Archive for March 23, 2007
Giga Gamez tries to keep you guys up to date on what’s happening in the market, and, as always, we’re happy to hear suggestions on new stocks to include.
Notes for the day: One of the main things that we’ll want to keep in mind as we … Read More »
Another day, another round of venture funding. At least that’s what it feels like if you follow the mobile world. Today’s featured company, according to Digital Media Wire, Pulse Mobile, has raised another $7 million for their second round of funding. Pulse Mobile is … Read More »
When you purchase something in the real world, you pay tax on it. That’s the way it goes. However, what happens in virtual worlds? Sometimes people use real money, such as in Second Life, to purchase virtual goods and services someone else created. In other situations, … Read More »
Just a couple days after the Apple TV ceased to be a figment of the imagination and started showing up on shipping trackers, hackers worldwide have already begun to explore and expand the device’s functionality. Of course, what does it say about the device that … Read More »
Starting this Monday, March 26th, you’ll be able to try out the Verizon Wireless network for thirty days. Under a new plan called "Test Drive", Verizon will give you a month to try their phones and service. If you don’t like the "can you … Read More »
Its been a little over three months since we launched NewTeeVee, our site devoted to the fast changing world of online video. Secretly, we aspired to be the Variety of this new medium, though we aren’t foolish enough to think that it was even possible … Read More »
Now you can read your paper mail online with RemoteControlMail. RemoteControlMail is an online service that was launched last year in Portland and is expanding to 18 additional cities. The service receives and scans all of your postal mail for you … Read More »
In what could be viewed as the big KO-punch, a federal judge has told Vonage to stop using Verizon patents, and has two weeks to comply with the order. For Vonage, this clearly is bad news, and you can tell, VZ and incumbents Read More »
Chris Buffa of GameDaily has written a highly questionable Top 5 Most Overrated Industry People article. It’s all about shock value, being contrary, and attracting readers with a controversial list. Buffa caused quite a stir last July when he penned a feature titled “Why … Read More »
Welcome to the brand-new NewTeeVee!
Three months ago we started this project with little more than an orange-tinged GigaOM design and an imperative to create ‘the Variety of online video.’ We had high hopes but also quite a bit of doubt about whether we could attract a … Read More »
More Must Reads
By Paul Kapustka
Mar. 23, 2007, 10:58am PT
After first saying he would grant an injunction to stop Vonage from using technology that Verizon said violated its patents, a federal judge said Friday he would instead wait two weeks to consider Vonage’s requests to stay the injunction, Reuters is reporting. Better make all … Read More »
By Raymond Padilla
Mar. 23, 2007, 10:46am PT
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Mar. 23, 2007, 10:17am PT
By Blake Snow
Mar. 23, 2007, 9:54am PT
Kongregate.com is pitching itself as “video games meet YouTube.” YouGame? Whatever the game, the company recently raised one million in venture funding for their ad-supported site. So does Kongregate live up to its ambitions, or did someone use a buzz word (read: YouTube) to raise … Read More »
Yesterday came the announcement NBC Universal and News Corps are teaming up on online video in an effort to rival YouTube, recruiting Google’s top competitors as distribution partners.
Upon hearing early details, we were initially impressed by how open the group seemed to making content … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Mar. 23, 2007, 9:00am PT
Just when you get used to purging all the liquids from your carry-on luggage, it turns out there’s another everyday threat lurking in our flying habits: batteries. Web workers, of course, are a major source of this problem: step on to a plane with your laptop, … Read More »
By Om Malik
Mar. 23, 2007, 9:00am PT
What’s the first thing you usually do with a new device? I do what many others do: I start looking at all the cool settings to see what … Read More »
By Om Malik
Mar. 23, 2007, 7:40am PT
Temex Chile has turned on its WiMAX network in 15 towns in the South American nation. The network is based on 802.16e-2005 standard and uses the 3.5 GHz frequencies. The network uses Alcatel-Lucent gear. Telmex wants to cover 91% of the country with its WiMAX … Read More »
By Jason McMaster
Mar. 23, 2007, 7:17am PT
According to Mobile Industry, Gameloft, mobile gaming developer, has signed a deal with Airtel to provide its games to the Indian public. Airtel, India’s largest mobile phone provider, has over 30 million subscribers and they can now offer Gameloft’s Desperate Housewives, Might and Magic … Read More »
By Iyaz Akhtar
Mar. 23, 2007, 7:00am PT
The people over at Mvix, makers of the Mvix MX-760HD (a Linux-based wireless media center), have done a comparison of their product and the gadget of the moment, the Apple TV.
For those of you looking for a media center or … Read More »
Limelight Networks, a Content Delivery Network provider that competes with companies like Akamai, has filed its paperwork for an initial public offering. The company will be listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol LLNW, and hopes to raise up to $201 million according to … Read More »
Three months ago, I asked the very same question, only the price was $200 higher. It’s the HTC X7500, er Athena…uh Ameo…I meant, Advantage, or is it the … Read More »
The big news reported everywhere this week is a prediction that notebook computers (read laptops) will outsell desktops by the year 2011. This is such big news it was even reported by my local TV news team. As soon as I saw this prediction my … Read More »
I just read James’ post on Google Browser Sync, which is a great tool for keeping your bookmarks in sync across multiple devices in Firefox. … Read More »
By Jason McMaster
Mar. 23, 2007, 6:00am PT
300 started out as a comic book by the acclaimed Frank Miller (Sin City, The Dark Knight Returns), and has recently turned into a hit action movie based upon the Spartans’ last stand at Thermopylae. Of course, when there’s a popular movie, especially a violent one, … Read More »
By Sabra Aaron
Mar. 23, 2007, 6:00am PT
For the conventional commuting worker, there is a natural transition time between being “at work” and “at home”: the commute. Time spent in the car, bus, train, on a bike, or otherwise making their way from work to home serves as a decompression period for these … Read More »
I recently switched to Firefox as my browser of choice on the Fujitsu P1610 and have never looked back. It makes all the web work I do for jkOnTheRun much easier and the extensibility has turned the browsing experience on the Tablet PC into … Read More »
Continuing the chronicle of my non-voluntary Apple service experiment, I hopped over to the Apple Store in King of Prussia yesterday. It wasn’t too busy but I had to wait … Read More »
By Om Malik
Mar. 23, 2007, 5:30am PT
Anyone who has closely watched eBay, the giant online auctioneer, knows that their sellers don’t need them as much as they once used to, mostly because of contextual and performance based advertising. A retailer looking to acquire customers doesn’t need big marketplaces, because Google Adwords … Read More »
Call it a Walter Cronkite moment — in his widely read technology column, the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg Thursday issued a digital call to arms, telling the U.S. Congress that it’s time to pass laws to straighten out the digital copyright mess that’s … Read More »
Don’t think I didn’t notice the news about GodTube this week. It’s all about the niche content here at NewTeeVee. I’d be happy to pick videos from PornoTube, but sadly I need a reason more newsworthy than “Dude, boobs!” Not that … Read More »
By Om Malik
Mar. 23, 2007, 12:45am PT
