Many people think the 3 keywords of internet services are ‘Mobile’, ‘Local’, ‘SNS.’ After the strategic success of YouTube, it gives us the fact that power contents and SNS is the important factor for success. And someone said photo is the last niche for category-typed SNS. It may be right. ‘Instagram’ is very famous mobile […]
Author: JK
Symbian, de Facto Nokia-only OS
Symbian is based on open source platform for mobile phones. But after the distribution of Android OS, many device makers such as Samsung and Sony Ericsson have been adopting Android OS instead of Symbian. Nokia released the its decision that Symbian platform would be controlled by the company, while Symbian foundation will take care of […]
Applications for iPad
Recently I often play with iPad. Sometimes I’m surprised by its various usage. The following applications are recommended by PCMAG.com. 1. photoshop express : photo editing program(Free) 2. epicurious : dealing with various recipes(Free) 3. Netflix : VOD program(Free for downloading an application, but $8.99/month for VOD services) 4. Kindle : Amazon’s e-Book reader program(Free […]
Free WiFi sponsored by Skype
People want to use WiFi service, but they don’t want pay for it. This dilemma is continuing. But Skype pays for the usage of public WiFi for the period of the first Internet Week Europe Festival(8~12 November). And it would be restricted in UK. Recently a lot of devices with WiFi show, but WiFi is […]
Facebook, acquiring Drop.io
Facebook will acquire a small contents-share company, Drop.io. Drop.io provides “drop” which can easily upload and download the contents such as documents, audio files and video clips. Now there’s no special plan using Drop.io’s resource. After the alliance with Skype, Facebook empowers its power and service area. The following video clip shows how ‘Drop.io’ works.
Blekko, human search engine
As time goes by, the websites and contents are getting more and more. So it’s the toughest work to find right information that we want. There are so many spam sites or unnecessary materials that Google and Bing can’t provide the moderate results that we favor. And here’s the interesting company which propose a different […]
Google/ITA Vs. Online travel companies
Some onlice travel companies are opposing Google which is trying to aquire ITA, the airline ticketing company. Expedia.com, Kayak.com, Farelogix.inc, Sabre Holdings which owns travelocity are the alliance against the deal. They insist that if Google aquires ITA, it could control other travel companies’ usage of ticketing service. But it’s little difficult that the deal […]
A few years ago, Myspace was the name of SNS. But Facebook and Twitter has caught up with Myspace. And recently the span between them gets broader than last year. As Michael Jones, the president of Myspace, say that most members use services related entertainment contents such as music, movies and TV shows. And now […]
Privacy in peril
Recently Google has confirmed that collected private e-mails and passwords via Street View service. And many countries are investigating Google’s infringements. But Google is not a only case that illegally or legally collects personal information. Facebook is also attacked by the some users of keeping user’s communication logs and location logs. As smartphones are distributed […]
Apple stops bundling Adobe Flash player
Apple doesn’t include a Adobe’s Flashy player in its products including Macs. This action will keep users from playing various video clips in Youtube and other websites. If video files are made on the basis of HTML5, that’s not a problem. But many videos are not. And even Apple has some trouble with Sun. This […]