Links on the Fed's Emergency Lending to companies like magnetar and foreign banks of all stripes are featured in today's links. Also here is a good article on structural/cyclical unemployment and one by Thomas Hoenig on too big to fail plus…
To me, these small TV-attached multimedia devices represent the perfect example of the so-called convergence of computing and multimedia that people have been talking about since the late 1990s. Take a look at what Walt Mossberg has to say…
The iPhone goes on sale right now, 12 midnight today. Walt Mossberg gives his view on the product in the video below. He likes the Phone. He just doesn't like AT&T – and this is the same complaint the review at Boing Boing had as well.…
Facebook has been under fire of late because of growing privacy concerns amongst its users. At the centre of the debate is the company's constantly changing privacy rules for existing Facebook users. On occasion, the company has moved…
In the links this morning I highlighted the D8 All Things Digital technology conference hosted by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg. Apple CEO Steve Jobs was there sounding off on all manner of topics from Google to Adobe to the iPad. The Wall…
Apple doesn't get it. Yes, the iPhone is still the standard bearer amongst smartphones. Yes, you can now get a 16GB 3GS iPhone for as little as $97 at Wal-Mart of all places. Yes, the iPhone is clearly still the dominant smartphone.…
I am not going out to buy another gadget, but Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal thinks the iPad does a bang up job of replacing a laptop for a lot of people. And it gets 11 hours of use on battery power. That's outstanding. I'll…
The Motorola Droid is the so-called iPhone killer. Is it the real deal? Mossberg seems to think so. See also: Motorola's Droid Is Smart Success for Verizon Users – Walt Mossberg, WSJ