Archive for January, 2008

Does Portal’s Success Presage Game Industry Shift?

Wagner James Au, Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 7:00 PM PT Comments (7)

The developers of Portal, the bestselling multiplatform game released last year, have confirmed they will be adding to it — though no details were provided because the details are still being worked out. A tremendously popular title with hardcore gamers, such an announcement would typically come as no surprise, except that Portal is basically [...]

Twitter, Joyent Break Up But Wish Each Other the Best, Really

Jackson West, Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 6:00 PM PT Comments (3)

Web 2.0 darling Twitter has long struggled with stability, a problem which came to a head when millions of users were faced with an error screen that lasted late into the morning today as the startup moved its system off Joyent’s hardware starting at 10 pm yesterday evening, in a migration effort that lasted until [...]

Are the Markets Getting Too Heavy for Google to Lift?

Kevin Kelleher, Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 4:48 PM PT Comments (5)

Ever since Google’s stock-withering earnings report, I’ve had the Flaming Lips’ “Waiting for a Superman” stuck in my head. Things are indeed getting heavy, and everyone was waiting for Google to lift the sun into the sky. That didn’t happen, and Google’s stock was quickly shoved down 9.5 percent in after-market trading.
Just as it was [...]

No Way Are We Getting a G-Phone from Dell

Stacey Higginbotham, Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 4:00 PM PT Comments (4)

The rumors of computer giant Dell teaming up with Google to produce an Android-powered mobile phone are a nice break from all the iPhone hooplah, but folks, it’s not going to happen. Thanks to its hiring of Ron Garriques, the former head of Motorola’s handset business, and its August acquisition of Zing, Dell has [...]

NoMo Moto? Is Motorola’s Cell-Phone Business Worth Buying?

Om Malik, Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 2:35 PM PT Comments (12)

Motorola said today it’s exploring strategic options that include selling its handset business. The news comes on the heels of the company announcing a terrible fourth quarter, thanks to continued weakness in the handset business.
Any buyer should look carefully at Motorola’s handset business. By putting it up for sale, Motorola is admitting that the [...]

Yahoo buys Maven Networks

Edit Staff, Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 2:31 PM PT Comments (0)

NewTeeVee is reporting that Yahoo is paying $160-to-$170 million.

Discount for eComm

Edit Staff, Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 11:07 AM PT Comments (0)

A three-day conference dedicated to everything telecom — from the future of telephony and SMS in the era of social media to Android to the GSMA’s IPX private network — will be held in Mountain View, Calif., next month, from March 12-14. Kicking off the first day of eComm will be Jonathan Christensen, general [...]

Why Amazon’s Audible Move Is Laudable

Om Malik, Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 10:42 AM PT Comments (6)

Amazon is buying Audible for $300 million in cash. It’s a smart move by the Seattle-based e-tailer that is spending nearly 20 percent of its fourth-quarter end net cash. Why do I like this deal? So far, Amazon has made a living out of distributing physical goods, and leveraging its physical and technology infrastructure to [...]

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