The power grid is so dumb that a decades-old networking technology, which has disappeared from pretty much all other industries and has 8,000 times less bandwidth of current average networks, is still one of the most common choices for digitally connecting parts of the power grid. Read More »
The most interesting thing about WikiLeaks and its release of 90,000 secret Afghan documents earlier this week isn’t the details of the U.S.-backed war in Afghanistan — it’s what the incident says about the evolution of a truly distributed and Internet-enabled new media ecosystem. Read More »
Microsoft should be making its own handsets, says Peter Bright of Ars Technica. There’s merit in the argument, but it’s far too late for such a change. Doing so would cut off hardware partners that also build Windows notebooks and desktops — a recipe for disaster. Read More »
If you’ve got a one-trick pony, you want the one we have.
Google CEO Eric Schmidt on his company being a one-trick pony and heavily dependent on advertising.
This week Twitter rolled out User Streams to its users for the first time, a significant architectural change that should make Twitter much faster and more reliable. I talked to members of Twitter’s product and platform team about User Streams at length for GigaOM Pro. Read More »
Russian investment fund Digital Sky Technologies is expected to go public sometime next year, according to reports. The company owns stakes in several of the hottest Internet companies around, including Facebook, social-game maker Zynga and group-buying site Groupon, as well as several leading Russian Internet companies. Read More »
Motorola today said it sold 8.3 million handsets in the second quarter, earning the Mobile Devices division $1.7 billion in sales and returning the unit to profitability after a string of quarterly losses. What’s the biggest catalyst for such a change? In a word: Android. Read More »
During our test drive of Nissan’s electric LEAF this week Nissan’s Mark Perry, told us that the car giant is working with AT&T to provide a connection for digital services for the car, like battery charge monitoring and finding the nearest charging station. Read More »
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has said that the company’s ability to offer more content through its Watch Instantly service was limited only by its ability to write big checks. Now it’s doing just that, with its spend on streaming titles increasing sevenfold over the past year. Read More »
GetJar, a San Mateo, Calif.-based company, today announced it is delivering over 3 million downloads a day to more than 2,000 different phone models. Thanks to the wide range of supported devices, developers can use GetJar to target their software for specific models and geographic regions. Read More »
More Must Reads
- How Twitter Is Re-Engineering to Address Always-on Usage
- Twitter is developing a new architecture to meet our always-on, real-time demands — a move other web startups should watch and learn from.
- Opportunities Abound as the “Rules of Work” are Broken
- As the old rules of working are broken, opportunities are emerging for tech companies to facilitate new ways of working.
- Why Nintendo’s 3DS is Doomed
- In an apps-driven, iPhone-centric world, visual trickery on Nintendo's forthcoming 3DS won't be enough to create a sustainable product.
