Archive for 2012
Adventures In Self-Publishing: SplatF’s Six-Month Checkup
Feb. 9, ‘12: SplatF’s six-month checkup is… a bit late. It’s actually been seven months since I started publishing this site in early July, 2011. Hey, I’ve been busy! I redesigned the site in January, adding new, shorter link-type posts (trendy!) and comments … Continue reading →
Google developing its own home audio entertainment system
Feb. 9, ‘12: Amir Efrati for the Wall Street Journal: Google’s Android unit has led a multi-year effort to develop the device, which may possibly stream other digital media besides music and is expected to be unveiled later this year, people familiar with … Continue reading →
New 4G LTE Android phones actually getting decent battery life
Feb. 9, ‘12: Nilay Patel, reviewing the new Motorola Droid Razr Maxx for The Verge: In general use, I found that the Maxx would run for about a day and a half to two days without a charge if I used it normally. … Continue reading →
iPad 3 coming in March
Feb. 9, ‘12: So says John Paczkowski, whose pipeline into the Apple world is particularly solid. I skipped the iPad 2, waiting for a retina display, so I’ll be buying a couple of these. (My wife has recently taken a liking to our … Continue reading →
Yahoo’s new CEO wants to reduce focus on ads
Feb. 9, ‘12: At 80%+ in the SplatF “Eggs in One Basket” index, Yahoo sure relies a lot on ads. (Not as much as Google, but a lot.) Anyway, with Yahoo’s new boss Scott Thompson coming from PayPal, you’d expect this sort of … Continue reading →
iTunes Match is ‘magic money that Apple made exist out of thin air for copyright holders’
Feb. 8, ‘12: TuneCore CEO Jeff Price: The first royalty payments from iMatch are in, and they got me excited – the total amount is over $10,000 for the first two months.
Foursquare CEO on moving past the ‘mayor’ jokes
Feb. 8, ‘12: I did a Q&A with Foursquare co-founder/CEO Dennis Crowley for ReadWriteWeb, and one of the main things we talked about was Foursquare’s need to get past some of its initial clichés and stereotypes — mayors, badges, etc. — and mature … Continue reading →
Path deletes all auto-harvested phonebook data and makes it an opt-in feature
Feb. 8, ‘12: Path founder Dave Morin, in a post called “We are sorry.” We believe you should have control when it comes to sharing your personal information. We also believe that actions speak louder than words. So, as a clear signal of … Continue reading →
Follow SplatF on LinkedIn
Feb. 8, ‘12: If you’re using the LinkedIn Today news portal and want to see more SplatF stories there, you can now follow the SplatF feed on LinkedIn. Thanks!
Path busted uploading your whole iPhone phonebook to its servers
Feb. 7, ‘12: Path CEO/founder Dave Morin is a well-meaning guy, and I assume this was just a bad decision, and not an attempt to collect and hold your entire address book hostage. Plenty of apps let you look for friends in your … Continue reading →
