Here’s Engadget’s coverage of Google I/O. The highlights are the Music beta, which is basically what was rumored; a home automation framework for Android devices, so they can control household appliances (very neat); a “made for iPod”-like program for third-party peripherals to work with Android
Microsoft is apparently purchasing Skype. What’s the business case for this? Integrate it into their business tools? Integrate into Windows Phone 7? That’s all nice, but there doesn’t seem to be an overwhelming reason for purchasing them, besides keeping it out of Google and Facebook’s hands.
Apple is studying its processes so it can pass them down to new employees. Horace Dedieu writes: According to the article in Fortune and some additional details from another source, Joel Podolny has been building an understanding of how Apple is run. He’s then been asked to codify this
China’s high-speed rail—held up by many as an example of how the rest of the world is passing us by—isn’t doing so well: Liu exploited the communist leadership’s fascination with bigness and national prestige. Among the benefits he promised was a chance to squeeze
While on trial for crimes they committed, Nazi soldiers argued they were not responsible for their actions because they were following orders from commanders. They didn’t decide to do what they did—they didn’t want to—they were just carrying out what their officer instructed them to do,
iPhone sales are growing fastest in China: As fast as U.S. sales of iphones keep growing, it is not the fastest growing region. In “Greater China,” iPhone sales were up 250 percent. Sales of all products across Asia Pacific were up 151 percent to $4.7 billion. In contrast,
Marcelo Somers on what role managers should play: The role of a manager isn’t to directly create, instead it’s to build a team of amazing creators and put the incentives in place to do great work and ship an amazing product. It’s their job to create a
Liberals, like Ezra Klein, have pointed out that “doing nothing”—e.g., sticking to what the CBO calls the current law baseline would bring government spending and tax revenue in line over the next few decades. There are two key elements: Bush’s tax cuts—80 percent of which went
Neven Mrgan and Jim Ray now have an official t-shirt available for Salt & Fat, their website for recipes and how to do things, like roast a chicken. If you haven’t come across Salt & Fat before, here’s a few of their recipes I particularly like: * Tomato
Adam Lisagor: But Apple has already built its TV. It’s called the Apple TV and that’s why it’s called the Apple TV. Because we’re supposed to be rethinking what a TV is. The TV is not the screen with seven different inputs for your players and
AOL’s about as low as it gets: You’ve heard of “shooting the messenger”? AOL shot the messenger who delivered its own message. You’ve got fail. Oh, but it wasn’t enough to fire her. AOL had to pull a “Mission: Impossible” and disavow all knowledge of what
Greg Mankiw aptly sums up the budget debate brewing between the White House and Republicans: Here we see the fundamental differences between the parties: One believes in spending more and allocating that spending via central planning. The other believes in spending less and harnessing individual choice and competition to ensure