Bloomberg provides a sneak peek at the Amazon event that will start in a few minutes. The Kindle Fire will have a 7-inch display and sell for $199, compared with $499 for Apple’s cheapest iPad, Amazon executives said. The device, a souped-up version of the Kindle electronic-book reader, will run on Google Inc.’s Android software, the Seattle-based company said. Other details … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2011
Firefox 7 Is Now Available For Download
Continuing their crazy rapid release schedule, Mozilla has released Firefox 7 and Thunderbird 7. This is on schedule for their plan to ship a new major version every six weeks. As you might recall, Firefox 6 and Thunderbird 6 were just released mid-August. November 8th and December 20th are when we can expect versions 8 and 9, respectively. There might be some relief in sight … [Read more...]
YouTube Stars Find Prime Time in September
YouTube, at 6.5 years old, is indisputably a central part of today's society. Whether it's through hosting political debates and making our government more accessible, branding today's youth the 'YouTube Generation', or just allowing our culture to spread around the world as we laugh and cry at the same videos. YouTube is also bankrolling a number of stars. People that create … [Read more...]
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings Appeared on ABC’s Nightline
Netflix's CEO, Reed Hastings, appeared on the ABC News program Nightline last night.Unfortunately, he still believes the problem was miscommunication.Former Netflix Co-founder, Marc Randolph, wrote on his personal blog yesterday that he thinks Netflix has far from screwed up.Not only am I completely in support of what Netflix is doing, but I think it is one of the smartest, … [Read more...]
Google Celebrates Its 13th Birthday
Short and sweet. The Google Doodle seems to be the only recognition so far that Google has published regarding its birthday. From my count, I believe there are 13 candles on the cake. … [Read more...]