As developers for tablets and smartphones we like to keep abreast of the latest mobile technology developments . This is a daily digest of mobile development and related technology news gathered from the BBC, the New York Times, New Scientist and the Globe and Mail to name a few. We scour the web for articles concerning, iPhone, iPad and android development, iOS and android operating systems as well as general articles on advances in mobile technology. We hope you find this useful and that it helps to keep you up to date with the latest technology developments.
- Digital Domain: Windows Live Brand Fades Into the Sunset – Digital Domain
Microsoft is leaving behind the once-ubiquitous, yet often confusing, Windows Live as a brand name, and renaming every product that currently features that two-word phrase.
- Slipstream: Fab.com and the Value of Online Word of Mouth
Fab.com is a social-retailing pioneer — encouraging shoppers to discover and choose products through crowd-sourcing. And it keeps a constant watch on how customers spread the word.
- Sans cool iPad-like device, HP not catching Apple anytime soon
HP doesn’t have a market-leading product in one of the hottest device categories. And it’s just playing catch-up in others.
- Who Is Priscilla Chan?
Who is Priscilla Chan, the princess bride who married Silicon Valley’s crown prince?
- Medical reprints come to mobile devices
Reprints Desk, a technology company, has recently released an app that is allows medical reprints to be displayed on mobile devices and tablets such as the iPhone and iPad.
- Yahoo Kills Its Tablet Magazine — Just 6 Months After Launching It
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo has killed Livestand, a tablet magazine, just six months after its debut on the iPad. The decision announced Friday is part…
- Officials Unknowingly Commit Felony With Recall Move
MILWAUKEE — High-ranking members of both political parties were unaware that posting photos of completed ballots on Facebook or Twitter is illegal in Wisconsin, and…
- Don Tapscott: Living Out Loud — Should We All Be More "Open?": Big Brother 2.0 (Part 6 of 7)
If history is any guide, advances in privacy have tended to arise in the wake of widespread privacy abuses. Something similar may be happening today with data breaches and identity theft, as more and more people come to understand the pain and consequences of personal data misuse.
- Carl Sandler: Gay-On-Gay Bullying: The New Mean Girls
Gay culture is one of the most ageist cultures in America. As a result, older gay men are targets of some of the worst online vitriol from other gay men. Many older men have to get "creative" when listing their ages or risk being unattractive to younger guys.
- Cookie law set to come into force
Thousands of UK websites are expected to be in breach of a law that dictates what they can log about visitors.
- Shawn Amos: WATCH: 60 Seconds of Social Media
We’ll take a trip down Internet memory lane in this week’s "60 Seconds of Social Media" to see how it all began.
- Early Reviews For The Galaxy S III Are In: How Did The Superphone Fare?
While the Samsung Galaxy S III isn’t set to hit shelves in the U.S. until sometime in June, the international version of the device will…
- Apple Stores to Sell Nest Thermostat
iLounge is reporting Apple will soon offer Tony Fadell’s Nest, a “learning” thermostat which first debuted back in 2011. Fadell, who is currently both founder and CEO of Nest, formerly served as senior vice president of Apple’s iPod division and holds unofficial title of “father of the iPod.” 9to5Mac has also independently confirmed the Nest Learning Thermostats have… - Does Wall Street Get Tech?
Facebook’s botched IPO is only the latest in a string of high-profile technology IPOs that have not gone as hoped, leading some to raise the…
- Internet Defense League Aims To Be the Web’s ‘Bat Signal’ For Online Protests
Back in January, thousands of websites, including Wikipedia, went dark to protest legislation in Congress aimed at combating copyright infringement. Opponents of the bills, known…
- Apple’s boss rejects $75m payout
Apple’s boss, Tim Cook, turns down a payout worth about $75m (£48m) that he was due from the technology giant’s upcoming dividend.
- Jason Gilbert: SIRI-OUS ACTING: Can Siri Really Do Everything In The John Malkovich Ad?
Siri, the spritely iPhone 4S assistant, has won herself a lot of celebrity friends, if Apple’s new television advertisements are any indication. Aerial snake wrangler…
- Kevin Bermeister: Is Content King?
The days of unrestrained Internet downloads and open access content are approaching the end. People are the Internet’s biggest content owners and they want their share of value.
- iOS Apps on Sale for Memorial Day
9to5toys, a sister site of 9to5Mac, has compiled a list of iOS apps which are on sale for this Memorial Day –and apparently accompanying weekend. 9to5Toys will be updating its list throughout the weekend. The current list follows: Universal Apps (iPad, iPhone, iPad) Grand Theft Auto 3 for iPad, iPhone, iPod, regular 99 cents, regular…
