Customers who ordered a Viliv X70 UMPC from retailer Dynamism have received emails informing them of a delivery delay. Dynamism cites a component shortage by the manufacturer, Viliv, as the reason for the delay. That doesn’t provide much comfort for those anxiously awaiting the arrival of… Read More »
Archive for July 2009
While a good number of consumer mobile applications have tapped into the cloud, so far, only a handful of enterprise mobile applications have done the same. And the members of a panel of VCs at a “Mobilize the Cloud” event earlier this week… Read More »
Without much fanfare, and over a day later than it usually announces products, Apple has released a new version of its integrated network storage/Wi-Fi router today. The new Time Capsule sports an industry pace-keeping 2TB of hard drive space, and can be yours for a… Read More »
Spotify, after fundamentally changing the way in which Europeans find and listen to music via their computers, is now setting its sites on the mobile world. Its existing service, which is accessed via an iTunes-style desktop client, enables users to instantly stream entire albums and… Read More »
If this was a US Weekly article, the headline would read “Stars! They’re just like us! They make web shows!” Speaking at a conference yesterday, Greg Johnson, SVP, ECD and head of digital at William Morris Endeavor, told the crowd to expect more celeb-studded content coming… Read More »
We’ve reported about Android netbooks for a while, and made it clear we’re not sure if anyone really wants one. Acer first announced it would produce what would likely be the first Android netbook, then explained it really meant it would dual-boot with Windows.… Read More »
Recently, I got access to the Microsoft Office 2010 Technical Preview. I spent some quality time over the past week going through the latest version of the suite and delving into all of its new features. In this post, I am going to concentrate on… Read More »
Roughly 12 percent of Americans, or more than one in 10, have bought a virtual item at some point in the last 12 months, according to a new study by analyst firm Frank N. Magid Associates and commissioned by virtual currency provider PlaySpan.… Read More »
Last week a 2-month-old startup called Baryonyx emerged to declare that it had won bids for three massive land leases in Texas (for over 45,000 acres combined), and would be building the largest offshore wind farms in the U.S. in order to power data… Read More »
The fact that Google Voice apps have been banished by Apple from its App Store is a bad decision that has taken on gigantic proportions, and is drawing outrage and disgust from app developers. Many are thinking about giving up on the iPhone platform… Read More »
If Facebook is worth upwards of $5 billion, then how much do you think Twitter, the San Francisco-based micro messaging startup, is worth? Somewhere in between $441 million and $589 million, if you believe NeXt Up Research, the firm founded by veteran financial analyst, Michael… Read More »
AppleInsider reports on Apple’s plodding efforts to fix the biggest problem with the App Store (besides the mercurial and arguably unfair approval process), finding stuff. Through iTunes Connect, the submission service for the App Store, developers may now use keywords totaling 255 characters. “It is important… Read More »
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