Oh, MobileMe, how will you deal with this latest threat to your iPhone feature dominance? First it was improved Exchange support, and now it’s push Gmail using Google Sync. Remember Google Sync? It’s the service from Google which allows you to synchronize your… Read More »
Archive for September 2009
With the economy in the dumps, it makes sense that live online video learning site eduFire would go after those looking to refine or learn new business skills. The company announced today that it is launching a new Business Channel to provide courses for… Read More »
If you’ve been lusting after either the Viliv S5 or X70 devices that James has been teasing you with, there’s yet another vendor offering the devices stateside. Laptoping eye-spied them both over at NewEgg, and my quick browsing shows quite… Read More »
Infochimps, an Austin, Texas, statup launching today at DEMO, is marrying cutting-edge technology such as cloud computing and crowdsourcing with old-school efforts like aggregating data to create a marketplace for information sets. The startup takes data — from that of publicly available sources… Read More »
Netflix’s newly announced Netflix Prize 2 would challenge competitors to recommend movies based on demographic and behavioral data. But one privacy expert says the company should pull the contest before it even launches, because the data Netflix is offering up about its users cannot truly… Read More »
When a friend of mine heard that I was teleworking, she said “I can’t imagine doing my work without my boss watching my back. What motivates you to get anything done?” I paused for a second, then replied, “I love doing it.” Fast forward to a few hours… Read More »
It’s fall premiere season, and that means new shows. But it also means sparkly new ads to fill all those commercial breaks. New Apple ads for the iPhone provided pleasant relief for me yesterday from the tedium of the two-hour Heroes premiere. On a side… Read More »
It’s officially a trend: smart grid companies building or buying software that will manage energy consumption within the home. This morning smart grid networking company Silver Spring Networks announced that it plans to buy Greenbox Technology, a 2-year-old startup founded by the creators of the… Read More »
It’s no secret that my netbooks have all had MOSPD, or what I call Multiple Operating System Personality Disorder. From the very first netbook, my ASUS Eee PC 701, to my current Toshiba NB205, all of my devices have changed operating systems… Read More »
By positioning itself between traditional project management apps like Basecamp and personal relationship management apps like Gist, Liaise thinks that it has found a useful niche, which it calls “business interaction management.” It claims that it can do this with a very… Read More »
Highlighting the increased interest in green construction this year, green-building materials company Serious Materials announced on Tuesday that it has raised $60 million in its third round of funding. The round represents one of the largest U.S. venture-capital deals –- and the largest energy-efficiency deal –-… Read More »
Pulled in too many directions? Get focused (WebWorkerDaily) Smart grid shopping: Silver Spring snaps up Greenbox (Earth2Tech) Poll: What OS is on your netbook? (jkOnTheRun) Packt Publishing announces 2009 CMS Awards nominees (OStatic) Vuclip raises $6M for mobile video search (NewTeeVee) 9 iPhone apps for… Read More »
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