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For Glass, a future without Google

May 16, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Media Tech, Personal Tech.

Google engineer Ian McKellar wears Google Glass during the Google I/O developers conference at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. AFP/ Getty/ Justin Sullivan

A glimpse of the future of personal computing is flickering on the horizon.

In a flaw, a new app strategy shines

May 6, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Enterprise Tech, Personal Tech.

Chris Yerga, engineering director of Google, introduces some features of Google play. Getty/ AFP/ Kimihiro Hoshino

A new way to outflank app store operators may be emerging.

A huge tech vs. start-up battle simmers

April 26, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Enterprise Tech.

A new battle in the war between lithe start-ups and huge tech is simmering.

Facebook pops a big data bubble

April 19, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Media Tech.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg speaks during an event at Facebook headquarters.

The world grew a bit smaller for start-ups last week. It shrank quietly, with an announcement from Facebook.

A soft resurgence for bundled media

April 10, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Media Tech.

An attendee reads a Los Angeles Times newspaper article using the Flipboard app on an iPad as he waits for the start of the Nintendo E3 2012 media briefing in Los Angeles. AFP/ Getty/ Robyn Beck

Could the media bundle be making a comeback?

Beyond the internet…

April 3, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Enterprise Tech.

A mobile phone vendor arranges used and dummy Facebook capable mobile devices to attract costumers at a shopping mall in Jakarta. Getty/ AFP/ Bay Ismoyo

Big internet media-tech companies are reaching the end of the Internet.

Moving markets and people in real time

March 26, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Uncategorized.

This photo shows a woman typing on the keyboard of her laptop computer. AFP/ Getty/ Frederic J. Brown

Is big data getting closer to a big win?It may be, if you read between the lines of GigaOm’s Structure conference in New York last week.

The ‘platform wars’ reach TV

March 18, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Uncategorized.

Panasonic's Viera tablet is on display at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show Getty/ AFP/ Robyn Beck

The battle for the second screen is sizzling.

A shrinking role for crowds online?

March 12, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Media Tech.

The primacy of crowd-sourced content may be fading.

Coding a solution to learning?

March 4, 2024 by James Erik Abels in Enterprise Tech.

Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, during an interview January 30, 2024 in New York on the day he launches his "annual letter" from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. AFP/ Getty/ Stan Honda

Tech luminaries like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg started speaking up last week. Their goal: Convince kids to learn how to code.