Why people don’t follow back on Twitter (WebWorkerDaily) Why partner with Google PowerMeter? A utility’s perspective (Earth2Tech) Joost goes boldly where Hulu wouldn’t (NewTeeVee) Subsidized netbooks go nationwide at AT&T (jkOnTheRun) Bluenote ICE on open-source software, commercial support and higher education (OStatic) App Store roundup:… Read More »
Archive for May 2009
Cell phone sales fell 14.5 percent to 269 million handsets during the first quarter of 2009 from the fourth quarter of 2008, and slumped 8.6 percent year-over-year, research firm Gartner announced Wednesday. Smartphone demand, meanwhile, surged, boosted by the iPhone and other touchscreen devices. “Much of… Read More »
Innovation hubs are key to driving the next generation of technology — and making a lot of people a lot of money. For years, Silicon Valley has offered the combo of nearby university talent, investment funds, a networking environment and local regulations that promote startups.… Read More »
Social music site Blip.fm added YouTube videos to its music feed today, allowing users to turn its “Twitter for music” service into a social video playlisting site. The free service, which allows users to listen to songs and share them in playlists that resemble Twitter’s… Read More »
Social music site Blip.fm added YouTube videos to its music feed today, allowing users to turn its “Twitter for music” service into a social video playlisting site. The free service, which allows users to listen to songs and share them in playlists that resemble Twitter’s… Read More »
The news that utilities like San Diego Gas & Electric and incumbent meter maker Itron will be offering Google’s PowerMeter energy tool to their customers offers a glimpse of how the old-skool power industry is starting to be shaped by the new world of the… Read More »
Craigslist has sued South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster, asking for a restraining order and declatory relief, after the AG ordered the company to remove any web site dedicated to South Carolina which “contains…functions allowing for the solicitation of prostitution” within 10 days. McMaster threatened… Read More »
When we think about the cost of a smartphone we look at the usual things — price of the phone and cost of the carrier services. This makes sense, but it doesn’t tell the whole story in the long run. Smartphones add a lot of value… Read More »
For this installment of the App Store Roundtable, we talked to developers about analytics. On the web we’re spoiled when it comes to analytics. Simple plug-ins allow us to track where visitors come from, and what they look at. We can also use this information to… Read More »
There’s no unwritten rule on Twitter that says you must do unto other followers as you would have others do unto you, Much as we would like everyone we follow to follow us back, sometimes that isn’t the case. Wondering why people don’t follow you back? I… Read More »
Yesterday we reported that targeted ad firm NebuAd bit the dust, but it appears that its Insight technology platform has risen again in the UK as part of a company called InsightReady. Folks from a publication called Clickz called the phone number for… Read More »
Independent developer Paul Yanez, who seems to make a game of adding functionality to web video platforms whether they like it or not, has built an Adobe AIR app for Joost called the Joost Media Player. This is delightfully ironic for a number of… Read More »
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