Back to the Future: How Apple is Becoming More Like a Carrier Every Day (TechCrunch)
Editor's note : Is Apple going too far with its restrictions on developers? Alistair Goodman thinks so and explains why in this guest post. He is the CEO of 1020 Placecast , a location-based mobile advertising startup. Apple’s recent behavior bears an increasing resemblance to carriers with respect to the walled garden they are creating around the iPhone. Restricting applications, restricting ...
The iPod of the Future
The original iPod is now old enough to be an ironic accessory, a semi-bulky thing that can't even store your whole music library or connect to the internet. How 2002. In fact, sales of iPods declined for the first time this year. Does this open the door for Microsoft's Zune? No, of course not. Business Week predicts that the iPod will remain a hot item, even as it ceases to bear much resemblance to its original incarnation. Future iPods will be closer to today's iPod Touch, with flash memo