. I hope you will stay tuned in through the Christmas break as I will be cranking out shows throughout the holiday period. We introduce a
The Android Market has officially exceeded 10 billion downloads. Yes, you read that correctly. That's a whole lot of Angry Birds. That's not bad for a store that opened October 22, 2008, and had only 1 billion downloads just over a year ago in August of 2010. To celebrate hitting the 10 billion download mark Google has announced a sale.
Spotify, the music service announced today that they are going to be adding apps to their service. I downloaded the beta version to try it out and to see if this is something that is big news today, but will be forgotten by next week or is it a game changer. I say it depends on whether they can get
Google has updated their search app in the iTunes store for both the iPhone and iPad. I do recommend downloading it, but it is not without its problem. On the face of it the app is a way to search in the Chrome world on the iPad. When you search for something it pops up within the application, no going
Did you ever wonder what everyone around you is doing with their constantly-out smartphones? Well, Mobclix did some research about what cell phone users are clicking and came up with a snapshot of what goes on in a single minute of usage. Some of the results may surprise you - like 4,111 ads were clicked on. Some may not -
The Amazon Android App Store is a great resource for users of Android phones and tablets. Yes, it has many of the same apps as the Android Market, but they also get some exclusives and, perhaps more importantly, because they offer a different paid app for free every day. Today, the free app of the day is OfficeSuite Pro 5.