As expected, Apple is announcing a software developer's kit that will allow programmers to write native iPhone applications that also access the iPhone's Web connections. See the live blog, now underway over on Tom Krazit's One More Thing blog.
Say No to boxed software! The future of applications is online delivery and access. Software is passé. Webware is the new way to get things done.
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Facebook and Twitter are the darlings of the social-media world, not Google--which hopes to change that with Buzz, betting it can organize your online social life.
Stewart Butterfield and his friends are back at it with a new company. CNET's Daniel Terdiman was given exclusive, behind-the-scenes access as they built it from scratch.
The Digital Home
Motorola, RIM leading, with Apple on the riseAlthough Apple gets all the attention, Motorola and RIM are still the top handset and smartphone makers in the U.S.
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Images: Stewart Butterfield's new gaming start-up
The Open Road
What today's tech is teaching tomorrow's workforceThe kids are all right, and they increasingly prefer Apple, Google, and open source. What will this mean for Microsoft?
Beyond Binary
Olympic snow still in short supply at CypressOlympic organizers have now shortened training, stepped up trucking of snow, and even turned to adding dry ice to the mix to make sure the venue is ready for the start of the Games.
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Apple iPad: Is it for you?
Technically Incorrect
Man texts Greece to get rescued in New ZealandA tourist texts his family in Greece when he gets lost on a New Zealand mountain. His family calls Greek authorities, who contact those in New Zealand. Great, but why didn't he just call a local rescue number?
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Apple iPad announcement wrap-up
The Social
Tweeting a book by its coverAn indie magazine in Brooklyn has launched a Twitter account that broadcasts what books people are reading on the New York subway--an attempt to show that e-readers have their voyeuristic disadvantages.
Geek Gestalt
Boeing's next-gen 747 takes first flightThe 747-8 Freighter, whose passenger version is slated to come a year later, is getting tested alongside the 787 Dreamliner in Washington state.
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Next-generation 747 takes first air (photos)
Crave
Navigon iPhone GPS to get social media and panoramic 3D viewNavigon is about to release a major update for its MobileNavigator GPS app for the iPhone that adds social media interaction, panoramic 3D views, and Navigon MyRoutes.
The Car Tech blog
Ford to debut all-electric Transit Connect vanAutomaker to unveil 2011 Transit Connect Electric van at Chicago Auto Show. New model expected to go into production late 2010.
