Another former Apple designer said a team at the company had “spent the past couple of years working on a multitouch version of iWork,” Apple’s answer to Microsoft’s Office software suite. This could indicate that Apple wants the tablet to be a fully functional computer, rather than a more passive device for reading books and watching movies.

A Deluge of Devices for Reading and Surfing

I think there’s a very good chance Apple is going to take the first step toward redefining what a computer is when they introduce their tablet device.

Android doesn’t make sense as a whole. It’s fragmented, poorly executed, the Android Market for apps is a mess, and developers still don’t care about it. There’s not one single good IM program that I could rely on day to day (I don’t use Google Talk), the browser is decent at best. It’s faster now, sure, there’s a 1GHz CPU under its ass, but it’s not intuitive, and there’s always erroneous touch events; when I want to hit something I hit another link, button or app by accident.

The only thing I cannot believe, when it comes to the case of Tiger Woods, is how clueless people are on the subject of men with options and sex … over the entire sweep of history. I’m not saying it’s right, I’m saying it is. Get real, people.

Ideas are in the air. There are lots of people thinking about—and probably working on—the same thing you are. And one of them is Google. Deal with it.

Evan Williams – Ten Rules for Web Startups

Google’s biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL

Google’s biggest announcement was not a phone, but a URL