Everyone wants a piece of Microsoft’s (MSFT) Office suite. Google (GOOG), Sun Microsystems (JAVA), IBM (IBM), dozens of start-ups and now, Adobe Systems (ADBE). The company today bought Virtual Ubiquity, a Waltham, Mass.-based start-up behind Buzzword, an online word processing software offering. I guess… Read More »
Archive for September, 2007
Small- and medium-sized businesses are the hot target markets right now, whether it’s voice and broadband or web services. The biggest opportunity, however, seems to be in hosted email, as Yahoo’s (YHOO) $350 million bet on Zimbra and Google’s (GOOG) Apps initiative demonstrate. Rackspace, a San Antonio,… Read More »
After being in beta for a long time, Peer-to-Peer TV sharing service, Joost is all set to go live. With over 50,000 beta downloads a week, Joost is hoping to achieve 2-to-3 million unique users by end of 2007, CEO Michael Volpi told Liz Gannes, who… Read More »
Greg Linden, the founder of news aggregation service Findory is shutting down the service on November 1, 2007, according to a blog post on his personal blog. It is a shame! Findory was riding the “information personalization” trend that is only going to gain importance in coming… Read More »
When will American’s learn to stop worrying and love robots? That question must be echoing inside consumer robotics company iRobot (IRBT). The Burlington, Mass., company went public nearly two years ago and its share price has spent much of last year below the $24 offering price. Revenue… Read More »
Google Earth’s bird’s-eye view of the globe is being used by environmentalists, concerned citizens, and yes, eco-bloggers, to map the effects of climate change, tag renewable energy plants, and point out environmental degradations of the land. Scientists, such as Dr. Jon Blower from the University… Read More »
Forget about Zombies, Ninjas, or even Texas Hold ‘Em– if you’re looking for the Facebook game with the numbers that matter most, think more old school. Facebook developers recently added a Daily Active Users metric to their Applications page, and those numbers drastically changed my thinking of… Read More »
