Software | Mobile and Social Media

Stop Saying it’s Too Late for BlackBerry and Microsoft. It’s Too Early to be Too Late!

Posted on 05. Mar, 2013 by hilzfuld.

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Please forgive me if this post comes off as a rant, but enough is enough. Every few months, a new handset/mobile platform comes out and the same claims are repeated by the pundits. “Too little, too late”. Apple and Google own the mobile market and that can’t change. And every time I read those words, I realize just how fast people forget.

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Twitter in 2007: If You Want Some Perspective on Tech and Web Companies, Watch This Video

Posted on 28. Oct, 2012 by hilzfuld.

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One of the common misconceptions in tech is that the product itself is what ultimately matters most in the success or failure of a company. If anyone proves that theory wrong, it’s Twitter.

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Above the Fuld: This Week’s Tech News (Nov 13th-23rd)

Posted on 23. Nov, 2011 by hilzfuld.

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Truth be told, I kinda love putting these posts together, it helps me feel productive by seeing exactly how many posts I have written in the last week or month. The fact that people keep telling me they love them and use them as a resource to catch up on all the technology news they missed, well that is just the icing on the cake.

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17 Popular Apps Steve Jobs Just Killed

Posted on 07. Jun, 2011 by hilzfuld.

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Yesterday, just in case you were not online, was Apple’s annual WWDC event. I wrote how Apple’s announcements won’t really change anything for the industry. I was wrong!

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Ten iOS Gems Hidden Deep in the App Store

Posted on 16. May, 2011 by hilzfuld.

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Developing an app is far from an easy task. As app consumers, we always hear about the success of apps like Angry Birds, Cut the Rope and others. However, as someone said last week at an event I attended, “For every Angry Birds, there are a lot of angry developers”. This is not a post about the challenges of app development, but if we were to sum up two of the major issues developers face, it would be discovery and monetization.

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8 Apps That Should Have Been Part of iOS and Apple Should Now Buy

Posted on 18. Mar, 2011 by hilzfuld.

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It has been a few months now since I replaced my beloved BlackBerry Bold with a shiny new iPhone 4 (Read about the experience here). All in all, despite its shortcomings (yes, Apple is not perfect), I am extremely satisfied with the iPhone and despite what I would have said about the first 3 generations of the Apple device, I now recommend the iPhone 4 to anyone who asks me.

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Bought an iPhone? Here are the Apps You Need!

Posted on 28. Feb, 2011 by hilzfuld.

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It is the same story every time. Another friend of mine goes over to the dark side, gets rid of his/her BlackBerry and buys an iPhone. Then the questions start pouring in. “How do I delete a song from my iPhone? What do you mean I can’t do it from the device?” “How do I create a ringtone?” Then there is the question that every single new iPhone owner asks: “What apps should I download?”

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HTC HD2: A Clear Picture of Where the Industry is Headed

Posted on 17. Jan, 2010 by hilzfuld.

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While the mobile industry is busy talking about and comparing the Nexus One and the iPhone, there is one phone that really gives a clear perspective of the entire market and sums up the industry in a nutshell. It was not long ago when I first laid hand on the famous Motorola RAZR. “Wow, what a phone”, I thought, but what was it about the RAZR that so impressed people. What did the phone really being to the table that made people by the RAZR by the millions? Let’s be honest, was it the features that the phone offered or was it simply a pure case of style over substance? Did the RAZR revolutionize the mobile phone in that it offered better wireless broadband? Did it offer a better camera? Was its user experience superior to its predecessors?

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Xobni – A Must For Every Outlook User

Posted on 28. Dec, 2009 by Aryeh.

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I have been meaning to review Xobni (“Inbox” backwards – it took me forever to figure that out) for a while now. The delay can be blamed on the fact that I have been using Xobni so much, I haven’t had the time. This is one of the only pieces of software that I shelled out cash to get the premium version, because it is just that good.

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How Social Media Completely Changed Overnight

Posted on 01. Dec, 2009 by hilzfuld.

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One of the most common questions people have asked me about Twitter (besides of course “why do I care what you’re doing?”) is how on earth I follow so many people. The question is a valid one since at a following count of over 4,000 people and counting, it is not humanly possible to read every tweet, every thought, or every link that those people share. The basic premise of following people on Twitter is that you are at least somewhat interested in what they have to say, so the question of how I follow them all is a good one.

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How Chrome OS Changes Everything

Posted on 22. Nov, 2009 by hilzfuld.

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There have been so many developments in the tech world lately, it was literally difficult for me to choose one to write about. However, at the end of the day, all the new mobile phones announced over the last month, or the new Twitter features released to the tweeting community, are not going to change the future of how we use our computers, Google’s announcements will.