Patent competition in the United States is usually a fierce arena for private companies, but now the South Korean and French governments are suiting up.
Both countries have launched patent-acquisition companies, with the goal of helping domestic technology firms and possibly making some money in the process. China and Japan are making moves into the business too.
Great, just what we need.
She even claims to have spoken to a botanist, but he has no recollection of ever speaking with her.
I really like Basil and this update added some nice features.
John Gruber giving his thoughts on Apple’s newest VP Kevin Lynch. There is also an Exhibit B. Like Gruber, it concerns me that Lynch kept beating the Flash drum for so long, even when it was clear it was dead.
You have to laugh.
James Whittaker:
The Google I was passionate about was a technology company that empowered its employees to innovate. The Google I left was an advertising company with a single corporate-mandated focus.
This article is a year old, but I think it says a lot about the changes Google has been, and still is, going through. Worth a read for sure.
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CNBC reporter Jon Fortt posted the message on his Twitter account. Lynch will be the VP of Technology.
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Lots of big changes in the new version. I already downloaded it.
Jared Lewandowski explores something that’s become very popular in design — simplicity.
Apple’s “Why iPhone” campaign tells people why the iPhone is better than its competitors.
Khoi Vinh:
It’s a decision that has infuriated many, partly because when the company launched Google Reader in 2005, its free price tag undercut and then virtually destroyed the market for competitive products.
Soon enough, Google Reader had become a de facto industry standard, even as it became more and more apparent over the years that the company cared little for the market that it had come to own.
Assholes.
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“We’ve been preparing the watch product for so long,” Lee Young Hee, executive vice president of Samsung’s mobile business, said during an interview in Seoul. “We are working very hard to get ready for it. We are preparing products for the future, and the watch is definitely one of them.”
In other words, ever since they heard Apple may be working on one.
I did an interview with Paul Campbell for the upcoming Úll Conference in Dublin, Ireland, where I’ll be speaking.
Don Melton sets the record straight on whether Apple actually assigns employees to work on fake projects.
Dave Grohl has become the unofficial Mayor of Rock ‘n’ Roll: a gregarious ambassador who wins armloads of Grammys and even directs a music documentary. Watch Grohl’s keynote address at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas.
Producer Graham Cochrane shows you how to fatten up a weak sounding snare drum.
Benedict Evans raises some good points. This has to worry Google.
I’ve said it before, but I like skeuomorphic designs.
Dr. Isaac Bogoch, an infectious disease specialist at Toronto General Hospital in Canada, had seen reports from scientists who turned their smart phones into microscopes. “There were a couple of papers that showed how certain groups were attaching the little ball lenses to their iPhones in a laboratory setting, and they were saying, ‘Hey, you can magnify specimens pretty easily,’” Bogoch told NBC News.
Since its founding more than a century ago, the company has worked on tens of thousands of landmark projects, including Hoover Dam, the Channel Tunnel, and entire airports in Hong Kong and Qatar.
“Bechtel projects by definition require innovation, because they are things that have not been done before,” says Walker Kimball, Bechtel Senior Vice President. Bechtel’s complex international operations demand powerful, flexible project management tools and support systems. iPad and an array of custom-built and third-party apps connect workers with essential information that helps them meet the company’s exacting efficiency, quality, and safety standards worldwide.
That’s impressive.
The Tech Block put together hands-on comments from around the Web.
A few other mid and senior-level executives sounded surprised at the changes in just asking around so far. But EA suffered a big black-eye in the last few weeks with the botched launch of Sim City.
Here’s a guy that can barely sell enough devices to keep his company in business and he goes after Apple.
”They were very concientious to not say or do anything that might offend,” said Calhoun.
Yeah, that didn’t go so well.
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They appointed two co-CEOs after the Galaxy S 4 event. Apparently they must think that nightmare was a success. The two new co-CEOs will join the existing CEO.
Taking a page from RIM’s playbook (You see what I did there?).
A new app called Unbound for Mac allows photo viewing by waving your hands in the air to mimic gestures. I actually emailed the developer to see if the video was real and he assured it was.