Applications

Fri, June 10, 2011 - I’ve achieved the hat trick of iOS device ownership—I have an iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch—so clearly, I love the platform. But like others, I’ve long been disappointed with some of iOS’s failings. That’s why I found this week’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote so thrilling.

Mon, May 30, 2011 - Well, I made it. After a decade of daily reliance on Microsoft Office, I managed to survive an entire month using Google Docs. So, what has the 30 Days With...Google Docs project taught me, and what do I do now that the project is over?

Fri, May 20, 2011 - Google is undoubtedly the Web's best resource for getting stuff done, but let's face it, it's not perfect.

Thu, May 05, 2011 - I was working on my Mac when my iPad sounded a push alert. I checked to see which app was sending me an important, urgent message. The alert, I discovered, came from Peekaboo Barn, an app from developer Night & Day that I bought for my kids last year. I'd never received a push alert for Peekaboo Barn before--I didn't even remember that the app supported push alerts; it's an app where animals appear and make their standard animal sounds. What would Peekaboo Barn need to push--that the cow says moo?

Tue, April 19, 2011 - The news that Apple may have altered its ranking algorithm is rather a big deal for developers large and small, which probably explains both the current wave of hand-wringing over the rumored change as well as Apple’s reticence to discuss the matter.

Thu, March 24, 2011 - On March 24, 2001, the iMac was less than three years old, the iPod was still more than six months away, and Macs ran at astounding speeds of up to 733MHz. But most importantly, Apple on that day released the first official version of Mac OS X, changing the future of its platform forever.

Mon, February 14, 2011 - Smartphone users download billions of applications each year, and while the apps add greatly to phone functionality, the risks of buggy or malicious code threatens the user and also the integrity of networks.

Mon, January 03, 2011 - A new year has begun for the enterprise software industry, presenting an opportunity for the players to contemplate 2010's wins and losses while ushering in some welcome changes and delivering on promises.

Fri, December 17, 2010 - Forrester analyst Ted Schadler says we need to step up to the multidevice, multichannel challenge.

Mon, December 06, 2010 - Google last week acquired Phonetic Arts. The U.K.-based company specializes in technology that transforms a recorded voice into a computer-generated voice that sounds like the recording. In other words, it "captures" the tonal qualities, cadence and rhythm of how a real individual person talks, and applies them to a machine voice. The result is that a computer will be able to read any text, and it will sound convincingly like the original speaker talking.