Posts by Grant Hansen:
Why Apple Banned Flash
There’s been a lot of discussion of late over the “Apple doesn’t/won’t support Flash” topic. Thanks to my personal Buddha, Paul Eng, for alerting me to Steve Job’s explanation in Thoughts on Flash. I won’t summarize the article here, so read it for yourself. Jobs closes with his 2 cents for Adobe: “New open standards created in the mobile era, such as HTML5, will win on mobile devices (and PCs too). Perhaps Adobe should focus more on creating great HTML5 tools for the future, and less on criticizing Apple for leaving the past behind.”
Consumer Reports Video: E-reader Showdown: iPad vs. Kindle
Keep in mind, Consumer Reports compares the iPad and Kindle as e-readers, which I think is how it should be! Paul Eng and Paul Reynolds have a nice back-and-forth debate. What’s your opinion?
The WePad YouTube Video Channel
Still lots of buzz about the WePad, and finally there’s a YouTube Channel so you can see it in action. Without any voice over instructions of what’s going on, you don’t get any in-depth insight into the functionality or interface, but the video does show it in action. I like you you can either use [...]
CNN’s 12 Things to Know Before You Buy an iPad
We’ll do our best not to overwhelm you with tons and tons of links about the iPad, but we will be giving a heads-up to y’all about some good ones. Check out CNN’s Before you buy: 12 things to know about the iPad for some good, basic insight for those not in the know.
Consumer Reports’ iPad Blog Hub
You may have heard about this new gadget coming out today from Apple. The ill-named iPad. Many of you have just heard about it, but don’t really know much about it.
If you are interested in learning more, keep an eye on Consumer Reports iPad blog hub. It’s updated often with various topics, both fun and [...]
HTML5
I developed my first Web site in 1995. In Notepad. It was pretty bad. Over the past 15 years I have become an expert in HTML and CSS and have lived through and adopted all versions of each. With CSS3 already in use, we look forward to HTML5.
In basic terms, HTML5 is like a combination [...]
Lady Gaga Is the Queen of Social Media
Lady Gaga is everywhere. You can’t turn on the radio and listen for too long before one of her hits bounces through your speakers. Yet her reach goes so much further than the Billboard Charts. Caitlin Burns states in her article Lady Gaga and Social Media (for The Social Robot) that “Lady Gaga has over [...]
Scarface-booked!
Pasquale Manfredi (a.k.a. Scarface — self-proclaimed), on of Italy’s most wanted good fella, was nabbed because officals were able to track him by monitoring his (and his contacts) Facebook activities. Check out the full story and video in Doug Stanglin’s article Italian police nab most-wanted Mafia suspect via Facebook (USA Today ONDEADLINE).
When it comes to [...]
Microsoft Hopes to Compete with Flash in Mobilsphere
I know a lot of very talented animators. They can create amazing stuff both in Flash and on paper. But when I ask them if they know Silverlight I’m answered with blank stares.
This isn’t stopping Microsoft from hoping to wage stiff competition in the mobilsphere when it comes to animation and apps. Tony Dennis sheds [...]
More Evidence of Google’s Enthusiasm for the Mobile Market
As we mentioned yesterday in Google Projects Mobile Ad Rates to Pass PC Ad Rates, Google is anticipating higher ad rates for mobile than PC. According to Google Expects Big Things From Future of Mobile Technology by Michael Barkoviak (Daily Tech), “The company said it has seen a significant increase in search traffic on phones [...]