June 3, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Kindle On Sale At Target: Want to see the Amazon Kindle before you buy it. Starting June 6th, Target will begin selling the eReader for $259. Amazon says the Kindle is its best-selling product, so it should do great at Target. AT&T Continue Reading →
June 1, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: New Apple TV: Apple is getting ready to launch a new, cheaper version of AppleTV. It’s completely redesigned, in fact, some sources are calling it an iPhone without a screen. They say the new AppleTV is going to be super small with Continue Reading →
May 25, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Facebook Privacy Still An Issue: Is Facebook finally listening to you? Maybe. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been both contrite and apologetic about Facebook’s unpopular privacy policies. He’s promising simpler privacy controls in the coming weeks. Sounds great. Just remember Facebook is Continue Reading →
May 24, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: RapidShare Dodges A Bullet: RapidShare, one of the most popular file sharing sites, has dodged a serious copyright bullet. A Federal Judge in California ruled that RapidShare is not guilty of copyright infringement because it does not have a searchable index. It’s Continue Reading →
May 20, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Long-lost Twitter: It’s the same old story. Guy uses Twitter to send a message to someone he suspects is his long-lost brother, and it turn out that he is his long-lost brother. Nope, you can’t make this stuff up. Matthew Keys and Continue Reading →
May 19, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: iPorn For iPad: Steve Jobs did his best to keep porn off the iPad, but it may not be good enough. YouPorn, the free porn site is converting its entire library to an iPad compatible format. If other porn sites follow suit, Continue Reading →
May 12, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Verizon/Google iPad Killer: It looks like Verizon is going to team up with Google to create the ultimate iPad killer. Verizon CEO, Lowell McAdam said a Google tablet could give users access to “all the things Google has in its archives.” Of Continue Reading →
May 7, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Safe Playboy?: Playboy is set to become safe for work. The storied men’s magazine will launch “The Smoking Jacket,” more in the vein of Maxim and Esquire than Playboy. Now you can authoritatively say, you only read it for the articles. FCC Continue Reading →
May 4, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: One Million Sold: It took Apple only 28 days to sell a million iPads. The company sold its millionth tablet the day the 3G iPad hit stores. An especially proud Steve Jobs notes “that’s less than half of the 74 days it Continue Reading →
iPhone 4G
The Apple/Gizmodo raid story really made me think this week. I started wondering about the 1st Amendment, the 4th Amendment, what it means to be a journalist in the 21st century, what it means to be a citizen of the United States in the 21st century and, maybe as importantly, what it means to be Continue Reading →