*“If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else.”* ― Dave Ramsey Most athletes don’t make it to the Olympics. Most startups don’t strike gold. Most writers don&…
The end of Android tablets: can Google match Amazon's success before Microsoft closes the window?
By Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn This Thursday, we expect that Amazon will be unveiling a least one new Kindle Fire alongside a new e-reader. If you believe Amazon’s somewhat fuzzy math, the Kindle...
Opinion: Google's Nexus 7 makes the case for a smaller iPad
Google's Nexus 7, a 7-inch Android tablet, has received positive reviews as the first really good Android tablet. But Dan Frakes thinks the Nexus 7's bigger claim to fame may be that it's setting the stage for an "iPad mini."
The myth of pinch-to-zoom: how a confused media gave Apple something it doesn't own
In 2007, Steve Jobs stood on stage, listing the benefits of Apple's then-new iPhone touchscreen. "You can do multi-finger gestures on it," he said, moving his hands back and forth in the...
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The atmosphere of Belvedere’s, a dive bar on Butler Street in Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville neighborhood — with its stage and pool tables and little in the way of ambiance — was completely transformed...
How Apple Killed the Linux Desktop and Why That Doesn't Matter | Wired Enterprise
It's hard to say exactly what percentage of desktop and laptop computers run Apple OSX, but it's clear that the operating system has made slow but steady gains at chipping away at Microsoft's lead. Some figures put the number at about 6-7% of the desktop market. Linux may have seen a surge last year, but it still hasn't seen the sort of growth OSX has, nor the growth that Linux supporters have long hoped for
Why don’t successful people and organizations automatically become very successful? One important explanation is due to what I call “the clarity paradox,” which can be summed up in four predictable phases: Phase 1: When we really have clarity of purpose, it leads to success. Phase 2: When we have success, it leads to more options […]
Most users on the web spend most of their time in apps. The most popular of those apps, like Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Tumblr and others, are primarily focused on a single, simple stream that offers a river of news which users can easily scroll through, skim over, and click on
The internet is disrupting many content-focused industries, and the publishing landscape is beginning its own transformation in response. Tools haven’t yet been developed to properly, semanti…
The implosion of the Newt Gingrich presidential campaign—the first implosion, before the weird resurrection and inevitable second implosion—came because he used four words: right-wing social engineering. He used the phrase, last May, to describ [...]
My brilliant friend Caterina Fake wrote about the Fear of Missing Out last year, and the FOMO meme took instant hold amongst those of us who love the digital life. We’re keenly aware that our constant connection to those who are doing things that are exciting, engaging or novel