This is the front page of Tuesday May 1st’s Wall Street Journal. It’s a well done graphic overlaying Microsoft’s big-dollar entrances into “markets where it lags behind rivals”:

This cracks me up: ESPN (who has been criticized for not generously citing sources in the past) ran a front page article on UCLA’s troubled basketball team. In citing the source as Sports Illustrated, ESPN …

I write a lot about tailoring your web experience for the environments where it is (and can) be used. That is particularly important for mobile which has its own UI needs, requirements, opportunities and challenges.

I write frequently about how mobile web requires a different design and UI than traditional. Great example here. These are two *subsequent* screenshots from the New York Times iPad-friendly website.

Below is a screenshot of HBO Go’s iPad App. It’s gorgeous, fun and highly dynamic.
It represents the shift of paid content to mobile: HBO Go, ESPN Watch, Netflix, Hulu, etc.

The most important part about Facebook’s new iOS apps that they unveiled yesterday? For starters, the app actually works and I had given up using Facebook for iPhone (which failed 90+% of the time.

Amazon’s $199 tablet, the Kindle Fire, is now available for pre-order. The product page is really terrific: colorful, informative, fun and all on a single page. It’s great:

Today, JibJab launched JibJab Jr. to bring interactive children’s books to the iPad.
And while I am obviously biased (Polaris is an investor)… it’s terrific.

Easily the most important & impactful part of iOS5. Between the wireless sync and the cloud based content (apps, music, movies, etc) – the ‘home’ device no longer plays a role. And that’s great news.

Noteworthy article on AppleInsider.com yesterday (AppleInsider | iOS ‘stickiness’ grows as average Apple user has $100 in content per device): the average iOS device (iPhone + iPad + iPod) has roughly $100 of paid content …

Much has been made about Apple Store redesign which now features iPads beside each product. It is clever, on-brand, and interactive / educational in way that little-else could be. I really admire Apple’s effort to …

I got my hands on an iPad 2 while at South by Southwest (SXSW) thanks to Apple’s genius marketing: Apple constructed a temporary Apple Store that held almost-unlimited iPad 2 inventory to take advantage of …