mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich I attended Dell World 2011 last week and it was pretty remarkable on a number of levels. On one level, I reflected on Dell’s maturation as an enterprise. While the majority of what we write about in AustinStartup.com are new hardware and software ideas being brought to market, it’s easy to forget a couple of things. One, that Dell itself – presently 41st on the Fortune 500 list of largest [...]

mobileTechThursday, by Steve Guengerich What a week, huh? First Google buys Motorola Mobility. Then, slipped in there quietly, Time Warner Cable buys Insight.  And finally, HP announces that it’s getting out of the PC business, ceding mobile to Apple and letting Dell battle Lenovo and the other APAC manufacturers for what’s left of the laptop business. Not much air left for announcements like the reportedly $40 million acquisition of the UK’s largest coupon site by [...]

mobileTech Tuesday special – A Podcast with Bril Flint, angel investor and technology strategist Note: Today, I am pleased to announce the “soft launch” of a new channel of original and curated content of best practices, profiles, features, and commentary, covering the rapid transition to the mobile, app-based economy, aka, the appconomy. This interview is cross-posted from The Appconomy channel. Click on this link to open a new browser window taking you to the channel’s [...]

N-trig, providers of DuoSense solution combining pen and capacitive multi-touch in a single device, today brings Hands-on computing as an option on the Dell Studio 17 laptop. The Dell Studio 17’s multi-touch solution is a true four-point touch interface that enables a broader span of software capabilities, user collaboration, and fun for the whole family. Combing the N-trig DuoSense solution with native multi-touch support in Microsoft Windows 7 enables consumers to experience hands-on functionality and [...]