Darla Baker 7/15/10 Darla Baker 7/15/10

Hello Fringsters Goodbye Skype

I hope fring and skype work this out. It is not good for the users when companies such as Skype don't play well with others. Think "What Would Google Do?" Google wants users to come to their service through any means. Regardless of how we use Skype, Skype is still benefiting from the use.

6/7/10 6/7/10

Apple iPhone 4.0 FaceTime Will Change the World

With today's announcement of the Apple iPhone 4.0 and its new front-facing camera and FaceTime app, we're getting closer to Star Trek and helping the environment at the same time.

Darla Baker 5/2/10 Darla Baker 5/2/10

Who will gain from a switch to H.264 over Flash?

There is no question that the h.264 standard is not "free". A group known as MPEG_LA holds the patent and according to Wikipedia, it is free for end users to use until December 31, 2015. As the Free Software Foundation states, it may be more widely published and implemented as a standard than flash, but it is no more "free". I am most curious to know if Apple stands to gain financially from bullying the entire Internet community into using H.264 rather than flash?

Darla Baker 5/1/10 Darla Baker 5/1/10

Steve Jobs Thoughts on Flash

Flash was created during the PC era – for PCs and mice. Flash is a successful business for Adobe, and we can understand why they want to push it beyond PCs. But the mobile era is about low power devices, touch interfaces and open web standards – all areas where Flash falls short.

Darla Baker 2/7/10 Darla Baker 2/7/10

Techcrunch: Linus Torvalds: Google's Nexus One First Mobile Phone I Don't Hate

I haven't seen the Google Nexus One yet, but I've listened to and read reviews. From what I've heard, if I were to give up my iPhone, this would be the phone I would choose. Jeff Jarvis on a recent This Week in Google, however, pointed out that the Google app for the iPhone provides a better user experience than does accessing Google on the Nexus One.

Darla Baker 11/29/09 Darla Baker 11/29/09

Predicting The Next Big Thing

Who wouldn't want to launch the next Twitter, Facebook or Google? Everyone in the tech business is asking the question, "What is the next big thing?" Clearly the most recent "big thing" has been the social networking boom. But what's next?