The latest BlackBerry Curve for AT&T wasn’t slated to appear until tomorrow, but you can order it online today, says BGR. The 8900 is a personal fave of Om’s, as he dropped his iPhone — and AT&T for that matter — in favor… Read More »
Archive for May 2009
As CDNs try to evade commodification, they’re looking outward to bring more value-added services to their clients. To that end, Limelight Networks today announced its first-ever acquisition: dynamic video and audio ad insertion startup Kiptronic, which to date had raised $9 million in… Read More »
What happens when you bring together four engineers and one über-artist, all sharing a rich background in both game design and development experience on a “very popular 3D earth-rendering application,” lock them all in a studio in Boulder, Colo., and let them loose on the iPhone… Read More »
The June 6 launch of the Palm Pre is getting closer, and the buzz is beginning to crescendo. Information about said launch is appearing all the time, so here’s an attempt to lump everything we know together. The launch is June 6, which is a Saturday… Read More »
Wouldn’t it be great if Microsoft Office had the collaborative and cloud storage functionality of Google Docs? Well, now it does, using a free add-in called OffiSync that launched into public beta today. Offisync adds a toolbar to Office that allows you to use… Read More »
Oh, the woes of being an urban twentysomething! You have to work at a thankless job! And juggle a complicated love life! And deal with your family’s disappointment in your chosen lifestyle! But worst of all — you have to live with a… Read More »
The contracts keep coming for Solyndra, the Fremont, Calif.-based manufacturer of thin-film solar tubes. The startup announced today that it has signed a $115 million deal to sell panels to EBITSCHenergietechnik, a solar integrator in Zapfendorf, Germany, through 2013. (No, that’s not a typo.… Read More »
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4752576&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1 I remember hearing the scoffs when Palm announced their webOS for the Pre. There was plenty of negative commentary around the fact that all software for the Pre would be based on existing web technologies like HTML, CSS and JavaScript. There’s some merit to that,… Read More »
As is to be expected when nearing a major Apple event, the normally active rumor mill has gone into overdrive, with each day bringing fresh reports, speculation, and confirmation of existing theories surrounding new hardware and software. Yesterday, AppleInsider posted an article in which… Read More »
Hulu in the U.K. in September? Sources tell the Telegraph that the content portal is looking to launch across the pond by the end of summer. (Telegraph) paidContent reports that no such target date has been set. (paidContent) E! Seeks Celeb Tweets; entertainment network plans… Read More »
Will the Microsoft-Google battle move to energy data? (Earth2Tech) Does Oracle have anything to do with the upcoming Java apps store? (OStatic) Palm Pre launch buzz (jkOnTheRun) Online volunteer opportunities (WebWorkerDaily) Hulu to live-stream Dave Matthews show (NewTeeVee) Russian clone maker rolls out fleet of… Read More »
TerreStar expects to launch a satellite that costs some $500 million at the end of June, and with it, hopes to reinvent the failed satellite service model from the 90s. Even though TerreStar’s service will launch at the end of this year with normal-sized… Read More »