February 18th, 2010
At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Research In Motion (RIM) announced a technology shift to improve its browser. Based on WebKit the new browser will be in good company, along with iPhone and Android. The browser should be available by the end of this year. Take a look at the video preview. Source: http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/RIM-switching-to-open-source-WebKit-932717.html
February 17th, 2010
Well, we saw this one coming. Newspaper and magazine publishers are now balking at the thought that they will have to give up 30% of their profits to Apple if they choose to sell their product on the soon to be released iPad. Honestly, when I read reports around this topic, I was a little disappointed. These publishers know their model is dying, especially newspapers, whose circulation decreased by more than 10% last year. You would think in today's digital age, they would be happy to receive a gift like the iPad.
February 2nd, 2010
Even though buzz around tablet PCs existed, the blogosphere didn't really take notice until Apple announced the iPad last week. Now that the iPad is on everyone's mind, the competition is looking at ways to steal some of the thunder. Never one to sit back and watch, Google Chrome's designer, Glen Murphy, posted UI concept images on Google's official Chromium site to highlight how the potential Google platform would work on a tablet surface.