Steve Jobs' June 7 dilemma

Can he really "blow Google out of the water" with his WWDC keynote?

Jobs at WWDC 2008

Steve Jobs may come to regret that widely re-posted e-mail promising an Apple (AAPL) loyalist that he won't be "disappointed" by the announcements the company has lined up for the Worldwide Developers Conference, which begins in San Francisco in less than two weeks.

However, if the 5,000 developers gathering at Moscone West leave Jobs' keynote MORE

Android: On Fragmentation and obsolescence

The rate of innovation on Android devices is so great that many buyers may feel alienated.

Google's Android platform is morphing at an amazing rate.  So fast, in fact, that consumers may be hesitant to jump on board for fear that a new, better device may be right around the corner.

Another concern: Will the device you bought be able to handle the firmware updates that come out toward the end of MORE

Google TV? No thanks

Consumers don't want the web on TV – they want a better TV experience

Google is working with Intel, Logitech and Sony to bring the web to the TV. But you know what? We've tried that. It's not a great experience. Photo: Logitech.

As you might have seen last week, my Techmate sparring partner Michael and I got into it a bit about Google TV. He liked the idea, I didn't.

I MORE

The bandwidth gap among G-20 nations is real, and it is vast

As developed countries outsource their work to emerging economies, slow and sparse Internet can choke off growth.

As manufacturers and carriers revel in the fact that global internet connections are increasing at a rapid pace allowing for an unprecedented amount of connectivity, they also have to deal with the issue of bridging the technology gap among various nations.

Responding to Ericsson's predictions that there will be 50 billion mobile network connections MORE

Tony Blair's Next Act

A silent cement factory on the Northern California coast is not where you would expect to find a former British Prime Minister on a Sunday afternoon. But there was no mistaking a blue-blazered Tony Blair hopping down from a black SUV as it rolled to a stop in a cloud of dust in front of a series of construction trailers. The reason for Blair's visit to this windy stretch of MORE

Why you should care about HTML5

With a range of new features, the web language's prominence may come sooner rather than later. But several key companies are reluctant to give it love.

Tech giants like Apple have been quick to plug HTML5 as the web language of the future -- and consequently, a "Flash killer"-- but when it comes to features and how those will affect mainstream users, there's been little in the way of clear explanation.

Authored MORE

Hacking Android: EVO gets rooted, Froyo does Hulu, more

Android developers are already knee deep into the latest Google technology released at I/O last week and have made some significant breakthroughs.

Sprint EVO 4G rooted:
What happens when you give away 5000 of your smartphones to the some pretty clever developers at the Google I/O (GOOG) conference?  Sprint (S) found out yesterday when its yet-to-be-released HTC EVO (the most amazing smartphone I've ever touched btw) was rooted.

That means that developers will soon be able MORE

Google's Adsense revenue share revealed

In the spirit of transparency and perhaps a shot across the bow to Apple's iAds, Google released their revenue sharing for Adsense today.

In a post this morning on the official Inside Adsense blog, Google (GOOG) finally revealed on of the ratio of ingredients to its advertising 'special sauce'.

Content publisher revenue share is 68% Worldwide and Google notes that the figure hasn't changed since it began in 2003.  Google says its 32% share of the revenue MORE

Analysts weigh in on GoogleTV

The new service offered by Google starting this Fall obviously won't have immediate affect on its bottom line but long term implications may be significant.

Image Credit: Seth Weintraub

Analysts chimed in on Google's TV ambitions with mostly positive remarks on the new service.

Morgan Stanley's (MS) Justin Post and Joyce Tran saw many significant long term upsides to the move, but pegged pricing (at or near AppleTV's $200) as being the MORE

Morgan Stanley ups AAPL target to $310

In the bank's "bull case" scenario, iPhone sales could drive Apple to $400 per share

Click to enlarge. Source: Morgan Stanley

In a note to clients issued early Monday, Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty raised her Apple (AAPL) price target to $310 per share (from $275), suggesting that investors continue to underestimate 1) continued iPhone share gains, 2) better-than-expected iPad demand, 3) the growing Chinese market, and 4) increased penetration of the MORE