Techmeme: Mozilla puts squeeze on slow Firefox add-ons (Cade Metz/The Register)

9:20 AM ET, April 3, 2011

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comScore Reports February 2011 U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share — Android Platform Now Accounts for 1 in 3 Smartphone Users — comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore MobiLens service, reporting key trends …

Henry Blodget / SAI:

Android Is Destroying Everyone, Especially RIM — iPhone Dead In Water — Google's Android OS has gained an astonishing 7 points of market share in the US smartphone market in the past three months, Comscore says. — RIM's market share over the same period collapsed, dropping almost 5 points.

Fred / A VC:

Android (continued) — Roughly six months ago, I put up a blog post suggesting Android was going to be the dominant mobile phone operating system and that developers interested in the largest user bases ought to start developing for it in preference to iOS.

Discussion: eWeek and Howard Lindzon

Marco Arment / Marco.org:

Time bombs — Fred Wilson today updated and reiterated his suggestion to develop on Android first: … I don't think so. The Verizon iPhone has only been out for two months, and it has shown steady daily sales, comparable to the GSM model in the U.S., but without a massive bump up front.

Mike Lennon / SecurityWeek:

Massive Breach at Epsilon Compromises Customer Lists of Major Brands — Major Breach at World's Largest Permission Based Email Marketing Services Company Affects Wide Range of Major Brands - List Continues to Grow — Due to the growing list of brands disclosing that they have been compromised …

Discussion: Bloomberg, Epsilon, Reuters, Computerworld, WindowsObserver.com, Digital Trends, Tech Broiler Blog, BGR, CNET News, VentureBeat, Joe Manna, Neowin.net, Krebs on Security and Slashdot, Thanks:wiredmike

Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:

Ballmer HAD To Make Windows The Center Of Microsoft's Tablet Strategy — Even If It Kills Them — Microsoft's tablet strategy — wait for the next version of Windows — will probably end up costing the company its long-held Windows monopoly, at least among consumers.

Discussion: I'm Just Being Manan and Fortune

Fortune:

Microsoft's office: Why insiders think top management has lost its way — Steve Ballmer's slavish devotion to Windows and Office has made them cash cows, but some say revenues have come at the expense of innovation. — The traffic jams begin at 5pm on the dot at Microsoft's Redmond campus.

Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:

Apple releases iPad 2 ad: “we believe” — Apple has just released a TV advertisement for the new iPad 2. The new advertisement is certainly dramatic and pushes Apple's concept of the iPad truly being a personal device.

Discussion: CNET News, AppleInsider, MacStories, Electronista, MacRumors and TUAW

Andrew Lyle / Neowin.net:

Microsoft testing ribbon UI in Windows 8 — In the mist of the latest Windows 8 welcome screen and Microsoft starting to take action on websites that leak Windows 8 screenshots and features, a new set of screenshots have been revealed by Rafael Rivera and Paul Thurrott.

Discussion: Within Windows, LiveSide.net, istartedsomething, Download Squad, VentureBeat, WinRumors, Windows 8 Beta and GeekSmack

Lee Mathews / Download Squad:
Windows 8 welcome screen revealed, looks very Metro

Discussion: TechSpot, Softpedia News, Windows 8 Beta, GeekSmack and Techland

Vlad Savov / Engadget:

Gmail Motion April Fools' gag inevitably turned into reality using Kinect (video) — It had to happen. When Google showed off a new and revolutionary Gmail Motion control scheme yesterday, it failed to fool most people, but it didn't fail to catch the attention of some motion control geeks with Kinect cameras on hand.

Discussion: Techie Buzz, Gizmodo, WMPoweruser.com and Slashdot

Cade Metz / The Register:

Mozilla puts squeeze on slow Firefox add-ons — Firebug tops slow startup list — Mozilla is cracking down on Firefox add-ons that put an undue drag on the performance of the open source browser. — With a blog post on Friday, Mozilla said that within the next two weeks …

Discussion: Mozilla Add-ons Blog and Softpedia News

Mark Gurman / 9 to 5 Mac:

Next iPod nano to add camera, retain current form factor? — The fifth-generation iPod nano packed video recording, a widescreen display, and video playback. Apple decided to drop these key features in favor of a smaller-form factor, a Multi-Touch display, an iOS-like user interface …

Discussion: MacRumors, PC Magazine, AppleInsider, The Apple Core Blog, MobileWhack, Apple Bitch, iPodNN, BGR and Gizmodo, Thanks:up2secapple

Electronista:

Sony chief Stringer slips plans for 8MP iPhone 5 camera — Sony chief Sir Howard Stringer may have unintentionally given away plans for an eight-megapixel camera in the iPhone 5. During an interview with the WSJ's Walt Mossberg, he claimed that the company's camera sensor plant in Sendai …

Discussion: Mashable!, Edible Apple, SAI, I4U News, Daring Fireball, Neowin.net, Gizmodo, SlashGear and AppleInsider

Jessica E. Vascellaro / Digits:
Jobs Looms Large as Stringer Talks Tech

Discussion: Engadget, CNET News, PC Magazine, Ubergizmo, PC World, Redmond Pie, TDW Geeks, SlashGear, TUAW, MacRumors, Digital Trends, PhoneDog.com, TiPb, App Advice, MacStories, iHackintosh, Softpedia News, 9 to 5 Mac, Apple Bitch, MacHackPC, Imaging Insider, The Loop and iClarified

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