As promised last week this is a short review of the Sun Microsystem’s Event about “Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups”. First: This event was more for founders and managers than for developers. And you could clearly see this. Most came with a shirt or suite. Neither Mathias, Christian nor me had a t-shirt […]
Continue ReadingGerman Users Tested on their Computer Knowledge
German Technology magazine heise reports about a study from DLGI about the general computer knowledge of German users. 56 percent said they have “satisfactory” or “good” knowledge. The other 44 said they never used a computer (sic!). The funny part is, most of the questioned people understand under “computer knowledge” the “use of a browser”. […]
Continue ReadingLiveblogging Firefox Download Day
1:07 PM ET: 23 hours later. I think this is a pretty impressive number and I really hope we reach 8 million downloads. That would mark an incredible number. Tell your friends they have to download Firefox 3 and enjoy a better web. 7:13 AM ET: 6 Million downloads reached. 3: 52 AM ET: 1:38 […]
Continue ReadingEvent Preview: Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups
Sun Microsystems invites to their new event about Web 2.0 and Open Source in Startups. Today they have sent out the agenda for next Thursday, June 19th and it looks pretty interesting: What does Web 2.0 mean to Sun and why do we care? Manuel Jaffrin, EMEA Business Development Manager Web 2.0/Internet Industry Practice Sun […]
Continue ReadingApple Becomes The New Microsoft }(:-/)
Why? MobileMe only works with Mail.app, iCal.app, iPhone, Microsoft Outlook. I very much doubt it that Apple will ever release an API for other applications to allow synchronize to MobileMe. And seriously? Yet another email? A @me.com? And what happened to video gallery .mac had? On my Mac I use Mail.app, on my Windows machine […]
Continue ReadingiPhone Comming on July 11th to Switzerland
Mark your calendar: iPhone 3G is coming to Switzerland on July 11th 2008 See above images for more countries. (Swisscom) I am looking for some sponsors to help buy me an iPhone. Let me know. I have some space free on my lapotp for your stickers!
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