I’m on Day Two of the “Month of Microsoft” and things are rocking along. The Lenovo W520 is now hooked to a 28-inch monitor that I had hanging around at the office, and I’m using a Bluetooth keyboard and Arc Touch mouse from Microsoft. On that last bit: I don’t usually get worked up about… Read more »
I’m writing this in a cafe in Bellevue, Wash., after a long day of briefings at Microsoft. As of right now, I’m starting to think the “Month of Microsoft” might turn out okay. I met with people who work on Windows, Windows Phone, Office, Hotmail, SkyDrive, Internet Explorer, Bing, Xbox and hardware. It was a… Read more »
Good friend Faddah sends a link to this funny video showing a guy getting busted trying to smuggle iPhones strapped to his body. The clip seems to be taken from the following newscast: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks2fbIWhyKE
The idea is this. A devoted fan of Google and Apple products (me) spends a month using nothing but Microsoft products. Meaning: Windows laptop, Windows phone, Bing, Office, Internet Explorer, Hotmail, Office 365, Xbox. Hilarity ensues. Or maybe not. I have been thinking about this for a while, ever since I tried (and really liked)… Read more »
Well the party is officially on, bitches — just check out the photo above, taken outside Yelp headquarters a few minutes ago. You thought Groupon, Pandora and Zynga were overpriced? You thought Facebook was too cocky when they talked about a $100 billion valuation? Well listen up. Yelp just went public and its shares are… Read more »
For some reason I can’t find an embeddable version of this video where idiots in a focus group give their suggestions for how to improve “The Wizard of Oz.” But you can watch it here on Gawker. The really funny thing is that these comments aren’t so far-fetched. I spent 18 months working on a… Read more »
Yesterday I wrote an article about Robert Scoble trying to follow in the footsteps of Michael Arrington and go from blogging to angel investing. Scoble is crying foul and calling this a “drive-by shooting.” He’s ranting about the horrible old “mainstream media,” of which I am a member, and he now refers to me as… Read more »
Yeah. Good grief. Fucking Scoble. I just posted an article about it here on the Daily Beast.
Prompted in part by the back-and-forth that started with the “Hit men” article on this blog last week, Michael Hiltzik of the LA Times asks, “Are Silicon Valley tech bloggers truly objective?” You can maybe guess the answer but I don’t want to spoil it for you. Hiltzik talked to Michael Arrington and Sarah Lacy… Read more »
That’s the headline my latest article for the Daily Beast about the alarming rise in mobile malware, particularly on the Android platform. This is based on a new study by Juniper Networks, which sells anti-malware software. You can find the article here.
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