Jan 21, 2010 Posted by Helena@ggt

Why apps on Amazon Kindle won’t work

Yesterday’s announcement about Amazon opening up their Kindle to developers (with a real developer’s kit) in order for apps to start showing up on the device soon, really surprised me. To be honest, I didn’t think that Amazon would fall for Apples promotion strategy. So, let’s go through it step by step, shall we? What does Apple actually do before they release a major new... read more

Dec 23, 2009 Posted by Helena@ggt

Ten predictions for 2010 – because “I told you so” is fun!

This post over at ReadWriteWeb had me agreeing, disagreeing and partly wondering “who cares about that in 2010?!”. But instead of going over every single point (the original post is quite long already), I’ll quickly list my very own predictions for 2o10: 1. Browsers won’t fully replace operating systems; not in 2010 – not after that. The reason is simple; while netbooks are... read more