Archive for April 9, 2008
In 2006 I had traveled to London to meet British Telecom (BT) CEO Ben Verwaayen and his team, hoping to get a first hand look at how Verwaayen and his team were trying to overhaul the company well known for its iconic phone booths.
They had put … Read More »
OK, we’ll bite. ABC is shamelessly exploiting the “green” trend trying to save the planet by launching a new video widget and hooking up with the Arbor Day Foundation. From now until April 30th, for every 10 videos watched through the ABC doohickey, one tree … Read More »
Mark your calendars, to-do lists, Remember the Milk extensions, Post-It notes or whatever you use for reminders: the HTC Touch, er… XV6900 hits Verizon Wireless. That’s the date that Read More »
Google’s decision to release HuddleChat — a ripoff of Campfire, the chat application created by 37Signals — and the kerfuffle that ensued almost overshadowed the release of its Apps Engine platform that HuddleChat was meant to showcase. Worried that it would be perceived … Read More »
Alaskan Village Suing Big Businesses Over Global Warming: The residents of the Inupiat village of Kivalina are suing large oil companies, electric utilities, and a coal company alleging the companies’ actions have destroyed the village, located on a precarious barrier reef – ClaimeIntel.
Contraction & Convergence … Read More »
Sen. Ted “Tubes” Stevens (R-Alaska) warned FCC Chairman Kevin Martin yesterday that the upcoming digital TV transition should be his No. 1 priority, and that Martin should forget distractions like a la carte cable pricing and Net Neutrality.
According to Multichannel News, Sen. Stevens said: … Read More »
In this post, I’ll detail the four most important steps you can take to keep your public Wi-Fi sessions secure, and make some recommendations for free tools you can use, as well as ways you can approach your commonly used applications for optimized security.
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MicroISVs, software developers who have fired their bosses and clients to start their own software companies, work on the bleeding edge of online technology. They are the earliest of adopters, among the fastest to jump on a new tool, idea, process or site that let’s … Read More »
Maybe it’s really old media of me to say this, but if the New York Times says you’re the “Oscars of the Internet,” that’s probably what you are. (Of course, the NYT can afford to pay the Webbys submission fee, so they’re perhaps a … Read More »
As the first quarter of 2008 roars by like a 747 stuffed with biofuels, our research peers are tallying up the amount of cleantech investing that went down. Between $988 million and $1.25 billion globally, according to two reports out this week, the lower … Read More »
Yahoo and Google are reportedly going to run a two-week test in which a limited amount of Yahoo’s U.S. traffic will carry Google ads. If all goes well, then a broader outsourcing search arrangement could be struck by the two companies. And as they experiment, … Read More »
More Must Reads
By Mike Gunderloy
Apr. 9, 2008, 2:00pm PT
In watching people sample Twitter, I’ve come to one conclusion: those who end up finding it a useful service tend to be people who build up a network of a few dozen to a few hundred people. If you only have a few Twitter friends, your … Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Apr. 9, 2008, 1:35pm PT
This winter holiday season, visitors to Best Buy will be able to purchase televisions and DVD players with the ability to transmit wireless video in high definition. But before getting too excited about dumping your cords, you should know that there are currently four different ways … Read More »
Veronica Belmont will cohost Revision3′s Tekzilla, the company announced today. Belmont had last week announced she was leaving Mahalo, where she was the host of Mahalo Daily. Commenters had speculated she would join an existing tech show like Tekzilla or TWiT.
Revision3′s shows … Read More »
By Edit Staff
Apr. 9, 2008, 1:00pm PT
By Imran Ali, a founding partner of Carbon Imagineering, a UK-based emerging technologies think tank incubating a number of technology startups as well as contributing expertise to various media properties, including O’Reilly, Corante and Giga Omni Media.
Web Worker Daily’s very much been grounded in … Read More »
By Edit Staff
Apr. 9, 2008, 12:42pm PT
This week, four teams from UC Berkeley took home prizes in the Venture Lab Clean Technology Innovation Contest. The winning team developed a small, pencil-sized steel fuel cell that can convert kerosene, a common fuel in developing nations, into electricity for indoor lighting. For a … Read More »
By Craig Rubens
Apr. 9, 2008, 12:00pm PT
High atop Barrows Hall on UC Berkeley’s campus, the 16 semi-finalists in the Venture Lab Clean Technology Innovation Contest this week made their final pitches. Each of the competitors had a brutally enforced 3-minute window for the “American Idol”-style session.
Finally the judges — which … Read More »
By Celine Roque
Apr. 9, 2008, 12:00pm PT
When Slideshare launched in 2006, it was no surprise that people referred to it as “PowerPoint plus YouTube”. However, this observation is an overly simplistic one.
There are more things that the average online worker can do with Slideshare – if we care … Read More »
By Eran Galperin
Apr. 9, 2008, 11:34am PT
I’ve being doing the ’startup thing’ for close to a year and a half. That might not sound like much, but I feel that I’ve learned a ton and gained much experience. Following a recent startup-oriented weekend adventure I took a part in and some … Read More »
Live mobile video startup Qik has raised $3 million, as VentureBeat reported earlier this week. The company called us yesterday to explain where it’s going and provide some additional details about the round.
The $3 million in Series B founding came from Marc Benioff … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Apr. 9, 2008, 11:00am PT
So, you’re ready to do it: the time has come to quit your full-time job, go independent, and join the self-employed web worker economy. Only one thing stands in your way: the necessity to keep paying the rent and buying groceries while your new microbusiness gets … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Apr. 9, 2008, 10:30am PT
Fyreball Lets You Forward Media; startup wants you to assemble pages of media rather than emailing when sending to friends. (VentureBeat)
YouTube a Headache for Unlimited Mobile Plans? All-you-can-watch video could tax mobile data networks. (GigaOM)
Lip Dub Genesis Revealed; CollegeHumor posts vid showing the making … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Apr. 9, 2008, 8:54am PT
Here’s a nice productivity nugget: a free mind-mapper for Macs running the latest operating system. MindNode doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of my favorite comparable app … Read More »
A posted video of six teenage girls viciously beating a classmate has once again thrust YouTube into the center of a debate pitting technology against free speech. Of course, there are cries for YouTube to proactively monitor content and remove fight videos, but the … Read More »
By Edit Staff
Apr. 9, 2008, 7:49am PT
Adobe today launches its Adobe Media Player, a product we’ve been following closely. AMP channels RSS feeds for streaming and download of online video from partners such as MTV and CBS. The Adobe Air-based software has a simple UI that feels a bit like a file … Read More »
By Om Malik
Apr. 9, 2008, 7:45am PT
Long-Term Evolution technology is pulling ahead in the race for the 4G wireless networks, with both carriers and equipment makers starting to unveil LTE plans. What does this mean for WiMAX, which was once seen as offering significant cost and time advantages? Continue Reading
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By Jenneth Orantia
Apr. 9, 2008, 7:08am PT
One of the best things about being a web worker is that you don’t have to sit at a desk to be productive. The always-on, always-connected nature of cell phones have revolutionized mobile working, and other portable technology like Blackberrys, thumb drives, laptops and UMPCs … Read More »
I am an unusual Tablet PC user, I know that. I am totally dependent on taking ink notes in my work and why the Tablet PC is so critical for getting my … Read More »
By Craig Rubens
Apr. 9, 2008, 6:54am PT
Coskata made a big splash at the start of the year with the claim that they could produce ethanol for $1 a gallon from such sundry feedstocks as woodchips, grasses and old tires. They also managed to launch their company with a partnership and investment … Read More »
There’s quite a bit of buzz around the “Tube”, which is expected to be Nokia’s touch-enabled handset meant to compete squarely with the Apple iPhone. On paper the rumors sound appealing: large touch-screen, quad-band GSM, HSDPA, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS, and camera. The S60 environment should … Read More »
By Stacey Higginbotham
Apr. 9, 2008, 5:00am PT
Between the laptop and the mobile phone lies…something. Intel and Qualcomm may differ on what that something is, but both firms have determined to tap into growth — real or imagined — in the ultramobile PC space, following on the heels of device makers ranging … Read More »
By Aliza Sherman
Apr. 9, 2008, 5:00am PT
There’s a new Web publishing tool on the block that seeks to deliver on the convergence promise between “blogging, social networking, and…American Idol!” So says Sue Heilbronner, president of WEbook that makes its debut today. … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Apr. 9, 2008, 12:00am PT
Credo Mobile, the green phone division of Working Assets, has two new accessories it started touting on Tuesday. The San Francisco-based company that gives a portion of its phone plan revenues to charities has started offering its subscribers a solar-powered Bluetooth headset from Iqua, … Read More »
Adobe today launches its Adobe Media Player, a product we’ve been following closely. AMP channels RSS feeds for streaming and download of online video from partners such as MTV and CBS. The Adobe Air-based software has a simple UI that feels a bit … Read More »
