Get Ready for the Ford Auto App Store
Ford is opening its Sync API for third-party apps for some of its automobiles, suggesting that a full-blown app store will be in the immediate future.
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Ford Embraces In-Car Internet at Consumer Electronics Show
In-car Internet access is nothing new for geeks with the right portable devices and aftermarket accessories. But it's a new day when car companies like Ford build cars for the Internet.
National Geographic Q&A at the Consumer Electronics Show
Older readers may think of National Geographic magazine as old-fashioned, but the magazine is only one outlet in addition to online and interactive ventures for the National Geographic Society.
For Casinos, Virtual Gambling Still Not Worth The Risk
According to the New York Times, Cantor Fitzgerald is helping Vegas-area casinos use localized mobile technology to make sports wagering easier. As innovative as it sounds, doing it the old-fashioned way still seems safer â€" and smarter. Last decade poker websites fought to have real wagering, b...
Nexus One Is A Market Cannibalizer
As noted by my BNet colleagues, Google releasing the Nexus One phone is a dangerous step. The problem I see is a classic one: The easiest way to frustrate developers is to have the publisher one-up them â€"- and take from their market. Last month I had an interesting conversation with Dolby Labor...
Video Games Still Aren't Enough To Make CES Relevant
The Consumer Electronics Show is touting "the largest Gaming Showcase in CES history", but it still won't be enough to get gamer attention -â€" and boost CES over the increasingly growing competition. Adding a little gaming isn't a bad move per se: This first quarter will be hit by highly ...
December Tech Job Cuts Finally Down, Down, Down
Outsourcing firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas announced job cuts for December, and finally high tech seems in sync with the rest of the nation's economy. Overall, announced job cuts fell to their lowest level since the beginning of the recession. In high tech -- which we've been considering as t...
Paid Tweets Are for Fools Longing To Part from Their Money
Newspapers and others consider taking money for tweets, but only fools would actually pay them.
Google Nexus One Phone Announcement Was a Failure
Google's announcement of its Nexus One phone didn't meet the expectations it created or achieve the unmitigated success that it needed.
Apple's Download Numbers Seem Phony
Apple's iPhone download numbers don't pass the smell test.
Apple to Buy Wireless Ad Co, Maybe Compulsory Viewing Is Coming
Apple's reported upcoming purchase of mobile ad company Quattro Wireless fits into the pattern of its interest in starting a new revenue line from advertising.
Behind Time Warner-Fox and Cablevision-Scripps: The Titanic Clash Between High Tech and Content
Fights between Fox and Time Warner as well as Cablevision and Scripps show the new market dynamic of tech versus content.
Intel Gets Start of Antitrust Backlash from OEMs
Lenovo starts using some AMD chips; Intel may be paying price for antitrust allegations.
Why Yahoo Is Doomed in the Face of Google, Twitter, Others
I was doing research for an article today and it suddenly hit me why Yahoo (YHOO) continues to lose traffic. Compared to Google (GOOG), Twitter -- even Facebook -- the user experience is so complicated, messy, and muddled that people are flocking away the minute they find something more palatable. ...
Google Might Not Want To Sell Nexus One
Google is showing signs that it is introducing the Nexus One for reasons other than selling it as a product.
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