Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 9, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT
Dell’s Streak 7 is the least expensive tablet from a major manufacturer and claims to be the first capable of 4G cellular speeds, but the compromises made to get the price down make it impossible to recommend.
Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on February 1, 2011 at 2:57 pm PT
Several wedding-planning applications for mobile devices let brides- and grooms-to-be reach for an iPhone to manage the process, from finding the dress to registering for gifts to editing the guest list.
Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on December 21, 2010 at 3:02 pm PT
Katie reviews the revamped Myspace, with its focus on topics in popular culture, including television, music, movies, celebrities and comedy.
Liz Gannes in Social on December 21, 2010 at 11:59 am PT
Salesforce has bought Etacts, the contacts management tool, according to a source familiar with the matter. Etacts informed users today that it will shut down as of January 31 in order to “pursue other opportunities.”
Liz Gannes in Social on November 10, 2010 at 9:46 pm PT
As a larger question in the battle between Facebook and Google over data reciprocity, what captivates me is how much value people are putting on user email addresses. Are our email addresses really the best proxy for who we are?
Liz Gannes in Social on November 9, 2010 at 6:06 pm PT
Facebook and Google are hardly friends these days, and they’re having more and more trouble containing their dislike.
News Byte
Voices in News on October 27, 2010 at 2:02 pm PT
Not content to let its users merely find photo-sharing friends and acquaintances,
Flickr will now start proactively suggesting People You May Know on the service. Suggestions are based on your contacts plus your contacts’ contacts. Not thrilled with some of the suggestions? Dismiss them and the system will offer up a new batch. Users also are now able to import contacts from Facebook in addition to Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on October 13, 2010 at 6:03 pm PT
Microsoft significantly improved each of the key components for its new Macintosh version of Office coming out Oct. 26, which finally includes a robust Mac version of Outlook, writes Walt.
Kara Swisher in News on April 7, 2010 at 1:18 pm PT
Bump Technologies has definitely gotten a lot of attention, mostly due to the gimmicky feel of the service, which allows users to swap a wide range of data–contacts, photos and soon, much more–when they tap two phones together.
But it’s more than just a cute way for hipsters to trade phone numbers. When thought of as a technology platform that can be used by a variety of players, it gets much more interesting.
Here’s the video of my interview about that with its founders.
