July 28th, 2008 | by jz | published in Book, Future of the Internet, Generativity, iphone
One of the more contestable claims of the FOI book is that tethered information appliances like the iPhone, that either block outside apps or subject them to much more gatekeeping by the platform vendor, will not only complement the more open PC, but overtake it — that PCs themselves will become appliancized.
Already there’s talk of [...]
July 26th, 2008 | by jz | published in Book, Facebook, Future of the Internet, Generativity, Web 2.0 platforms, iphone
Macworld is reporting that some iPhone application developers are having a difficult time adjusting to having to distribute their software only through Apple. They’re apparently too afraid to go on the record (!), but:
As developers update their applications — including bug fixes — it can take up to a week for a new version to [...]
July 14th, 2008 | by jz | published in Book, Future of the Internet, Generativity
Techcrunch is reporting that Facebook has poached Elliot Schrage from Google as its new VP of Communications and Public Policy, and that one of Elliot’s jobs will be to manage the Facebook development platform, where outsiders can write code to run on Facebook — from the bitten-by-a-vampire app to Scrabulous.
Techcrunch speculates that this reflects a [...]
June 29th, 2008 | by jz | published in Book, Future of the Internet, Generativity
The Silicon Alley insider is reporting that would-be iPhone application developers — at least those who aren’t well connected — can be waiting up to six months to be accepted into the Apple iPhone developers’ program.
June 17th, 2008 | by jz | published in Book, Future of the Internet
Thanks to everyone who tuned in to the June 17 ‘08 Colbert Report, including those who switched away from the last quarter of the Celtics championship.
Here’s a direct link to the video.
Is it geo restricting, i.e. are there some who can’t view it because of location? If so we can look for an additional source.
