Roundup: GPS receivers threatened by smartphones, Chrome overcoverage continues
GPS receivers threatened by smartphones — Remember the PDA? The New York Times says the GPS may be next to be absorbed by the ever-smarter smartphone. The popular TomTom line shipped 29 percent fewer units in the first quarter of 2009 compared to 2008.
I for one welcome our new Chrome overlords — PC World columnist David Coursey has a sane, small-business-friendly critique of the whole concept of the Google Chrome OS.
Fake Steve vs Chrome – Humorist Dan Lyons puts on his Steve Job persona and drives the car into the swimming pool, literarily speaking.
Steve Sinofsky was named head of a big Microsoft division. You can call him the king of Windows.
Sony CEO Howard Stringer dismisses chatter that he needs to cut the price of the PlayStation 3, the most expensive game console.
Gartner says IT spending to drop 6 percent in 2009.
Kids are spending more time online. Nielsen says kids 2 to 11 are spending 63 percent more time online than they did five years ago.
EMC to buy Data Domain for $2.4 billion. The storage giant gets even bigger.
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About the Author, Paul Boutin
Paul (paul@venturebeat.com) covers Apple & the iPhone, social networks & social media, digital music & video, and any crazy Internet story. Paul wrote and edited for Valleywag from 2006-2008, after several years with Wired magazine and Slate. He writes regularly for The New York Times' technology section and sometimes for Wired and The Wall Street Journal. He studied computer science at MIT in the early 1980s, and worked as a software developer and network administrator for 15 years before becoming a professional writer. Follow him on Twitter at @paulboutin, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat.
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