Flock redux
Published Wednesday, June 28, 2006 by Technology Monster.| The Flock beta was supposed to come out a couple of weeks later. When a youngster is on somebody else's page on Myspace and he or she clicks on a photo imported from Photobucket (or Flickr), a "photo stream" opens up in the browser underneath the toolbar showing postage-stamp-size versions of all of the photos that person has posted on the photo-sharing site. When you see a photo stream you like, you just click on a gold star icon on othe browser to add the person to your friends list. |
The Penguin's New BFF
Published by Technology Monster.| And, don't get jealous IBM, but it looks like Tux's new best pal may be Motorola. "We're putting in place both internally and through partnerships all the pieces we need to execute (our strategy to have Linux on the bulk of our devices). Although Besio says the push towards Linux has nothing to do with the bad reviews Microsoft's operating system has gotten on the new Q phone, to me, it underscores the need for better mobile software. |
DoCoMo, Vodafone, Handset Vendors To Work On Mobile Linux
Published Friday, June 16, 2006 by Technology Monster.| NTT DoCoMo, Vodafone, Motorola, Samsung, NEC and Panasonic say they'll work together on mobile Linux, building it into a consistent platform that can be adopted by multiple vendors. Despite a fair bit of fanfare, neither of those groups has appeared to produce much of anything. The involvement of two major operators -- with their implicit interest in getting Linux devices to their customers -- should give this group a bit more impetus to move quickly and actually do something. |