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Facetime for Mac goes public

Feb 24, 2011
The Mac based version of the iPhone's video phone call app has been in testing for a while but it just went live. Facetime for Mac is available as...

Tivo on the radio - DAR.FM

Feb 24, 2011
DAR.FM is a new free service that's just been rolled out and currently in alpha testing. It stands for digital audio recorder (.frequency...

Disney acquires Togetherville

Feb 24, 2011
Get 'em young! Kids who are not yet old enough to come by social networking in a traditional way have options beyond Facebook. And now Disney has...

Xoom is great! Don't buy it.

Feb 24, 2011
That's the gist of Walter Mossberg's review of Motorola's new challenger to the iPad on All Things D. He says the Android Honeycomb operating...

Mid-day Update: Oil prices surge with unrest in Libya, Egyptian businesses reopen

Feb 21, 2011
Over the weekend, businesses, schools, banks and museums reopened for business in Egypt. Many businesses offered deep discounts to encourage...

Justice and FTC looking into Apple's new policy

Feb 18, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports that the government is very interested in Apple's new policy pertaining to publishers and app developers. It's...

For public good, not for profit.

Nokia has a plan for prosperity and it just might work

Feb 16, 2011
A lot of people, your humble blogger included, have been dubious about the pairing of Nokia and Microsoft venturing into the smartphone ecosystem...

Apple's new subscription policy is making enemies

Feb 16, 2011
Apple officially rolled out its new plan for content subscriptions in the iPad. What it boils down to is that if you purchase an iPad version of a...

NBA takes a cue from Farmville

Feb 14, 2011
This week, the NBA is introducing a new game on Facebook called NBA Legend. It lets you create a player avatar, join a team, and then have a...