Keep it Simple, Stupid
We’ve all heard that phrase. Making things more complicated than they need to be is a design mistake that frustrates users, and Microsoft has certainly been guilty of doing that at times in the past. How many times have we tromped through a long list of steps, sometimes involving several different configuration interfaces, to accomplish something that should be a simple task? Users of Apple products have long touted “simplicity” as one of the primary reasons they made that choice. For a long time, Microsoft could safely ignore Apple’s advantage in that respect because the Mac’s...
read moreGoogle Invests $5 Million In German Solar Power Plant
Shared by Julian Nice! Google has just announced its very first clean energy project investment in Europe, and hopefully not its last. The Internet giant is pumping 3.5 million euros (roughly $5 million) in a solar photovoltaic power plant in a t...
read moreGoogle, I’d Send This To You Via Gmail, But I Can’t — It’s Time For A New Deal
Yesterday, I noticed my Gmail account was insanely slow for no apparent reason. Nothing new here really, so I decided to wait it out. A few hours later, same deal. So I began phase two of my normal routine these days: publicly bitching about Gmail on T...
read moreGoogle, I’d Send This To You Via Gmail, But I Can’t — It’s Time For A New Deal
Yesterday, I noticed my Gmail account was insanely slow for no apparent reason. Nothing new here really, so I decided to wait it out. A few hours later, same deal. So I began phase two of my normal routine these days: publicly bitching about Gmail on T...
read moreMud-strewn wastelands replace Japanese towns
SENDAI, Japan - Wastelands of mud and debris now stretch along Japan's northeast coast where towns and villages used to be, consumed by a terrifying tsunami triggered by Japan's biggest ever earthquake. [...]
read moreWhy Nokia Is Toast
Shared by Julian So got to agree to that CWmike writes "It's hard to remember now, but there was a time when Finland was at the center of the cell phone universe. No more. Nokia is being killed by complexity. Along comes Microsoft with Windows Phon...
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