Of course, the world is full of slide-show software.
On paper, the idea was a dream; in practice, it became a nightmare of flaky slide-show software, expensive computer-to-TV adapters and all-nighters.
Not that you're likely to choose a phone based on its slide-show software, but you can now attach a voice comment to each slide, if you so desire.
But Google has failed to recognize that it can't publish content under its imprint without also creating content of some kind: smart, reported captions; new and good-looking slide-show software; interstitial material that connects disparate photos; robust thematic and topical organization.
And as Apple has shown, software and content can make or break hardware sales.
By Bruce McCall The New Yorker, February 1 , 1999P. 86 THE BACK PAGE illustration, showing software billionaire Bill Gates, dressed as John D. Rockefeller, handing a Horatio Alger-like waif a silicon chip.
THE BACK PAGE illustration, showing software billionaire Bill Gates, dressed as John D. Rockefeller, handing a Horatio Alger-like waif a silicon chip.
He said the event would focus instead on showing software developers what they could do with Android and Chrome OS, Google's browser-based operating system.
Starting today on Page C20, Business Day introduces an expanded version of the "Most Wanted" chart -- a weekly listing of the most popular movies, recordings, television shows, software and other products of the media and information technology industries.
