Displaying a firm grasp of the obvious, Dell CEO and founder Michael Dell says today’s tablet market is “an iPad market.” Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit, the PC maker added that Android tablets have not done “fantastically well.” According to Dell, Android tablets didn’t offer a compelling reason to buy over Apple’s iPad. Microsoft’s anticipated Windows 8 platform could be just the competition that Apple needs, notes Dell. READ MORE
Facebook, Google and Apple use facial recognition to automatically recognize people in photos and the technology is increasingly being used in other ways, such as in billboards that target ads based on who’s walking by. But is this technology good, or bad? Is it an invasion of privacy, or is it something consumers can benefit from? READ MORE
If you’re overwhelmed by the panoply of tablets out there (and who wouldn’t be?) CNET’s Harry McCracken helps cut through some of the clutter with a thoughtful analysis of the various operating systems now challenging (or no longer challenging) Apple’s iOS and the iPad. READ MORE
Microsoft launched a new blog and Twitter account to chronicle and crowdsource the development of its next operating system, Windows 8,” reports Erica Swallow for Mashable. READ MORE
“You told us what you wanted in the next version of Windows and we listened.” So says Microsoft in describing its development of Windows 7. The company even made a bunch of “Windows 7 is my idea,” commercials to underline that point. Windows 8? Not so much. When an IT manager contacted Microsoft to make suggestions for the next iteration, he got a polite e-mail back that explained: “While Microsoft does accept suggestions for existing products and services, we do not accept suggestions for new products.” READ MORE
