Free calls and air traffic control: iPhone apps of the week
Free calls and air traffic control: iPhone apps of the week
Do you have an app that you wish was on the iPhone, but hasn’t been developed or ported over yet? Certainly we all have our wish lists when it comes to apps, but one that I’ve been waiting for since the beginning is the chat and VOIP program, Skype (Mac or Windows). Fortunately, the folks over at Skype have finally put together a great app for iPhone and if you’ve never used Skype, I’m here to tell you why you will be soon. Read more
Week in Apple: Chrome, iPhone jailbreaks, security, and more!
Week in Apple: Chrome, iPhone jailbreaks, security, and more!
This week’s top Apple news highlighted the state of Chrome for the Mac, Skype’s arrival on the iPhone, a hacker’s view of Apple security, and more. Read on to find out what you may have missed.
Chrome for OS X: State of the Browser: The open source Google Chromium repository now has an OS X Cocoa shell. We downloaded and compiled the latest OS X build of Google’s browser, and we talked to the developers to get a sense of how long it will be before Mac users can get their hands on a working beta. Read more
Google Acquisition Rumors Reflect Twitter’s Importance
Google Acquisition Rumors Reflect Twitter’s Importance
While rumors of an imminent Google acquisition of Twitter were apparently offbase, it wouldn’t be surprising to see the companies strike up a formal collaboration or partnership.
Twitter, a microblogging service in which millions of people post brief text messages, has emerged as the custodian of a valuable online index of real-time facts, comments, musings and announcements, information that is clearly valuable for Google’s search engine index. Read more
Microsoft’s latest ad attacks Mac aesthetics, computing power
Microsoft’s latest ad attacks Mac aesthetics, computing power
Continuing its advertising campaign which seeks to promote generic PCs running Windows as more attractive than Macs, Microsoft’s latest spot plays up specifications over aesthetics as opposed to just suggesting that PCs are simply cheaper as the previous spot did. However, it ends up making the opposite point instead. Read more
G.E. and Intel Working on Remote Monitors to Provide Home Health Care
G.E. and Intel Working on Remote Monitors to Provide Home Health Care
Two of the nation’s technology giants, General Electric and Intel, are joining forces to try to cash in on the trend of delivering more health care outside hospitals and doctors’ offices.
The companies, in a partnership announced on Thursday, plan to spend $250 million jointly in the next five years on research and development of health technologies to let doctors remotely monitor, diagnose and consult with patients in their homes or assisted-living residences. Read more