Archive for November 2007
Projects R Us: There continues to be plenty of innovation and ferment in the online project management space. If you’re not satisfied with your current solution, two more entrants have recently hit my radar. Etelos Projects for Google Apps integrates with iGoogle, Google Spreadsheets, and … Read More »
The latest episode of MySpace’s original jigglefest series Roommates is so blatant with its product placement that I don’t know whether to to be ashamed, or stand up and applaud its bald-faced lack of pretense, throwing away any semblance of art.
This episode isn’t a … Read More »
It has been nearly 65 days since I went without a phone set change, leading to snide remarks from my co-workers about my fidelity to Apple’s iPhone. Despite getting frustrated with iPhone’s email application (I carry a Blackberry to get some serenity) and poky Edge … Read More »
The nonprofit American Solar Energy Society (ASES) released a report today with high hopes for job growth in clean technologies. The report predicts that as many as one in four, or 40 million, American workers will be employed in the … Read More »
We all love the Wii — gamers, game developers, marketers — in theory, anyway. But mine has been collecting dust since the spring, and the ardor of developers has cooled as well.
Sure, there was Metroid Prime — an excellent game, the first solid shooter … Read More »
Fliqz, a company we criticized earlier this year for its me-too offering and terrible design, has emerged into a respectable player in the video services space. After taking $2.5 million in funding from Mohr Davidow, the Emeryville, Calif.-based company dropped its personal and blogging … Read More »
Folks are debating if the Verizon Voyager is better than iPhone or not, but you can’t debate a free activation deal. That’s the offer currently on the Verizon Wireless … Read More »
So this week on The GigaOM Show we had Mr. Jobs… Fake Steve Jobs drop in on us. Of course, he is out pushing his book, Options, which is actually quite funny. We talked about a while bunch of things, and here it is….
Also, … Read More »
Many of you have told us that you are having trouble finding hotel accommodations for NewTeeVee Live. Unfortunately, it is going to be crazy busy week in San Francisco, with the OracleWorld conference taking out huge blocks of rooms. I had no idea so many … Read More »
Seize the chance to network with 300 online video industry executives and stars!
That’s right GigaOM fans, we’re hosting our 1st conference, showcasing the biggest ideas and hottest topics in the innovative online video industry.
NewTeeVee Live! will take place next Wednesday, Nov. 14, in … Read More »
More Must Reads
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Nov. 8, 2007, 4:18pm PT
Wal-Mart’s Current and Former Green Guru Speak: TreeHugger interviews former Wal-Mart sustainability leader Andy Ruben, and the man that has replaced him Matt Kissler — TreeHugger.
NYT’s Business of Green: If you have a chunk of time on your hands (the weekend?) read over the New … Read More »
By Samuel Dean
Nov. 8, 2007, 4:00pm PT
In the ongoing debate about where the line should be drawn between bloggers and journalists, the most compelling argument to date has been made with the overhaul of the New York Times’ (NYT) technology-focused Blogrunner site. A few months ago, Blogrunner was a hot topic … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 8, 2007, 2:52pm PT
Now that The ‘Burg crew has successfully navigated this past summer’s Motorola-sponsored scavenger hunt — a series of shorts entitled The Secret — I am seriously missing my hipster fix. Creators Kathleen Grace and Thom Woodley are currently working on a new series … Read More »
With such long back-and-forth history of the Palm OS between Palm and Access, I really figured the new Access Linux Platform (ALP) would knock my socks … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Nov. 8, 2007, 2:35pm PT
Whether it is made using enzymes or thermochemicals, ethanol, the biofuel that has swiftly become a hot-button political issue, requires many steps to produce. And for each step of the process there are startups attempting to develop innovative technologies that bring down the cost of … Read More »
At $10, these little device and cord holders are worth a look. Put another way, these look better than the corded bird’s nests I have at nearly every outlet in … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 8, 2007, 2:08pm PT
By Anne Zelenka
Nov. 8, 2007, 1:25pm PT
Are you excited about how the web reinvents television like it reinvents work? Then make time in your schedule to attend NewTeeVee Live, a one-day event on November 14th in San Francisco from our sister site NewTeeVee. It will showcase the online video industry’s … Read More »
With the newest version just released, all Palm devices can run the same version of Pocket Tunes. Remember that Pocket Tunes was bundled with the Palm Centro upon launch; turns out … Read More »
By Craig Rubens
Nov. 8, 2007, 12:22pm PT
A Senate subcommittee has approved legislation to put in place a cap-and-trade system for carbon dioxide. The New York Times and AP have detailed writeups. The cap-and-trade system would attach a cost to carbon emissions, internalizing the great externality of fossil fuel energy … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 8, 2007, 12:00pm PT
Earlier this morning, Krish Prabhu, chief executive officer of Naperville, Ill.-based telecom equipment maker Tellabs (TLAB), resigned from the job. The company announced his departure along with a decision to embark on a $600 million stock buyback program. The news is a sad reflection … Read More »
Hey guys, for our Family Feud-style game show at NewTeeVee Live on Nov. 14 in San Francisco, we need an “audience survey.” The game isn’t about how smart our contestants are — it’s about how good they are at guessing what you guys said.
So, … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Nov. 8, 2007, 11:00am PT
A while back we took a look at a bunch of applications for online note-taking: web-based ways to track all the little bits of random information in your life that don’t fit into any other program. But not every web worker is online all the … Read More »
By Brandon Eley
Nov. 8, 2007, 10:31am PT
One annoyance I have with my iPhone is the Google Search feature. I think the Google search results are by far the best results as far as relevancy goes. Unfortunately, however, when I set my iPhone to default to Google’s search engine, I am taken to … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 8, 2007, 10:28am PT
Eisner Calls Writer’s Strike ‘Stupid’; says writers should be striking against Apple, the real moneymaker in digital video. (paidContent)
Finnish Teen Posted School Shooting Plan on YouTube; 18-year old boy reportedly posted Jokela High School Massacre – 11/7/2007 under an alias before the shooting. (CNN)
Does … Read More »
A late night and a few hours of tinkering has me 99-yards downfield in getting a 3G USB modem working with the Asus Eee PC. The integrated WiFi has worked … Read More »
By Edit Staff
Nov. 8, 2007, 9:40am PT
The Writers Guild of America is on strike, holding back new episodes of TV favorites like “The Daily Show” in protest of their lack of a cut of digital revenues. Yesterday, NewTeeVee spoke with Tim Carvell, one of that show’s writers, at a picket … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Nov. 8, 2007, 9:08am PT
Ballard has found a buyer. The nearly three-decades-old forefather of the fuel cell industry, Ballard Power Systems (BLDP), says it has agreed to sell its automotive fuel cell business to Daimler (DAI) and Ford (F). Earlier this week the Vancouver, B.C.-based hydrogen fuel cell … Read More »
By Anne Zelenka
Nov. 8, 2007, 9:08am PT
EXCLUSIVE: Mashup maker startup Teqlo has shut down. This less than four months after VC Peter Rip, then of Teqlo investor Leapfrog Ventures, shared the growing pains Teqlo was suffering after realizing that the world didn’t want yet another do-it-yourself application builder.
“Over the next … Read More »
Freedom claims this to be the knockout product of Christmas 2007. I’m not going to disagree, but if they want to be right, they better hurry up on the pricing … Read More »
I am at a Starbucks where I stopped on my way to my first meeting and was shocked to find that overnight the decoration theme changed from Halloween to Christmas. Everything … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Nov. 8, 2007, 8:00am PT
By Anne Zelenka
Nov. 8, 2007, 6:23am PT
Judi Sohn doesn’t just edit Web Worker Daily, she’s also an executive at nonprofit C3: Colorectal Cancer Coalition. She works remotely for the Alexandra, Virginia based organization from her home in New Jersey (or anywhere else she happens to be).
Describe your job/career/business.
You may know … Read More »
Digital pens are nothing new but the just announced Blackberry Digital Pen is the first to be endorsed by RIM and offered in Canada. The Digital Pen lets you ink notes, … Read More »
Thankfully there wasn’t a cruel wind blowing off the Hudson River near Chelsea Piers, the Manhattan soundstage where striking Writers Guild of America East members had formed a picket on Wednesday. I arrived to survey the scene just as organizers were putting away their signs, … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 8, 2007, 3:00am PT
Slower subscriber growth, worries about competition from phone companies and a management crazy enough to make a bold move — all this has Wall Street worried about Comcast (CMCSA), the Philadelphia-based broadband and cable provider.
The Nervous Nellies of Manhattan’s nether regions have pushed the stock … Read More »
