Profile of Thomas Claburn
Editor at Large, Enterprise Mobility
Member Since: 11/15/2013
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Thomas Claburn has been writing about business and technology since 1996, for publications such as New Architect, PC Computing, InformationWeek, Salon, Wired, and Ziff Davis Smart Business. Before that, he worked in film and television, having earned a not particularly useful master's degree in film production. He wrote the original treatment for 3DO's Killing Time, a short story that appeared in On Spec, and the screenplay for an independent film called The Hanged Man, which he would later direct. He's the author of a science fiction novel, Reflecting Fires, and a sadly neglected blog, Lot 49. His iPhone game, Blocfall, is available through the iTunes App Store. His wife is a talented jazz singer; he does not sing, which is for the best.
Articles by Thomas Claburn
posted in July 2011
7/29/2011
Designers and developers can use the HTML5 authoring tools to create animated graphics using HTML, CSS3, and JavaScript.
7/29/2011
The company is betting on China to make its mark in the increasingly crowded tablet market.
7/28/2011
Promoted Tweets will now appear in the stream that users see, augmenting the Twitter search advertising the microblogging service introduced last year.
7/28/2011
In its ongoing quest to make Web apps as fast as desktop software, Google Page Speed Service accelerates Web page load times.
7/27/2011
Google's social marketing campaign targets users of aol.com, hotmail.com, or yahoo.com email with an "intervention" to save friends from "embarrassingly out-of-date" email addresses.
7/27/2011
Not a new service; rather, it's a portal to help businesses understand social marketing.
7/26/2011
Users believed to be violating the Google+ "common name" policy can expect a more attentive review process.
7/26/2011
With "Boot to Gecko," Mozilla is challenging the proprietary mobile empires: Apple, Google, and Microsoft.
7/25/2011
Cloud-based service lets IT control corporate data accessed via mobile devices, starting with iPad and iPhone.
7/25/2011
PittPatt's facial recognition technology is likely to enhance Google's set of social, image, and video services.
7/22/2011
Google's shutdown of Profiles created by businesses has Google+ users crying foul.
7/22/2011
Those Angry Birds now have something else to be angry about: Rovio Mobile is one of five companies added to Lodsys's patent infringement claim against iOS and Android developers.
7/21/2011
CEO Larry Page says the company is putting "more wood behind fewer arrows."
7/21/2011
Despite the steadily growing number of Android activations reported by Google, data from Good Technology suggests enterprises remain focused on Apple's iPad.
7/20/2011
Financial startup ZestCash is getting an infusion of funding to realize its plan to rewrite the rules of high-risk loans.
7/19/2011
Celebrating an iPad 2 sales "frenzy," Apple warns it will defend its intellectual property when necessary.
7/19/2011
After alienating corporate IT departments with its rapid release policy for Firefox, Mozilla wants to patch things up by re-establishing a group to handle enterprise concerns.
7/19/2011
Consider these how-to tips from one of Google's own search experts, plus insight into why searches sometimes go wrong.
7/18/2011
By providing contract execution in the cloud, Adobe aims to help businesses operate entirely online.
7/15/2011
BrowserID aspires to solve the problems posed by passwords, even if OpenID is already on the case.
7/15/2011
Social elements are popping up throughout Google's services, and Google is encouraging its users to open up and share more.
7/14/2011
Never mind the record quarterly revenue, CEO Larry Page is "super excited" that Google+ has surpassed 10 million users.
7/14/2011
iOS developers now have the opportunity to sell custom business apps to enterprises.
7/13/2011
The vast number of mobile apps has created demand for ways to make apps easier to discover, even as platform owners limit some forms of promotion.
7/12/2011
In the U.S. Android users will be able to download apps, books, and video content through the revised Android Market client.
7/12/2011
Digital Chocolate CEO Trip Hawkins urges developer-serfs to cast off their chains.
7/11/2011
Unlike most devices, which tend to satisfy users less over time, the iPad becomes more appealing.
7/11/2011
Estimates put the number of Google+ users at 4.5 million or higher, which means Facebook has nothing to fear for now.
7/8/2011
Bespoke IO hopes to provide enterprises with the tools to manage Firefox deployments.
7/7/2011
Google has doubled the number of people in the Google+ field trial, but business users will have to wait a bit longer.
7/7/2011
After the failure of Google Answers, Google's latest question-answering service offers the possibility of a cash prize as an incentive to participate.
7/6/2011
The Skype-powered Video Calling service looks easy to use but only supports one-to-one conversation. Google+ competition looms large.
7/5/2011
Android developers continue to ask when Google will come to their defense as Apple has done for its developers. They may have a long wait.
7/5/2011
The social networking giant has something up its sleeve, something that probably has to do with video chat.
7/1/2011
Had it won the auction for Nortel's patents, Google could have armored itself against patent claims. By losing, it allows doubts about its commitment to Android to fester.