Dave Zatz I’ve read the posts. I’ve watched the videos. I’ve even poked around the web app. Yet, I still don’t get Google Wave. From Google’s product description: Google Wave is an online tool for real-time communication and collaboration. A wave can be both a conversation and a document where people can discuss and work together using … Read more
Earlier this month, rumors of the demise of Michael Arrington’s Crunchpad may have been exaggerated or fabricated. However, those prescient vaporware tales have come to pass — and it seems the $200 $300 $400 web tablet is dead. At the very least, it may launch without Arrington and/or the CrunchPad moniker in what amounts to … Read more
I can’t even tell you how many television recommendation requests I field. Unfortunately, I don’t always have a good HDTV suggestion, because I’m only paying close attention when it’s time for me to make a purchase. Generally speaking, I steer the less tech savvy/interested friends and relatives towards Costco (or similar) for whatever Vizio LCDs … Read more
This edition of Travel Tech is probably most notable for what I didn’t manage to acquire prior to my Thanksgiving journey. I was slow to act on picking up a refurbished Kindle for a low $150 to make my upcoming transatlantic flights a bit more palatable. By the time I got around to pulling the … Read more
As TiVo does, they fire off feel-good news (for investors) along most quarterly earnings calls – to possibly soften the blow of continued subscriber defections. Today, they’ve announced a deal in which Google will be mining our TiVo commercial viewing (er, skipping) behavior to enhance their television advertising initiative. Yawn. Much more interesting, via a … Read more
Later today, Wikipedia movie content (and more) joins Rotten Tomatoes coverage on Vudu partner hardware. As a refresher, Vudu began life as a peer-to-peer movie streaming service via their dedicated hardware. After some layoffs, restructuring, and refinancing, they emerged with a hardware diversification strategy and a focus on supplemental web content. Additionally, the P2P streaming … Read more
Need a Google Voice invite? Leave a comment and I’ll randomly pick at least 3 7 winners – hopefully tomorrow, before I leave on vacation. See our previous GV coverage here. If you’ve got invites you’d also like to share, let me know (dave@zatznotfunny.com) and we’ll work on hooking up even more of the ZNF … Read more
Roku makes good on the promise of multiple new content providers in 2009 via their App Store Channel Store, launching tomorrow. Once owners receive the free software update and link a web account, Roku’s existing Netflix, Amazon VOD, and MLB.TV video services will be joined by a variety new streaming widgets, including Facebook photos, Pandora, … Read more