December 2011
51 Stories
The face of mobile? One little girl appears in Apple AND Samsung commercials.
One of the most important ongoing stories in tech for 2011 was the incessant legal maneuvering between Apple and Samsung....
My faith in the US education system has been restored
Blogging can be rough (from a #firstworldproblems perspective, at least). You're constantly being attacked for your opinions, bashed for your...
“Blue Busters” video proves nothing, not even Apple, was immune to the 80s
Those of us who grew up in the 80s are well aware that the culture, attitude, and utter cheesiness of...
Windows Phone 7 will see 3 LTE releases within 6 months
Just when many (including us) were writing off Windows Phone 7 and waiting for their more-anticipated next generation of phones...
How Digg left its tech geek roots behind and embraced the mainstream
I was struck by something when I began reading Digg's list of its "Ten stories you'll be sorry you missed...
Flying robots that build things open doors to automated architecture
In the movies, it always start innocently. They are designed to help humans, to do the mundane or difficult tasks...
Apps are rising on Windows Phones. Should they be taken more seriously?
I'll never forget when my boss at the time showed me his shiny new Windows Phone. I liked the interface,...
Google+ predicts that it will have 400 million users by end of 2012
They just passed 62 million users by adding 625,000 new users per day. Now, Google+ is predicting that they will...
What trended in 2011 (and what to expect from 2012)
Tech exploded this year. There's little to argue that gadgets and gizmos, social media and apps all had huge years...
Taliban on Twitter: How congressional attempts to block them is asinine on 2 levels
Twitter is used by different people for different things. It's a communication tool for some, a news aggregator for others,...
Social Media 2011: The bullseyes and blunders that dominated chatter
In the past, the best way to review the year was to look back through newspaper headlines and pick out...
GoDaddy lost 72,354 domains this week. It’s not enough.
Despite a massive Twitter campaign and a blog post that claims "Go Daddy no longer supports SOPA legislation" the company...
Page 1 of 5