This week YouTube struck a long-term agreement with British music royalty societies to license 10 million pieces of music for an undisclosed flat fee. From scads of TV shows debuting online to the joint venture between News Corp. (NWS) and NBC — now … Read More »
Archive for August 2007
Update: Helio has cut a 100 jobs out its total workforce of over 700 employees, in an effort to streamline its operations and refocus its field sales team towards direct sales, a company spokesperson told us this afternoon. The vast majority of these changes came … Read More »
EarthLink (ENLK), the beleaguered Atlanta-based Internet service provider that was recently forced to resort to draconian measures — including pulling back on some of its next-generation efforts — has been one of the biggest champions of “MuniFi as the third broadband pipe movement.” Fighting the … Read More »
Plextronics, a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based startup developing organic semiconductors for thin film solar and lighting applications, says it raised $20.6 million in a Series B funding, in a round led by Solvay North American Investments, a member of Solvay Group (SVYSY), a … Read More »
So, you’re out on your own and you’ve lined up your first couple of web design, programming, or creative jobs. Your home office is all set up, the coffee is brewing in the kitchen, and you’re enjoying your new-found freedom. You’re ready to get to work! Not … Read More »
VoIP and other Communications technologies are the main driver of bandwidth consumption in the enterprise, according to a survey conducted by Network General, a QoS company. Nearly 80 percent of respondents expect the network traffic from all … Read More »
Slightly off-topic, but interesting. Plus it shows that companies providing web services really need to think through the demand for those services. I picked up Tiger Woods … Read More »
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says that the nation’s first renewable fuels standard (RFS) program, which was created by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and will promote the use of American-grown biofuels, will take effect Sept. 1. As in over Labor Day weekend, … Read More »
Thanks to the wonderful crowd that joined us last night at Pier 38 in San Francisco for the fourth and final installment in our summer Pier Screenings series. We were first treated to a lively discussion about non-professional journalistic video with Sue Kwon … Read More »
If I learned one thing from covering the Nokia press event yesterday it’s this: the move to offer services is starting to permeate into traditional hardware-only companies. The new … Read More »
Not much detail here, but Roam4free just issued their first press release. As I read it, a venture under the name of Cubic Telecom is looking to abolish cellular roaming fees worldwide. That’s … Read More »
Given how many of our readers are Blackberry users, it is prudent to share this news with them: Opera, the Oslo, Norway-based software company has released the new beta of Opera Mini 4, the world’s most popular mobile Web browser which now is … Read More »
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