The most interesting parts of Microsoft’s Mix conference have come to a close, leaving us with two steaming news lumps: One for Windows Phone 7, and one for Internet Explorer 9. Here’s what’s in them! More »
Author: John Herrman
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Windows Phone 7 and Internet Explorer 9: Here’s What Happened [Mix2010]
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In Defense of No Multitasking: Microsoft Edition [Windows Phone 7]
Windows Phone 7 won’t have full multitasking for third party apps, which, given Windows Mobile’s multitasking past, took people off guard. Here’s how Microsoft’s Scott Guthrie answers for this. Warning: The rationalizations might sound a little familiar. More »
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Internet Explorer 9 Won’t Run on Windows XP [Internet Explorer]
If this morning’s news of Internet Explorer 9’s support for HTML5 and video acceleration got you excited, and you happen to run Windows XP, prepare to get unexcited: You won’t be able to install it on your OS. Sorry! [IE9] More »
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The Future Of Windows Phone 7 Is Written in Morse Code [Image Cache]
From Bill Buxton‘s fascinating presentation to the Mix conference about user interfaces, one of the first 3rd-party apps created with Microsoft’s recently released WinPho 7 SDK: A cheeky Twitter app, for electrical telegraph operators. [Mix 2010] More »
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What Happens (Online) When We Die: Facebook [Memory]
One day, you’re going to die. And when you do, you online presence—like your social network profiles, your blog comments, and your web services—will serve as your very first memorial. Here’s how it’ll play out. More »
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Samsung’s Not-So-Mysterious New Windows Phone 7 Handset [Windows Phone 7]
We’ve become acquainted with Windows Phone 7 handsets from Asus and LG, but during this morning’s demo, we saw a new one from Samsung. So, what do we know about this—or any—of the handsets we’ve seen so far? More »
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Windows Phone 7’s Impossible App Mission [Windows Phone 7]
Microsoft’s already done a lot right with Windows Phone 7, and it’s not even out until late this year. But after today’s announcements, there’s one lingering question: How can Windows Phone 7 possibly catch up, in terms of apps? More »
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Even Microsoft Execs Like Making Fun of Steve Ballmer [Jokes]
Ritual Steve Ballmer humiliation isn’t just for blogs anymore! Nope, now even Microsoft’s corporate class—in this case Microsoft Developer Division VP Scott Guthrie—is in on the joke. Way in. More »
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Windows Marketplace Will Be the Only Source For Windows Phone 7 Apps [Windows Phone 7]
What many feared (or briefly thought about without much emotion either way) has turned out to be true: Microsoft PR has confirmed that Windows Marketplace for Mobile will be the only source for Windows Phone 7 apps, meaning that you can’t sideload apps, and that Microsoft will be the sole gatekeeper for all apps on the platform. This is how the iPhone App Store works, and more importantly, not how Windows Mobile, even with the 6.x Marketplace, has ever worked. More »
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Windows Phone 7 Apps: Everything You Need To Know [Windows Phone 7]
Windows Phone 7 Series: It’s a thing! And it looks pretty great, so far. Last month’s announcement, though, left a lot of questions. Questions which will be answered here, in Gizmodo’s live coverage of Microsoft MIX 2010 keynote. Constantly updating. More »
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It’s Time For One Data Plan to Rule All Our Gadgets [All Giz Wants]
If you buy a 3G iPad, you’ll be able to purchase data, month by month, from AT&T. Neat! But you already pay for unlimited data access on your iPhone, also from AT&T. So why not have one plan, for everything? More »
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iPad Pre-Orders Start Friday Morning at 8:30 Eastern [Ipad]
If you just can’t wait to buy an iPad, or rather, can’t wait to reserve your slot to buy an iPad, you may be getting up early tomorrow: Pre-orders start at 8:30am EST Friday. That’s 5:30am, Pacific. More »
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Springpad Turns Your iPhone Into a Scrapbook for Everything [IPhone Apps]
Are you one of those people who collects stuff? Not material items, but little tiny scraps of information, be they photos, places, products, text snippets, ideas, or plans? Then maybe, maybe, you should try Springpad. More »
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First Peek at the JooJoo Tablet’s Guts [Guts]
When Jason first played with JooJoo’s tablet, he caught a fleeting glimpse of a 1.6GHz Intel Atom in the device’s BIOS. Via the FCC, now we know for sure: It’s based on the Atom processor, and as predicted, Nvidia’s Ion. More »
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Emergency Vehicle Gadget Overload Will Kill/Save Us All [Trends]
Cops got laptops, ambu-lance drivers got cellphones, and now look, they’re all running us over and making us dead. This is a concern right now! So should you be outraged and/or scared? Probably not. More »
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Fashion as Futurism [Image Cache]
It’s hard for a lot of us to relate to what goes on in fashion, but Alexander McQueen, recently deceased, strode across some familiar territory in his final works. Shots like this are as sci-fi as they are high-fashion. [BoingBoing] More »
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Brizzly: The iPhone New Best (Free) Twitter App [IPhone Apps]
It’s not that Brizzly’s perfect, or that it does justice to its source material (the unassailably pretty, wonderfully lean Birdfeed)—it’s that it comes close enough, and it’s free. More »
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HTML5 vs. Flash: The Video Benchmark Deathmatch [Online Video]
With the release of the iPad, among other things, HTML5’s been pitted against Flash as the savior of web video. It might be! (Or not!) Either way, a crucial arguing point is that it’s more efficient. So, uh, is it? More »
