Apple's 'iPad 5' and 'iPad mini 2' to sport iPhone-quality 8MP cameras, Sony to supply sensors

Apple's 'iPad 5' and 'iPad mini 2' to sport iPhone-quality 8MP cameras, Sony to supply sensors - With the new Sony sensors, Apple will bump resolution to 8MP, up from 5MP in the fourth-generation iPad and iPad mini.

Sony iPad?

Twitter Founder Reveals Secret Formula for Getting Rich Online | Wired Business | Wired.com

Twitter Founder Reveals Secret Formula for Getting Rich Online | Wired Business | Wired.com - “The internet is not what I thought it was 20 years ago,” Williams said. “It’s not a utopian world.”

It's not a utopian world. Unless you count myspace.

Fifteen Years In, Google Revamps Its Search Algorithm - Liz Gannes - News - AllThingsD

Fifteen Years In, Google Revamps Its Search Algorithm - Liz Gannes - News - AllThingsD
Google had last revamped its search engine in 2010, calling that boost Caffeine and replacing years of incremental improvements to the original Google PageRank."

This is the kind of announcement that makes SEO marketers have heart palpitations.

How to Escape the Dark Valley of Your Hadoop Journey - Gary Nakamura - Voices - AllThingsD

How to Escape the Dark Valley of Your Hadoop Journey - Gary Nakamura - Voices - AllThingsD
Hadoop Distributed File System into something halfway manageable. "

Or maybe less is more.

Leaks hint at second-gen iPad mini with A7, Touch ID, gold option | Electronista

Leaks hint at second-gen iPad mini with A7, Touch ID, gold option | Electronista Claiming to have photos of a gold-colored second-generation iPad mini with a Touch ID sensor. The authenticity of the photos is difficult to determine, but it's widely anticipated that Apple will bring the Touch ID technology to other devices as soon as it can...

I'd like a Mini with Retina. I think that is the last frontier.

Retina display-toting iPad mini may not ship with 'iPad 5' this year, report says

Retina display-toting iPad mini may not ship with 'iPad 5' this year, report says - "The Retina Mini looks less certain for that time," said IHS iSuppli's director of Tablet and Monitor Research, Rhoda Alexander.

Let us be the first to say DANG!

Microsoft signals it's committed to Surface hardware for the long haul

Microsoft signals it's committed to Surface hardware for the long haul - Though Microsoft has lost hundreds of millions of dollars on its Surface tablets, the company made it clear on Monday that it has no intention of backing away from the platform

I think it's important to remember that Windows NT started in response to NeXT and Microsoft didn't perfect it until Windows XP, which essentially resulted in 10+ years of market dominance. It's called the second mover advantage. And don't think that having a full version of Office on your tablet isn't an advantage.

Logitech, ClamCase tease iOS-compatible game controllers

Logitech, ClamCase tease iOS-compatible game controllers - The materials emerged Thursday in the form of a teaser trailer fromClamCase and a post (via MacRumors) to Logitech's Facebook page. Clamcase's video shows glimpses of the form factor for a device called the GameCase.

Look ma, it's a Nintendo-like device with no special NDA and SDK.

Madonna releases new film exclusively via BitTorrent Bundle | VentureBeat

Madonna releases new film exclusively via BitTorrent Bundle | VentureBeat - Madonna has released her new anti-persecution SecretProjectRevolution film exclusively via BitTorrent Bundle.

This is simply awesome!