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Ballmer: "The Internet Was Designed For The PC.  The Internet Is Not Designed For The iPhone"
Ballmer: "The Internet Was Designed For The PC. The Internet Is Not Designed For The iPhone"
Todd Bishop of TechFlash picks up on an amusing Steve Ballmer quote buried at the bottom of an AP article : "Let's face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone. That's why they've got 75,000 applications — they're all trying to make the ...
Ballmer Talks Natal, Says Blu-ray Add-On for Xbox Coming [Ballmer Interview]
gizmodo.com — In the first segment of our exclusive Steve Ballmer interview series, the Microsoft CEO and I talk... about Natal, the blurring of console generations, and the surprising fact that "you'll be able to get" Blu-ray add-on drives for Xbox 360 . When I ... (more) Ballmer Talks Natal, Says Blu-ray Add-On for Xbox Coming ...
Video: Ballmer headlines global Windows 7 launch events
marketnewslive.blogspot.com — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer took to the stage in New York Thursday to launch Windows 7. In... a day of worldwide events, Ballmer took on the role of chief salesman hoping to convince consumers and business to migrate to the new operating system. (more) Video: Ballmer headlines global Windows 7 launch events
Video: Ballmer talks on FOX Business
Video: Ballmer talks on FOX Business
blog.seattlepi.com — Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer appeared this morning on FOX Business Network to talk about how his company... plans to market Windows 7. He also addresses Bing's chances against market-dominating Google. (more) Video: Ballmer talks on FOX Business
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Ballmer: "The Internet Is Not Designed For The iPhone" [Blockquote]
Gizmodo — ... proclaims that the Internet was not designed for a device that wasn't even a glimmer in Steve Jobs' eye when the Internet came to be. Let's face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone. That's why they've got 75,000 applications - they're all trying to make the Internet look decent on the iPhone. Only trouble is that I don't know how those fart apps are making the Internet look decent. [AP via Business Insider] ...

CEOh-SNAP: Ballmer Says the Internet Wasn’t Designed for the iPhone
The iPhone Blog — ... the iPhone has 85,000 apps is because it’s a modern, highly usable mobile device that developers want to develop for. (For the record, what became the modern Web was designed on NeXT, the precursor to Apple’s OS X, the mobile version of which powers the iPhone, with computing power and screen real-estate we’re guessing might just be competitive with desktop power a couple decades old. B’okay Steve?) [AP via Business Insider via Gizmodo] This is a story by the iPhone Blog. This feed ...

Best of the Rest: Extend Your Laptop's Life, Is Googling Always Wise?
Switched — ... Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer recently told the AP, "Let's face it, the Internet was designed for the PC. The Internet is not designed for the iPhone." You can hear Mac fans worldwide building themselves into a rage. [From: BusinessInsider] ...

Robert Scoble: 85,000 reasons why the iPhone won't be disrupted
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Steve Ballmer's recent assertion about the iPhone, "That's why they've got 75,000 applications -- they're all trying to make the Internet look decent on the iPhone." ...

Shareholders ask Ballmer about Apple
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... Instead of telling people what they like, sanitizing language, insisting that the only reason the iPhone has 75,000 apps available is to make it usable on the Internet and ...

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Give Work iPhone app is designed to provide Kenyan refugees with jobsIntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis
Again we have a great example of beneficial use of mobile technology. The application is called Give Work and it’s a joint effort of Samasource, an NGO working to provide Internet-based jobs for poor people around the world, and CrowdFlower, a San Francisco-based company that ...