What do mig33, iSkoot and Truphone have in common? They are all startups that have raised gobs of money from venture capitalists. They all offer mobile VoIP clients. And now, all three are looking beyond plain vanilla voice services as they try … Read More »
Archive for January 2009
For content delivery startups, partnering with large carriers is the only path to survival in a cut-throat business dominated by Akamai. Edgecast, a Los Angeles-based startup, today announced that it is teaming up with German giant Deutsche Telekom to offer a new service that will use … Read More »
With its core functionality – Skype calling — getting commoditized, it makes perfect sense for San Francisco-based iSkoot to look at new horizons and reboot itself. With a technology underpinning that is more valuable than just a conduit for cheap calls, the company … Read More »
Everyone from Microsoft to Verizon to Research in Motion who suffers from Apple envy need to learn one thing: If you want to beat Apple and its hit products, then you have to make products that are both game-changing and revolutionary, not me-too products with a … Read More »
Next New Networks’ Barely Political, which struck online video gold with Obama Girl, is hoping it can mine technology for an equally successful sister franchise. And so…”Barely Digital” launches tomorrow. It’s not like political parody was a novel genre, but tech parody? It’s … Read More »
The year of hope and change is certainly off to a grim start in the tech world. Last week alone saw layoff announcements from stalwarts like Intel and Microsoft, as well as Web 2.0 companies like Digg, just to name a few. If … Read More »
Remember the data center construction boom of the dotcom bubble? Well, the opposite trend — data center consolidation – is starting to take effect now that energy efficiency is becoming increasingly popular and the economy has hit the skids. Sun is announcing Monday that it … Read More »
During his weekly radio address, President Barack Obama offered some specifics about his economic stimulus plan, but none related to the $6 billion allocated for broadband as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009. PCWorld calls attention to that oversight, … Read More »
Asia-Pac region would lead the world with 564 million 3G subscriptions by 2013 versus 158.4 million in 2008, according to research from Frost & Sullivan. Doh! With countries like Japan, South Korea, Singapore, China and India should we be surprised? They think 37 million … Read More »
On Monday, President Barack Obama is expected to direct the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to quickly start work on granting California a long-contested waiver that will allow it to enforce stricter automobile-emission standards, The New York Times reported Sunday. (Update: Obama signed the executive … Read More »
Twitter is rumored to be raising $20 million (or more) in venture capital funding at a valuation that would peg the company to be worth $200 million or higher. IVP, a late stage VC investor is rumored to have signed on, reports … Read More »
We were back in the saddle this past week following a couple of weeks of travel and found the tech world takes no time off to let us catch up. There was the usual mish-mash of netbook news and other doings that you might have missed. … Read More »
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Apple’s iPhone may enjoy a cult-like following with blogs, forums and commenters galore, but it’s not the only product to enjoy such adulation. Another highly successful product of the past year, the lowly netbook, has its share of support groups, blogs and fans as well. Below … Read More »
PHEV conversion companies, which turn hybrid vehicles like the Prius into plug-ins, snagged a big win in Sacramento on Friday. The California Air Resources Board, which had been considering new rules for emissions tests and warranties on aftermarket conversions, decided to separate regulations for the emerging … Read More »
Unholster your iPhone and boot up iTunes because it’s that time of the week when we all gather round the App Store and have a look at some of the freshest picks from the last seven days. While I’ve been wandering the boutiques and bars of Berlin … Read More »
Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk begins his email to would-be Roadster owners — those who have already plunked down $50,000 deposits for 2008 models of the sports car and will now have to pay extra for previously standard features — like so: A much fuller account … Read More »
Come Tuesday, Yahoo will step up to deliver its most recently quarterly results, which I doubt will be very much fun. Still, it will be the first time recently appointed CEO Carol Bartz will have a chance to publicly address the most significant question … Read More »
The Minutes for today show my ergonomic desktop setup that has made a world of difference in having a happy back, neck and shoulders. I show the arrangement of the display in conjunction with the MacBook and even give a tour of the Lapworks … Read More »
Waxy.org’s Andy Baio has once again published an extensive collection of data about this year’s Oscar nominations and their availability on P2P networks. He’s been doing this for the last seven years, during which the overall picture has remained pretty much the same; almost … Read More »
Congratulations, Academy Award nominees! Must feel good, right? Waking up, getting that call, knowing that your peers have chosen to recognize your talents and have quite possibly forgotten about that long ago and slightly embarrassing career choice. Well, unfortunately for you, online video … Read More »
Apple TV “Take 3″ Update Next Month, Here’s a Wish List – TG Daily seems to be under the impression that Apple is in the business of giving customers their dream machines, so they’ve provided a list of exactly what it’ll take to propel … Read More »
As expected, the venture industry is seeing the fallout from the economic crisis, with fourth-quarter investments dropping to a total of $5.4 billion invested in 818 companies, according to a report from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data provided by Thomson Reuters. That’s … Read More »
Earlier today, I asked folks who follow me on Twitter: “Which is that one web startup you can’t live without. Just one. Google products not allowed. no Yahoo. STARTUP Offering(s) only. And no Twitter!” In the early days of what is Web … Read More »
We’d like to say thanks to this month’s GigaNET sponsors: Concentric: Hosted IT Solutions from Concentric. Ironscale Managed Hosting: Why rack when you can automate? Dell: Download a Free White Paper on how create an affordable infrastructure that delivers the full spectrum of protection — from … Read More »
Abu Dhabi is continuing to spread its oil money around, announcing a deal today to set up a cleantech fund targeting Japanese startups. Masdar, the oil-rich emirate’s cleantech development group, is teaming up with Japan’s Read More »
We promised once upon a time that we could compile a side-by-side comparison of all the white-label video platform providers. Well, somehow other fun things got in the way, and we never got around to it. But recently I found a market comparison of all … Read More »
If you’re like many web workers, you’re increasingly working with video files. For some, the simple steps required to work with YouTube videos suffices, but if you need tools for more flexibility with the video you work with, there are many good free applications. In this post, … Read More »
Yesterday, we caught word of the newest MSI Wind netbook for sale. It’s the U120, which doesn’t offer much more than the existing U100. The U120H does add integrated 3G and an option for an SSD drive, but the U120-series appears to offer less in … Read More »
I’ve talked about live blogging events as a way to enhance and promote a real world event, literally as it is happening. But lately, I’ve been asked to host virtual world events simultaneous to real world events. Mike Gunderloy and I also included planning … Read More »
YouTube has started enabling high-quality video playback on its embeds. Previously, you could switch to the high-quality stream by hacking the embed code, but now YouTube provides a handy-dandy little “HQ” button in the lower-right pop-up menu. Clicking on the button lets you toggle between … Read More »
I have worked hard in my office all week but the beautiful weather today enticed me out from behind the desk and down to the neighborhood coffee shop. I’ve been here for a while but sadly the experience hasn’t been as good nor as productive as … Read More »
By Josie Garthwaite
Jan. 23, 2009, 3:00pm PT
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Talk in Tesla Town: Tesla Motors has announced a set of town hall meetings to discuss jacked-up prices on pre-ordered Roadsters, since an email from CEO Elon Musk failed to appease angry customers. — AutoblogGreen Not-So-Super Carbon Footprint: A multimillion-dollar supercomputer designed by IBM to gauge … Read More »
Uploaded last week, YouTube Street Fighter videos have already garnered well over 5 million views, and counting. That’s not just due to gamer nostalgia over the coin arcade classic, or because it’s currently featured on YouTube’s home page. A lot of the … Read More »
MoTR 160 is 19 minutes long and is a 17.4 MB file in MP3 format. CLICK HERE to download the file and listen directly. HOSTS: James Kendrick (Houston), Matthew Miller (Seattle) and Kevin C. Tofel (Philadelphia) TOPICS: Thoughts on the CrunchPad. Will it be a hit … Read More »
Bohemian Coding have announced the public release of their font management application Fontcase, providing an elegant and powerful workflow to help you organize the fonts you have installed on your system. Aiming to act as iPhoto for your typography, Fontcase has been designed with applications … Read More »
Though Charlie’s Angels and Big Fish screenwriter John August’s web pilot The Remnants was beloved by fans and NTV Station alike, as of this writing August says the series is more or less dead in the water. This week, he addressed the outpouring of positive fan response on … Read More »
Teaming up with fellow electronics powerhouse Panasonic wasn’t enough for Sanyo Electric. And for Nippon Oil Corp., a toe-dip into solar for propelling cargo ships was only the beginning. Today the Japan-based photovoltaic maker and oil distributor launched a 50-50 joint … Read More »
By Scott Blitstein
Jan. 23, 2009, 1:00pm PT
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Like many of us, I spend quite a lot of time on the web and come across a staggering number of interesting things. In Clearing The Cache I pull out some of my favorites and share them with you here. Daniel Akst says Read More »
At any given time, there are so many active suits against Apple that it can be downright impossible to keep track of them all. Answer me this: How many of those actually end up with an “L” in Apple’s column? In fact, how many of those are … Read More »
When asked by Wall Street analysts if eBay was going to spin out Skype, CEO John Donahue answered with something that resembled a maybe. In a comment worthy of a former consultant, Donahue said, “I think we are now confident that the synergies between … Read More »
We’re all about good music applications running on our smartphones and today we got another option. Popular service Last.fm has hit the Android platform and can be downloaded for free from the Android Market. Last.fm brings streaming radio stations and music sharing and this Android … Read More »
Wind is a bourgeoning industry, one in which promising developments, such as First Wind’s opening of the 57-megawatt Stetson wind farm in Maine this week, are common these days. But if you dig a little deeper, past … Read More »
One of the things that I’ve always loved about the Mac is its cohesiveness. Everything just flows. It’s the experience that careful attention to design has created. When I open the lid of my MacBook, OS X springs back to life, just as expected. When I press … Read More »
Cloud services and data synchronization continue to grow and SugarSync is the latest to add new features. Today they introduced SugarSync v1.5 which adds a feature I’ve come to adore in other offerings: Shared Folders. I use this feature in Dropbox all the time … Read More »
We’ve been collecting stats all week from news outlets and streaming providers about the audiences they received during the Obama Inauguration ceremony on Jan. 20. These numbers are necessarily imperfect, but it seems that web viewership of the proceedings actually rivaled that on TV. Whereas … Read More »
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