CBS’ Smith on Authentication: Not Anytime Soon; says “TV Everywhere” won’t get mass adoption until 2014 because of different distributor technologies, legal issues and metrics. (paidContent) Discovery Launches iPhone App; features clips from Mythbusters, Man vs. Wild, Dirty Jobs and more. (emailed release) “How do I keep… Read More »
Archive for August 2009
The bespectacled, geeky PC guy from the Apple commercials finally has something to gloat about. Macs are not shaping up to be the top choice of students this back-to-school shopping season, as they’re opting instead for more affordable netbooks and PC laptops. According to… Read More »
When First Solar snapped up shuttered OptiSolar’s pipeline of solar projects with western U.S. utilities, it bought itself over a gigawatt worth of solar deals as well as strategic land rights for about 136,000 acres. Not bad for the thin film solar darling, which already… Read More »
Twitter has revolutionized the world of marketing. In his new book “Twitterville,” which will be released September 3rd, social media journalist Shel Israel explains how Twitter evolved into the marketing force that it is, and shows companies how to take advantage of the powerful tool. Israel… Read More »
On August 6th, 1997, Steve Jobs stood on a stage in Boston and announced that Microsoft had purchased $150 million in non-voting stock and promised to continue to develop Office for five years. While the crowd reacted as if had he announced his love of… Read More »
Microsoft researchers have taken the next step toward turning old UHF analog TV spectrum into rural wireless broadband networks that would operate like Wi-Fi but with greater range, bypassing incumbent Internet providers like AT&T in the process. “Imagine the potential if you could connect to your… Read More »
TiE Silicon Valley is excited to announce our Member Mixer being held Aug. 20 at the elegant San Jose City Hall Rotunda! Attendees often include prominent TiE Silicon Valley entrepreneurs such as: Ram Shriram, one of Google’s original backers and board member; Navin Chadda, managing director… Read More »
As we covered last month with the launch of Bantam Live, CRM providers are starting to incorporate more social features into their systems. Another example is Santa Clara, Calif.-based CureCRM, which publicly launched its browser-based CRM service today. It extracts customer contact information,… Read More »
Slow Going for Solar Phones: “Solar technology in mobile computing devices is still impeded by performance and price issues and isn’t likely to entirely replace batteries anytime soon, according to analysts.” — CNET’s Green Tech Farmers in the Climate Crossfire: Unrestricted greenhouse gas emissions will be… Read More »
As the first animated show nominated for the Best Comedy Series Emmy award since 1961, you’d think Family Guy‘s odds of winning were low. But Seth MacFarlane’s profane creation isn’t afraid to fight dirty, today releasing the first in a series of six videos… Read More »
Palm said today that developers can now submit their apps for consideration in the company’s App Catalog. Palm will take 30 percent of any revenues earned from sales in the online store, through which apps can be purchased by webOS users via credit card. From the… Read More »
Cheat Sheet: How green are city car-sharing networks? (Earth2Tech) Lessons Learned: Felicia Day on combining music videos and web series (NewTeeVee) Rumor Has It: Apple event Sept. 9; music to take center stage (TheAppleBlog) Balancing the personal and professional (WebWorkerDaily) Will the era of file… Read More »
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