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Comcast released its new iPad app on Monday. The app is free for Comcast subscribers and allows users to watch television shows, on-demand content and program their DVRs from their iPads. Comcast plans on releasing a version of the app for the iPhone, iPod touch and Android devices by the end of the year. Read Continue Reading →

Apple is planning a huge iTunes announcement today. What’s the big news? When visiting iTunes yesterday, Apple posted a message reading, “Tomorrow is just another day. That you’ll never forget. Check back here tomorrow for an exciting announcement from iTunes.” Cloud based music storage? We’ll know shortly. Read the full story on mashable.com Continue Reading →

A Palestinian man, Walid Husayin, faces life in prison after spreading anti-Islam views on social networks like Facebook. The owner of the Internet café where Husayin often blogged reported him to authorities and the Palestinian government monitored Husayin for several weeks before his arrest. In the Middle East it’s not uncommon for authorities to create Continue Reading →

Facebook unveiled its new messaging system, which integrates email, text messaging, IM and Facebook notes into one interface. Facebook users can also sign-up for a new @facebook.com email address. Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s CEO, noted this new communication system is not an “email killer” but expects people to embrace the new “cross-platform” way of communicating. Read Continue Reading →

The market for G.P.S. devices will peak in 2011 at 42 million units, according to Berg Insight, a Swedish research company. Berg estimates that shipments will be below 30 million by 2015. Why the sharp decline? Smartphones. Since companies like Google and Nokia integrate the technology into phones for free, consumers are less likely to Continue Reading →

Who tops the list of the most powerful supercomputers in the world? Not the U.S. The “Jaguar” a supercomputer run by the University of Tennessee lost its number one spot to “Tianhe-1A”, a supercomputer in China. Some see this as wake-up call for the U.S., who can no longer take its supercomputer power for granted. Continue Reading →

Two men in Texas didn’t let state law prohibit them from getting married.  Instead, the couple were married by an officiant in Washington D.C., where same sex marriage is legal, via Skype. Same sex marriages not recognized in your state? No problem. Have an “e-marriage.” Read the full story on time.com Continue Reading →

Today Facebook will announce changes to its messaging service. The company is expected to introduce a web-based email system with @facebook.com email addresses. Should Google be worried?  Read the full story on reuters.com Continue Reading →

I’ve been in Israel attending the Contech 2010 International Conference and Exhibition. It was created to bring content creators and technologists together and, it has been an extremely successful and worthwhile event. During my stay, I had occasion to visit the ancient city of Akko, which is located on a promontory at the northern end Continue Reading →

The sound of tweets just got much sweeter. Twitter has formed a partnership with Ping, Apple’s new music-oriented social network. Twitter users can now include song previews and links to buy songs on iTunes, directly in their tweets. Steve Jobs would have preferred a deal with Facebook, but will settle for Twitter’s 175 million registered Continue Reading →