Apr 8, 2011 | Google, mobile, phone
A fascinating article in Slate this morning about Google’s research in speech recognition. If you’ve got an Android phone, try this: Hit the microphone icon on the home screen, then ask, "How many angstroms in a mile?" Use your normal speaking...
Mar 30, 2011 | Android, Google, IE, iPad, mobile, phone, software, tablet, web_services
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Firefox 4 And Chrome 10 Syncing Bookmarks And Favorites With Internet Explorer 9 I’m going to mention one...
Mar 28, 2011 | Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, mobile, software, web_services
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates Comparing The New Internet Browsers, aka Microsoft And The LastPass Problem Many people are building imposing lists of bookmarked web sites. Having access to that list from each of our computers is quickly moving from a...
Mar 25, 2011 | Google, IE, Internet, Microsoft, security, software, web_services, Windows7
Previously: Battle Of The Browser Updates The latest and greatest versions of the three major Internet browsers have been released. Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Mozilla Firefox 4 Google Chrome 10 They are all streamlined and secure. Each has slightly different...
Mar 14, 2011 | Amazon, Apple, business, Google, iPad, mobile, netbooks, tablet, web_services
When I’m lonely and bored, I like to go back and read my old articles and marvel at how well I’ve been leading you through the fast-changing world of technology. It was just a year ago that I wrote these incisive comments about what to expect from Apple’s original...
Mar 10, 2011 | Google, IE, Microsoft, security, software, updates
It’s probably a coincidence that major updates are being released for Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Google Chrome within a few days of each other. It’s also not very meaningful for most people. Although each upgrade has something that the developers claim is new and...
