WHY would facebook buy Oculus.. Unless… Second life a la Facebook? Sounds crazy but perhaps not as much as you might think. The main expressed reason Facebook bought Oculus is the ‘platform’. Basically trying to get in front of the next shift in hardware. When Facebook launched they were king of desktop, but then mobile takes over and they had to play a bit of catchup. … Read More
What your company can learn from a Pirate Hollywood has not done a great job showing what Pirate are, and what a Pirate’s life is like. It was not all ‘yo ho ho and a bottle of rum’. In fact, Pirates were some of the most organized, democratic and creative people of their time. However, despite being so organized, they were still Pirates… Read More
Facbook closes the deal with Instagram! We have all heard about it. And we have all been waiting for it. Facebook has finally closed a deal with Instagram for and amazing $747.1 million, which is actually a little bit cheaper than the originally estimated $1 billion back in April. Chump change right? The deal is scheduled to officially close as soon as… Read More
An iphone projector. I can see this becoming a required business equipment. Video I was in brookstone a few weeks back and saw this; iphone pocket projector. This is not the first pico projector I have seen, but seeing it in brookstone means its crossing the mark from a specialty item you see at CES to an everyday item you will see most (semi) professionals carry around with… Read More
OnLive Desktop Plus lets you have a full featured browser / desktop on your iPad OnLives desktop plus has been out a few days and I finally got to try it. If you do not already know, OnLive Desktop Plus give you Window 7 Touch Desktop on your iPad. It’s like remote desktop a.k.a. VNC except was smoother. So smooth you can watch video, flash video. Yes that’s right, you… Read More
Edit Google Docs in Android – New and Improved! Android business users rejoice. You can now edit your Google docs in your tablet, and not just edit, but you can see those edits in real time just like on the desktop. Nice. Now this news by itself may not seem like big news, but in fact, its quite interesting when you consider that Microsoft… Read More
Download, Store, view and share documents on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch I have not tried this myself, but its looks pretty good. Not only can you download and read major document types, you can transfer them from a PC or a Mac, Nice eh? At $2.99, its a pretty good deal especially if you are on the road quite a bit and need to get to… Read More
Ipad2 drives Apple stock up, but only a bit. The ipad2 announcement just kicked off and we will see what features we will, and mostly will not get. The rumor mill has been pretty set saying we will get a few things with hardware; A front facing camera, faster CPU; gyroscope, way thinner, etc… As for software if you are into taking and editing… Read More
Mobimileage for iOS Devices, Tracks Business Mileage Automatically Fumbling with my pen and little notebook in the dark, struggling to see my odometer reading, I realized there must be a better way to track business miles. My cofounder, Evan Kirchhoff, looked over and asked why I was cursing under my breath. He then asked why I wasn’t using a mobile app to handle… Read More
Jailbreak killswitch removed, most likely to avoid lawsuits Apple removes killswitch API, perhaps because it may not work, not because of the Copyright Office ruling.… Read More