BizJournals Portfolio
Feb 27 2009 6:27pm EDT

Last Bytes: iPhone, Facebook, Alaska Airlines, Sony

The Japanese are too cool for the iPhone [Wired]

. . . Even though iPhones can now be used to fight parking tickets! [Tech Fragments]

Facebook gets a facelift. [TechCrunch]

Alaska Airlines offers in-flight wireless access. 'Ya know, so all those mainstream media reporters can be emailin' their liberal, elite editors while en route to covering Sarah Palin's inevitable 2012 bid for the White House. [GigaOM]

Speaking of mainstream media, The Gray Lady will get hyper-local with neighborhood blogs starting Monday. All the news that's fit to print -- with Web links to all the wedding photos, home video, and citizen journalism that's not. [Brownstoner, TechCrunch].

The Onion might be busy lampooning Sony, but its e-Reader is poised to make a bonfire out of Kindles everywhere. Meanwhile, rumors of Kindle 3 abound. [Pogue's Posts]

by Alexandra Fenwick


Comments

If you are commenting using a Facebook account, your profile information may be displayed with your comment depending on your privacy settings. By leaving the 'Post to Facebook' box selected, your comment will be published to your Facebook profile in addition to the space below.


Connect With Portfolio.com

Come on, like us—you know you want to.

Follow us and if you're an innovative entrepreneur, we'll return the favor.

Today's top stories, conversation starters, and the back nine business bites.

spotlight on

People & Ideas

Whisky To-Go-Go

Now there's a company that let's you taste your knowledge of fine blended Scotches by mixing a whisky of your own. Read More