Whatever the official or unofficial reasons may be that Flash isn’t running on iPhones or iPads, apparently Flash is running all that well on Android phones. Ian Betteridge in Technovia: Pretty bad. In fact, if you’re thinking video, utterly unusable… Ignoring the broader reasons for Apple wanting to keep Flash off its platform, it’s clear … Read More »

Nicole Martinelli reports in Cult of Mac on the success of an iPhone stethoscope app: So far, some three million physicians have downloaded the $0.99 iStethoscope to be able to monitor the heart rates of patients on the go. It’s an impressive number but there’s no mention on how many of the iStethoscope apps are … Read More »

Hit whoring is alive on major online publications and from notable technologists. Dan Frommer in Business Insider on why he dumped Hulu Plus (hint: it’s not what you think it is): While Hulu did a fine job technically getting the service up and running, it just wasn’t worth the $10 per month I was paying. … Read More »

Jonny Evans in Computerworld on six of Apple’s most notorious failed products. The Puck Mouse The G4 Cube iPod HiFi FireWire Pippin Steve Jobs Challenge #6 is stupid. #1, #2, #3 and #5 are spot on. FireWire has a successful niche and prospers, but it’s not ubiquitous (USB).

Amar Hanspal in The New York Times on Autodesk bringing AutoCAD to the Mac. This is an endorsement from our side that design and engineering customers are taking the Macintosh seriously again. Indeed.

Gartner’s Tom Austin joined the iPad party. My iPad hasn’t replaced my Tablet PC. And it hasn’t replaced my company issued notebook computer, my personal photo and music editing machine or any of the other computers in my apartment. It’s just made them more secondary. Confirmed. And… The iPad is transformational because it just simply … Read More »

Fool’s Anders Byland foolishly declares a Truce in the Online Video Format War. The format war over online video standards is over. You may not have realized there was a war at all, but this is a big deal. This is not a cease-fire, but a peace treaty with every relevant John Hancock firmly aboard. … Read More »