Apple, at the iPhone SDK launch last May, began a big push towards getting the iPhone into the enterprise — the traditional stronghold of the BlackBerry. It rolled out enterprise-targeted features like push email/contacts/calendar, a global address list, VPN support and remote wipe. Now, more than… Read More »
Archive for July 2009
Increasingly, many of us are working with video and audio online, not just text and still graphics. From video-based marketing materials, to online tutorials, to videocasts and podcasts, multimedia offerings are a great way to engage your audience. Here are four good, free open-source audio and… Read More »
In the days when a two-guys-in-a-garage startup could morph into a massive public offering with relative ease, SharesPost might have had a hard time making its case. The startup, which launched an experimental marketplace last month for buying and selling private equity, aims to… Read More »
[appreview] title=iBank Mobile image=http://gigapple.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/ibank_mobile_00.jpg price=$4.99 url=http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=318802616&mt=8 rating=bronze [/appreview] The developers of iBank, the robust alternative to moribund Quicken for the Mac, have gone mobile with their latest product. With iBank Mobile for the iPhone and iPod touch you… Read More »
Wasn’t it Skynet that everyone feared in the “The Terminator” films? Maybe folks are afraid of the wrong company because Skyhook continues to dominate location services using Wi-Fi. Or more specifically, Skyhook Wireless does. And today it announced partnerships today with a pair… Read More »
Amazon said this afternoon it’s agreed to buy specialty shoe e-tailer Zappos for $807 million in cash and stock. It’s a smart move as it will allow Amazon to become even more synonymous with e-commerce. Funnily enough, it was just a few weeks ago… Read More »
The InsideMobile Conference, a joint effort of 360Conferences and O’Reilly, is set to be the leading mobile developer conference in the U.S. It will be held July 26-27 at the eBay Town Hall in San Jose, Calif., and will bring together WebOS, Android,… Read More »
Brite-View’s CinemaCube gets a lot of things right: It’s cheap ($90), easy to use, and — unlike any other set-top box I’ve seen — includes its own BitTorrent client, allowing for the direct download of videos. But you do have to provide your own USB drive… Read More »
Paying for rooftop solar systems, water conservation measures and energy-saving upgrades like weatherization to homes and commercial buildings in San Francisco should become easier if a new proposal to finance such projects with extra property tax passes the Board of Supervisors. The financing program, which… Read More »
Lincvolt Bows Out of X Prize Competition: Neil Young’s biodiesel/gasoline/hydroxy gas-powered Lincvolt has withdrawn from the race to focus on developing technology without the distraction of devising a business model (an X Prize requirement). — Lincvolt via AutoblogGreen Small Wind, Coming Soon to the… Read More »
Guess what, kids? The world of web series has evolved to the point where shows are parodying one another. Well, not exactly parodying. But when Legend of Neil screened the first half of its second season last night in Los Angeles for cast, crew… Read More »
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