functionality

Three Funky Mice Made for Laptops

Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on January 25, 2011 at 2:23 pm PT

Katie looks at three computer mice made for laptop users. Their designs make them simple to pack in a bag, use while sitting on the couch or recharge directly from the laptop.

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LinkedIn to Add Recommendation Service

Geoffrey A. Fowler, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on November 1, 2010 at 2:42 pm PT

LinkedIn Corp. plans to launch a new recommendations service, which will allow the social network’s more than 80 million members to post reviews of products and services linked to their professional profiles. Participation in the program is free and voluntary for companies, which would need to set up company profile pages and add products to be reviewed before users could leave a recommendation.

How to Make a Killer iPad Ad

Peter Kafka in Media on October 13, 2010 at 6:23 am PT

It’s the very, very early days for iPad advertising–just about any tablet-specific ad you see today is an experiment. But Condé Nast thinks it has learned enough in the past few months to offer a few tips to marketers.

Full Disclosure: ATD Adds Meebo Toolbar

Kara Swisher in News on May 4, 2010 at 11:11 am PT

As we have with every change to features and functionality on All Things Digital, today we are writing to give you details about a new Meebo toolbar on this site. Designed to facilitate sharing, help navigation and more, it appears at the very bottom of each page on our site. The first thing you need to know: You can get rid of it whenever you like.

Confirmed: Google Acquires DocVerse in Office Faceoff With Microsoft [UPDATED]

Kara Swisher in News on March 5, 2010 at 11:12 am PT

Continuing its acquisition spree, Google has snapped up DocVerse, a start-up that allows users of Microsoft Office documents to collaborate in real-time on the Web, several sources said. Sources said the price was in the $25 to $30 million range. It’s yet another shot across Microsoft’s software bow by Google, so the brewing war over the cloud between Google and Microsoft just become a lot more interesting.

NPR: All Apps Considered

John Paczkowski in News on December 8, 2009 at 7:06 am PT

National Public Radio is ramping up its mobile presence. Following the summer launch of a well-received iPhone App, the broadcaster is rolling out an expanded mobile site and an NPR News app for Android, Google’s mobile OS.

Unlike Google Voice, Vonage Now Available on iPhone

John Paczkowski in News on October 5, 2009 at 8:00 am PT

Apple seems to have gotten over its aversion to apps duplicating core iPhone functions. This morning, Internet telephony company Vonage released an app that allows iPhone users to make calls over Wi-Fi and AT&T’s voice network.

Exclusive: Yahoo Set to Unveil Massive New Marketing Campaign at Advertising Week, Declaring Size Does Matter

Kara Swisher in News on September 13, 2009 at 10:32 am PT

Yahoo is set to unveil a major marketing campaign to reset advertiser and consumer perception of the long-troubled company during Advertising Week in New York, which starts a week from tomorrow. According to numerous sources BoomTown has spoken to about the campaign, Yahoo is–at least with advertisers–going to focus on stressing the size and scale of the Internet giant. With consumers, the Internet giant will push the idea of being a key hub on the Web. The details of the plan will be made public Tuesday, Sept. 22, at a press conference with senior Yahoo execs, including CEO Carol Bartz.

Microsoft Announces Google Apps Killer Technical Preview

John Paczkowski in News on July 13, 2009 at 9:08 am PT

It was more than a decade ago that Microsoft’s Outlook email client first became accessible over the Web. Now the rest of the company’s flagship Office suite is following suit. At the opening of its Worldwide Partner Conference in New Orleans this morning, Microsoft announced a “technical preview” of Office 2010 and revealed that some of its key applications–Word, Excel and PowerPoint–will be available over the Web in 2010. For free.

PS3, Xbox, Wii and…iPhone?

John Paczkowski in News on March 24, 2009 at 10:38 am PT

“Our love affair with the iPhone began by simply touching it. This was rapidly becoming the most important device I had ever owned, it was an all-encompassing, complete device. And I knew that that device was going to enable incredible things for gaming.” That breathless and swooning introduction aside, ngmoco co-founder Neil Young’s keynote address at the Game Developers Conference today was a noteworthy one in that it really heralds the arrival of the iPhone as a gaming platform.