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Who cares if Microsoft has Flash Lite on their smartphones? The whole iPhone vs. Microsoft smartphone has much more to do with usability, stability and "it just works" philosophy. With the arrival of the iPhone SDK, the June software update and the coming wave of cool new applications via iTunes, Apple's offering will continue to dominate the smart phone / all-purpose pocket device for seasons to come.
And kudos to Jobs for demanding a Flash Player for iPhone that won't fill the device with hacked-up sludge.
Google makes a not-so-subtle move into Microsoft's home turf. Read more about it on Google's own blog.
We've known it was coming for quite a while - but the reality is even sweeter than the rumor - which usually isn't the case. Go sign up for a Google account if you don't alrDocs & Spreadsheetsake Docs & Spreadsheets for a spin. You won't be a bit disappointed.
This is the Google-ized incarnation of Writely, the online word processing site I blogged a few months ago. Now it's spiffed up and ready to take on the world.
Technorati Tags: editing, editors, google, news, reviews, tech, useful, web, wordprocessing, writely, writing
Eager to jump headlong into the glorious bounty that is Chicago's food culture, I was looking for local reviews and suggestions from real people when I ran across Yelp on a web 2.0-related blog.
Yelp's tagline is: Real People. Real Reviews. This is very much what you get here. Reviews of all types of local items of interest including, restaurants, nightlife, salons, shopping, services and more are served up by an active social networking community in a very nicely done web-2.0-ish package. Look for ratings of reviews, endorsements of reviewers, personal tidbits, messaging - it really is a virtual community.
This site is so nice and covers the restaurant scene so well that I'm going to have to find something else to blog about.
And, oh yes, if you're interested: here's a link to my profile on Yelp.
Technorati Tags: design, dining, elmhurst, food, friends, illinois, Marketing, music, personal, reviews, shopping, useful, web, webdesign
I've been working on another of my genius ideas to take on next season's American Inventor for some time now. Apparently I've been scooped by a much smarter and, I have to admit, much more well known marketing genius than myself: Here's Ali G with this world-changing idea (the ice cream glove).
Technorati Tags: americaninventor, blogs, inventions, funny, stupid, video
When space Legos came along, I felt I could replicate the world. Compared to the huge, crayon-colored bricks I'd been using for several years, space Legos felt so precise, so real. Tiny one-lug pieces, antennas, wings, legs and all those other nifty bits set me free. But I must admit - as creative as I was - I never came up with anything as cool or weird as these Top 10 Strangest Lego Creations.
Ma.gnolia is a social bookmarking and networking site by several of the authors at A List Apart. Much like del.icio.us, its focus is on finding and tagging those websites you just don't want to lose and you'd like to share with others. Del.icio.us made the biggest splash in this pond some time ago, but don't write off any late-comers until you've seen Ma.gnolia in action. You can even import your existing del.lcio.us tags using a very simple interface. Here's my Ma.gnolia profile.
Technorati Tags: del.icio.us, internet, ma.gnolia, taggers, socialnetworking, tagging, web, web2.0
Technorati Tags: internet, personaldna, personality, startup, web2.0
SubSystm serves up a live "iPod autopsy" video for your viewing pleasure.
Technorati Tags: Apple, autopsy, iPod, reviews, tech, technology, toys
Anyone who's visited a Radio Shack in the last 5 years knows the store has been struggling to keep its old niche while jumping into new market segments.
Technorati Tags: Marketing, PopCulture, RadioShack, tech
