“Jefferies analyst Katherine Egbert wrote in a note to clients this morning: “If you stop thinking of Microsoft as an innovator and start thinking of them as a fast, low cost, mass market follower, you’ll stop being disappointed in their inability to divine new markets and realize they are staring at some of their largest growth opportunities ever.”
—Microsoft’s Ballmer Promises Strong Tablet Competition | John Paczkowski | Digital Daily | AllThingsD
July 2010
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“The new Magic Trackpad is the first Multi-Touch trackpad designed to work with your Mac desktop computer. It uses the same Multi-Touch technology you love on the MacBook Pro. And it supports a full set of gestures, giving you a whole new way to control and interact with what’s on your screen. Swiping through pages online feels just like flipping through pages in a book or magazine. And inertial scrolling makes moving up and down a page more natural than ever. Magic Trackpad connects to your Mac via Bluetooth wireless technology. Use it in place of a mouse or in conjunction with one.”
—I ordered 3!
Magic Trackpad - Apple Store (U.S.)
Magic Trackpad - Apple Store (U.S.)
“Because let’s face it – the only time we up here in Alaska were more surprised than when she accepted the nomination for VP, was when she quit. So we were curious. And then she declared that she was going “to chart a new course to advance the state.”
What would she do, we wondered? Would she become a lobbyist for gasline issues? Would she become a spokesmodel for Princess Cruises? Would she use her celebrity to promote wild salmon or Alaska crab? Would she continue to fight for the oil tax system she put in place so the other Republicans in the legislature wouldn’t hack it off at the knees? Would she try to get us a major league sports team? Would she take on issues of poverty in rural areas? Domestic violence? Sexual assault? Teen pregnancy? Education? WHAT?” —The Mudflats | Palin’s Promise to Alaska Falls Flat. Happy Anniversary.
What would she do, we wondered? Would she become a lobbyist for gasline issues? Would she become a spokesmodel for Princess Cruises? Would she use her celebrity to promote wild salmon or Alaska crab? Would she continue to fight for the oil tax system she put in place so the other Republicans in the legislature wouldn’t hack it off at the knees? Would she try to get us a major league sports team? Would she take on issues of poverty in rural areas? Domestic violence? Sexual assault? Teen pregnancy? Education? WHAT?” —The Mudflats | Palin’s Promise to Alaska Falls Flat. Happy Anniversary.
“The goal…was to determine how effective social networking sites can be in conducting covert intelligence-gathering activities.”
—Fake femme fatale shows social network risks - Computerworld
The ABC News App for iPad - ABC News →
abcnews.go.com
Wow. Pretty good. (via daring fireball)
Times loses almost 90% of online readership | Media | guardian.co.uk →
guardian.co.uk
It SEZ: “Less than three weeks after the Times paywall went up, data shows a massive decline in web traffic”
“[Rod R. Blagojevich’s] defense team rested its side of the case on Wednesday morning without calling him or anyone else.”
—Blowhards. I hate ‘em.
After Talking of Testifying, Blagojevich Bypasses It - NYTimes.com
After Talking of Testifying, Blagojevich Bypasses It - NYTimes.com
Help me find a long-form story to report for Slate. - By Jack Shafer - Slate Magazine →
slate.com
Long-form journalism articles are “Frescas” at Slate. And apparently the term is sticking elsewhere. I kinda like it.
Enough Already | Talking Points Memo →
talkingpointsmemo.com
New Yawk to Sarah Palin: butt the fuck out.
A Raging, Rambling Debate About Antennagate, Followed By A Fanboy Intervention →
techcrunch.com
I never realised that Arrington is such a blowhard.
Play
Consumer Reports: Apple's Bumper fixes iPhone 4 antenna issue →
tuaw.com
NOW who can’t get their story straight?
