RIM just launched its BlackBerry App World (BAW), a competitor to iTunes App Store. I download the App World app over my WiFi network and installed it on my my T-Mobile Curve 8900. The download and installation process was painless and relatively smooth — in a… Read More »
Archive for March, 2009
Now that GPS chips are becoming must-have hardware on cell phones, location-based services for mobile devices have finally arrived. They’re even infiltrating the desktop. So it’s time to start sifting through the location-aware company pitches, from newly launched apps to platforms (there’s always a few platforms).… Read More »
Yesterday, New York-based startup incubator Betaworks raised $2 million in funding for its URL-shortener project, Bit.ly, and spun it out as an independent company. The funding raised some eyebrows, with some speculating if Bit.ly, one of the dozens of link-shortening services, was worth a rumored $8… Read More »
While everyone in the game industry was following the latest news from GDC last week, I happened to notice an MMO milestone happening on Facebook: a casual virtual world called YoVille passed 5 million monthly active users. Launched in May of last year, YoVille’s user growth rate… Read More »
Oh boy…this can’t be good. But we saw this coming, right? (Note: the bolded emphasis is mine.) Forrester today lowered its forecast for US business and government purchases of IT goods and services in 2009 – they will decrease by 3.1 percent this year, compared with the… Read More »
Google to shut down its AdSense video units (NewTeeVee) iMovie’s latest version includes unadvertised feature changes (TheAppleBlog) Analysts say the solar market hasn’t hit bottom yet (Earth2Tech) Google bans tethering apps from the Android Market (jkOnTheRun) How to monitor online conversations (WebWorkerDaily)
Google late Monday unveiled Google Ventures, a venture fund that seeks to combine the search giant’s technical expertise with strategies pioneered by top-tier venture firms. By looking to invest in what it called “a broad range of industries, including consumer Internet, software, hardware, clean-tech, bio-tech and… Read More »
