Bandwidth.com isn’t a name most people are familiar with, but it could become one of the leading voice providers over the next few years. Despite bringing in about $85 million in sales this year, Bandwidth.com sees voice as merely a launchpad for even more communications services. Read More »
Eventbrite, the 3-year-old self-serve online ticketing vendor, has built a nice service (and, by way of disclosure, one we use at the GigaOM Network through a long-term event partnership), with 3 million monthly uniques, 180,000 events organized and $176 million in total ticket sales to date.… Read More »
Facebook and Google both introduced URL shorteners to help their users share links that are short and simple. The hidden value of short URLs is that they are trackable, sending information back to the source about how web pages are shared and which ones are popular. Read More »
Everybody’s worried about lack of online privacy, but it seems like if you work for the U.S. government, you ought to be more worried than most. Two legal cases stand poised to heavily influence the online rights of government workers. Read More »
They might seem a little old-fashioned, but newsletters can be a great way to stay in touch with customers and prospects, and increase revenue to your business. Read More »
Google’s Nexus One phone will come to market next year without a carrier subsidy. The handset may be too pricey to find an audience outside the developer community, but it could be a first step toward ending the subsidized-handset model. Read More »
According to information gathered from parts suppliers for Apple’s iPhone 3GS, the handset is headed for a record quarter. Apple’s Taiwanese suppliers for the iPhone’s components have reported a 31 percent increase in volume of orders placed for the parts. Read More »
More Must Reads
Is Bandwidth.com the Future of VoIP and Voice? http://bit.ly/77Mb3s
- Study: ‘Cyber Monday’ 50 Times Greener Than ‘Black Friday’
- Black Friday may be a gift for brick-and-mortar retailers, but when it comes to carbon emissions it's more like a lump of coal.
- Will the Real-Time Web Bring High Performance to a System Near You?
- Tweets and Facebook updates are mere swells compared to the tidal wave of available real-time data, and how companies harness this data could drastically change the look of standard computing systems.
