The browser wars are notoriously brutal. It’s a competitive industry with high barriers to entry, entrenched giants battling for share and enormous inertia in customer behavior. Tilting at giants like Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, Mozilla’s Firefox, Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome, a courageous startup has entered the fray hoping to compete on quality of experience. RockMelt, [...]
Tags: browser, content, desktop, iPad, RockMelt, sharing, social media
October 22 2012
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October 16 2012
Trapit, a Palo Alto startup that has launched a popular app, has an origin story that sounds like something Robert Ludlum would have dreamed up as a parallel plot for one of his Bourne spy novels. The company is built around patented intellectual property that was initially developed in a $200 million artificial intelligence project [...]
Tags: A.I., app, DARPA, iPad, social, tablet, trapit
Tags: A.I., app, DARPA, iPad, social, tablet, trapit
April 23 2012
One of the phenomena around Apple’s iPad is the proliferation of devices intended to make it easier to read and watch content on the device. All manner of stands, holders and other accoutrement are now available – some for sale, and some DIY. Here are my top ten favorites: 1. The Hipster. A product [...]
Tags: iPad, stands, technology
Tags: iPad, stands, technology
March 22 2012
Several new data points emerged this week on the velocity with which tablets and other mobile devices are changing the way people read. First, Pearson released results of a survey of 1,200 college students and 200 college bound high school seniors. The headline: college students now prefer digital reading to printed materials. This is true [...]
Tags: college students, iPads, Pew, tablets
Tags: college students, iPads, Pew, tablets
