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Magnum P.I. Can See the Future, and We’re Living in It Right Now

Peter Kafka in Media on August 12, 2011 at 6:27 am PT

A nearly 100 percent accurate view of the present tense, forecast back in 1993.

Your Next Game Console Could Be … the iPhone 8?

John Paczkowski in Mobile on August 5, 2011 at 3:30 pm PT

If the iPhone 4 dramatically improved the small-screen gaming experience, imagine what the iPhone 8 will do. That’s what Epic Games President Mike Capps is doing these days.

Nokia’s Microsoft Partnership: Does the New Strategy Add Up?

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 11, 2011 at 4:02 am PT

Nokia has already announced the key piece of its strategy–a shift to Windows Phone for its future smartphones. Now the company is set to talk about the financial implications of that and go through the rest of its strategy, which includes a mix of Symbian and even a dash of MeeGo. Mobilized has live coverage of the event, which started at around 4 am PT, or noon here in London.

"Beyond the Search Box": The White Pleather Honeypot Smackdown

Kara Swisher in News on February 1, 2011 at 11:53 am PT

Perusing AOL’s leaked damn-the-journalism-full-speed-ahead business plan, BoomTown was a little late to the Microsoft Bing event this morning called “Farsight: Beyond the Search Box.” But things had certainly been cooking with gas when I walked into the meeting room at the University of San Francisco, including allegations of cheating, honeypot stings and a whole lot of insulting of the hosts. Schweeet!

Exclusive: Google’s Android Design Expert Outlines the Vision Behind Honeycomb

Ina Fried in Mobile on February 1, 2011 at 4:02 am PT

In an interview, former Palm designer Matias Duarte talks about the changes that will allow Android to evolve from a phone-centric operating system to one well-suited to tablets and all manner of other devices.

Apple’s Cook Aims to Reassure Wall Street on Apple’s Future

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 18, 2011 at 2:32 pm PT

We’re several questions into the earnings conference call and no analyst has yet directly asked about the health of CEO Steve Jobs. However, analysts have probed as to just how far out Apple plans its products, something Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook declined to state.

Apple Shares Down, but for How Long?

John Paczkowski in News on January 18, 2011 at 8:57 am PT

No big surprise here: Apple’s stock is slipping this morning following news that CEO Steve Jobs is taking another medical leave of absence. The company’s shares dropped some 6.5 percent this morning as the market mulled Jobs’s health issues and the potential timing of his return to the company. But how long they stay that way is up for debate.

Making the Case for E-Commerce (i.e., Amazon) in 2011

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on January 4, 2011 at 5:22 pm PT

Amazon.com is one of the top picks in e-commerce for the year, mostly because of its dominance, but also because of the opportunities it has going forward in mobile and social networks. Here’s how the two factors play a role as e-commerce revenues are expected to jump by 13 percent in 2011.

Meet Nokia's New CEO: Elop's BoomTown Video (Plus His Vision Quest)!

Kara Swisher in News on September 10, 2010 at 9:21 am PT

Just as the chickens always come home to roost, BoomTown always has a video ferreted away of someone who makes it to the bigs. In this case, here is a video interview I did in April of 2009 with new Nokia CEO Stephen Elop, just a year after he had taken over as president of Microsoft’s Business Division.

One in Six iPhone Owners Interested in Buying iPad

John Paczkowski in Mobile on February 25, 2010 at 4:59 am PT

AdMob, the mobile advertising company Google acquired last November for $750 million, published its latest mobile metrics report this morning and it offers a bit of insight into future iPad purchasing decisions. One in six of the iPhone owners AdMob surveyed say they intend to purchase Apple’s forthcoming iPad slate.