November, 2006 — Tech News and Analysis

Archive for November 2006

We’ve had several comments around yesterday’s "Freeware of the Day"; several folks are skeptical if the offer was real. In case you missed it, here’s the gist: register on-line, participate in 3 webcasts or video labs and you get a free DVD of… Read More »

Nokia’s 6086 clamshell supports UMA

Nokia announced a few new phones at their NokiaWorld conference and the Nokia 6086 model caught my eye. It’s nothing super-special to look out on the outside; it’s your basic clamshell… Read More »

 
 

Nokia has partnered with Yahoo to offer Yahoo Mail and Messenger on cell phones that operate on Nokia’s Series 40 platform. Some of the mobile messaging startups we’ve written about recently might be in for trouble if the handset makers and carriers… Read More »

Are you a fan or recent convert to David Allen’s "Getting Things Done" methodology? Would you prefer a hosted service to help with GTD so you can access your projects… Read More »

Techdirt has published a post that pinpoints the problem that dedicated ebook readers face in the marketplace.  The author looks at it from the holiday gift perspective- would you give a reader to someone for a gift?  I know I wouldn’t for most of the… Read More »

Hi, I’m Richard, and I’m a Macoholic

How many of you Mac users out there have ever attempted to persuade someone to Get a Mac? How many of you have ever engaged in a debate or argument with a user of a certain other operating system over the virtues of your respective… Read More »

CorePlayer Media Player gets an upgrade

With several years of iPod hype and more recently, the Zune touching down, it’s easy to overlook digital audio playback on a handheld device. Actually, with the watered down version of Windows Media Player for Windows Mobile, it’s even easier, but that’s another post for… Read More »

At jkOnTheRun we’re always interested to hear what others are carrying in their gadget bags and even Kevin and I have been known to share that information from time to time.  My good buddy Marc Orchant is off on a trip to Amsterdam and I… Read More »

Yesterday it was YouTube, today Revver says it will offer its video content on Verizon Wireless’ VCast service. Revver’s model of sharing revenues with its video makers will still apply over VCast, and the deal is exclusive for a year. How many more deals… Read More »

The web isn’t based around topics anymore. On an increasing number of web pages, it’s hard to align content along a tidy vertical and sell ads against it. Social networks, especially, are full of users chatting, musing, and relating to one another – and rarely does… Read More »

Techmeme goes mobile

Techmeme and its sister sites have all gone mobile for easy consumption on your mobiles. Read More »

Mindjet Extends Benefits of Visual Information-Management Solutions to Millions of Potential Microsoft Office 2007 Users SAN FRANCISCO, CA, November 29, 2006 – Mindjet Corporation, the global leader of productivity software for visualizing and managing information, today announced in conjunction with the Microsoft Office 2007 introduction that… Read More »

More Must Reads

There has been a recent shift in this Web 2.0 world that has seen a move from garage startups to cafe startups. Could it be the price of renting office, or garage space vs. hanging out in cafes? Recent reports have garages renting out at… Read More »

So, it’s semi-official: the Second Life avatar known as Anshe Chung, featured in a recent BusinessWeek profile of SL, is now worth over $1 million dollars. The news has already stormed through the blogosphere (as here, here, and first scooped Read More »

CUPERTINO, Calif. – November 29, 2006 – Mobio Networks today announced that it has joined the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA). Mobio will participate in the MMA to better enable U.S. operators and content providers to deliver highly personalized, true Mobile 2.0 applications to the marketplace. "The… Read More »

Just saw on the Google blog that Google Answers is no more. Predating crowdsourcing products from Yahoo, Microsoft, and Amazon, Google went the more elitist route of building a team of experts — 800 of them over the last four years. Ah well, guess it’s… Read More »

GigaOM technical architect Nitin Borwankar usually stays behind the scenes, but he got so excited about vertical code search he stepped in and wrote a post about it. STARTUP: Krugle ELEVATOR PITCH: “Find, fix, and learn.” Vertical search engine and web-based work support for developers. WHAT THEY DO:Read More »

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