by Lisa Jasper | Sep 4, 2012 | Innovation, Mobile
I had a “mobile moment” last night. I had slacked on my Netflix queue maintenance, so we ended up with a copy of Bridesmaids rather than the next set of episodes of Modern Family. As my husband and I sat in front of the TV desperately trying to find... 
by Lisa Jasper | Aug 28, 2012 | Innovation
Wow. I’m pretty blown away about how hard the jury came down on Samsung for violating Apple’s patents, including pinch-to-zoom (technically, repeat pinch-to-zoom), enlarging docs by tapping, application bounce-back, rounded icons and more. The NYT has an... 
by Jim Smelley | Feb 10, 2012 | Other
“I’m really sorry about this, but I can’t take any requests right now. Please try again in a little while.” That quote seems to be what Siri says about half the time to me now. Siri is quite unreliable and seems to have become more so over... by Jim Smelley | Sep 21, 2011 | Other
I awoke this morning to a note on Marketplace (yes, I have my radio timed to wake me up to that daily economic newscast . . . I know . . . get a life!) about the rumored release of the iPhone 5. And, admittedly, I hopped out of my bed and ran to my computer to check... by Jim Smelley | Sep 20, 2011 | Mobile
One of the first posts I ever wrote on this blog was about the three things we have in our pockets: wallet, keys and phone. Three years ago, I was envisioning the day when we’d be able to move all of those into a single device. And I’ve been impatient for...