Truphone, the service that allows you to make cheap long distance phone calls using VoIP technology on a mobile phone, is now available to users of BlackBerry devices as a beta offering. This product is called Truphone Anywhere for Blackberry. London-based Truphone’s service, which typically uses … Read More »
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Last week I noticed that the EV-DO speeds I was seeing on the Lenovo X301 were noticeably faster than I’ve seen with other devices. Considering the review … Read More »
This news is a few days old, but for folks lusting after an Amazon Kindle, it’s worth the mention. Oprah Winfrey featured the Kindle on Friday’s episode, which is … Read More »
After a few weeks of seeking a suitor, Embarq, the landline unit spun off from Sprint in 2006, has enticed CenturyTel into paying $5.8 billion in stock, and assuming $5.8 billion in debt for the nation’s fourth largest local exchange carrier. Read More »
ZeeVee’s ZViewer, an online video aggregator available today in beta, gives you access to a variety of sites and services that offer TV shows and videos, such as Hulu.com, Amazon’s Video on Demand, ABC.com and iTunes. Read More »
Dell first launched the Mini 9 netbook to much fanfare as the computer making giant was lending credence that the netbook category was not to be ignored. The Mini 9 was … Read More »
It seems that Netflix is finally making good on their long standing promise that the much lauded “Watch Instantly” would be coming to the Mac. Utilizing Microsoft’s Silverlight (with Play Ready DRM), Netflix will be able to provide their vast library of movies and … Read More »
Yet another profile of wind crusader T. Boone Pickens aired Sunday night — this time on 60 Minutes — and it had the usual details about the 80-year-old former oil baron’s plan to get the U.S. off its addiction to foreign oil. But 60 Minutes … Read More »
Here are some questions you should NOT ask yourself while watching this 30-second spot for Guitar Hero 4 (AKA “The Guitar Hero That Gives Up And Just Appropriates The Whole Rock Band Concept Full Throttle”): Why is Kobe Bryant on vocals? (He has long fingers … Read More »
The live video-streaming boxing match enters a new round today with Qik counter-punching an alpha for select BlackBerry handsets. Those of us sitting ringside saw a similar function land
Netflix has finally expanded it’s streaming service to include Macs, and it’s all thanks to… Microsoft? The movie rental company’s “Watch Instantly” service is using the Redmond giant’s Silverlight technology to power the video delivery. Read More »
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The credit crisis is resulting in slowdown in technology sales, according to the Wall Street Journal. This credit crunch is a much bigger problem than most people in technology realize. Technology financing is estimated to top $88 billion or about 14 percent of the total amount … Read More »
The live video-streaming boxing match enters a new round today with Qik counter-punching an alpha for select BlackBerry handsets. Those of us sitting ringside saw a similar function land a right-hook on the BlackBerry Pearl and Curve through software from Next2Friends. Any corner manager … Read More »
The editorial/community game site Crispy Gamer, which has been in development over the past few months with $8.25 million in funding from Constellation Ventures and already boasts a million unique monthly visitors, is coming out of beta today. Read More »
Chipmakers are starting to come out with low-power offerings that, while they won’t all keep your iPhone running longer, could play a role in boosting the efficiency of a growing number of new devices. Read More »
Plastic parts maker Cascade Engineering is bringing a small rooftop wind turbine called the SWIFT to North America. The company says the SWIFT is significantly quieter than traditional small wind turbines — less than 35 decibels, compared with 40 to 50 decibels for … Read More »
A constant source of speculation is trying to figure out why netbooks are catching on so fast. Sure the price is a big factor and is what catches the attention first but as … Read More »
CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly.MoTR 152 is 36:20 minutes long and is a 33.4 MB file in MP3 format. INTRO: Based on “Time v2.1″ by Meta Sektion, … Read More »
Networking is all about building relationships, but who says these relationships have to originate around our area of business? How can we harness the networks that exist for our personal interests as well? Read More »
Anthony Hunt has posted The Matte display for MacBook Petition on PetitionOnline.com which reads: To: Apple Computer We pledge to purchase a new MacBook if you, Apple Computer, would be so kind as to provide the option of a matte display. Sincerely, The Undersigned I’m all for bringing back matte … Read More »
Our recent posts about HP Mini-note price drops at Amazon are starting to illustrate what we thought last month: HP is either making room for a … Read More »
Nearly two months ago, we penned the sad news that Air-O-Matic’s “Pull My Finger” application was denied from entry to the App Store. Pull My Finger (if you couldn’t guess) was a fart noise machine for iPhone. It was one of those times … Read More »
Here are the top stories that appeared recently on jkOnTheRun in case you missed them: jkOnTheRun video- Plantronics Pulsar 590E bluetooth headset Text messaging: great method of communication for the deaf Four million EEE PCs have been sold jkOnTheRun video- MacBook multi-touch demo iPhone sales haven’t … Read More »
Late last week, my partners and I here at Polaris Ventures hosted a summit for all of our portfolio companies in and around the online advertising sector. In addition to the some 20 portfolio executives that attended, we brought in a handful of senior industry execs … Read More »
It’s just unreasonable to expect that people need a TiVo, VUDU, Roku, Slingbox, Apple TV, and a PC sitting next to their TV — though to get every last bit of their functionality combined that’s really what you need to do. What if you could get … Read More »
All I wanted to do tonight was curl up with an old episode of The Wire (damn that Chris Albrecht, he got me hooked and now I just can’t stop). But the iTunes store doesn’t seem to be accepting purchases. C’mon Apple, I want to give … Read More »
Election Day is just around the corner. So in order to help you get informed about the candidates, the issues, the numbers and the process, we’ve pulled together a list of the top 10 election-related tools on the web. Enjoy — and get out there and … Read More »
I’ve now had my new MacBook for two days, and the expectations of what I’d hoped or suspected the machine to be have been true. It really is sweet and, along with the PowerBook 170 and the PowerBook 12″ G4, may be the best overall portable … Read More »
By Craig Rubens
Oct. 25, 2008, 12:30pm PT
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The economic turmoil continues to roil markets around the world, but it’s not clear yet what it will all mean for the developing cleantech industry. Last week we reported on layoffs and executive swaps at Tesla but the headlines this week were more positive. Better … Read More »
GE Aviation and NASA are teaming up to test an “open rotor” jet engine design that puts the fan blades on the outside of the engine, which they say could reduce jet fuel consumption by more than 30 percent. GE and NASA actually designed the engine … Read More »
We’ve written before about the importance of personal branding to freelance web workers. In these times of economic uncertainty, though, it’s a subject that’s worth revisiting. We’d all like to think that the jobs go to us because we’re the best in our fields – … Read More »
I’m not a huge baseball fan, but even I know that this year’s World Series is so far pretty epic in terms of its dullness. So I thought it’d be worth a look back at contests from years past. And maybe it’s a Field of Dreams/8 Men … Read More »
As we say goodbye to the humble Mac Mini and consider giving a warm welcome to a fresh selection of iMacs, another week draws to a close. In the meantime, a handful of apps have emerged from incubation, so it’s time for The Apple … Read More »
This week I was in Camden, Maine, attending Pop!Tech, an annual gathering of thought leaders in technology and design launched in 1996. This year Pop!Tech inaugurated a three-day bootcamp for social entrepreneurs, called the Social Innovation Fellowship Program, the latest addition to Pop!Tech’s … Read More »
The first episode of Sorority Forever, the web series from TheWB.com starring former lonelygirl Jessica Rose, was seen by 1.2 million people in its first week, according to Mark D’Arcy, chief creative officer of the Time Warner global media group who spoke at WebbyConnect … Read More »
The cloud is gaining ground. Despite early hiccups, I signed up for a MobileMe account shortly after purchasing my iPhone and I haven’t looked back since. Yes, the webmail is buggy, and yes, the Push is sometimes more of a playful shove, … Read More »
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There are a whole lot of Windows users out there who favor Windows XP over Windows Vista. I use both operating systems, and a lot of the time I am using Windows XP. When I am, one of my favorite replacements for the built-in, clunky Windows … Read More »
Those of you who have been working in the cloud for a while should be familiar with Box.net, an early entry into the now-crowded online storage/file sharing space. I recently had a nice chat with Community Manager Sean Lindo about what they have coming down … Read More »
It’s mildly entertaining to me how we all seem to get excited about apps that bring functionality to our iPhones that has existed elsewhere for ages. As an example, Shazam came to the iPhone to decipher music we didn’t know, by playing it into the microphone — … Read More »
We’ve been wondering what the former CEO of biodiesel company Imperium Renewables, Martin Tobias, was going to do next. When we interviewed the serial entrepreneur and angel investor back in May at the Future In Review Conference he said he was mulling over his … Read More »
The owners of the X-rated YouTube clone PornoTube.com won’t have to bare it all in court, after all: Porn powerhouse Vivid dropped its copyright infringement lawsuit against PornoTube owner Data Conversions Inc., also known as the Adult Entertainment Broadcasting Network (AEBN), earlier this week. Read More »
BroadSoft, a Gaithersburg, Md.,-based VoIP application platform maker, has cut about a dozen positions, according to a source familiar with the company. Read More »
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