TripIt, which aggregates people’s travel arrangements from various web sites into one web itinerary, is rolling out a referral program today that lets developers who build apps on top of its API receive a 10-20 percent cut of the sales from its TripIt… Read More »
Archive for September 2009
If it seems like it’s been twice as hard to raise money for renewable projects this year compared with 2007, that’s because it has been. At the Renewable Energy Finance Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday, John Eber, managing director at investment bank JP… Read More »
San Francisco’s tidal-energy project, expected to be the largest ocean-power project off of the California coast, has been in the works for four and a half years and counting. But the city is now in “the final stages” of getting permits for the project… Read More »
Are journalists and bloggers for traditional newspapers a new talent pool for the world of web video? As more publications push their staffers to explore online options for spreading the brand, it’s a trend that appears to be gathering momentum — and it’s resulted in some… Read More »
Bring a magnifying glass if you’re looking for surprises in a new study from CFI Group. The market research firm has just released the findings of a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. smartphone users that holds true to form: iPhone users love their… Read More »
Here are some of today’s phone conversations I enjoyed reading or viewing on the web, along with some brief thoughts: Will Motorola’s Android handset “cliq” at $199? (Barron’s) — $199 seems to be the initial entry point for many phones today, so I’m… Read More »
Over the top and on demand are increasingly how people want to consume — and pay for — their video, if new numbers from The Diffusion Group hold true. The research firm estimates that by 2014 revenue from in North America from on-demand video… Read More »
The open source community has been watching the wrestling match between Google and Cyanogen, open source developer Steve Kondik, with rapt attention. Kondik is the developer who has been producing enhanced CyanogenMod, an Android ROM build for months. CyanogenMod is based on the “open source” Android… Read More »
The whirlwind development of FileMaker’s consumer database software continues with the release of Bento 3. Bento 3 adds several new features, including shared libraries, iPhoto integration, security options, and best of all, an upgrade price. First released in November 2007, Bento was supposed to be the… Read More »
We’ve spilled a lot of digital ink on the need for backhaul for next-generation (and even current generation) wireless networks, so while at the FTTH show in Houston, I chatted with Geoff Burke, director of marketing for Calix, a provider of optical equipment… Read More »
With Windows 7 fast approaching, I figured we’d see more vendors jump into the light-and-thin notebook market by now. Oh wait — Toshiba joined the party this very morning! I was just chatting on the phone with the folks at Tosh, and… Read More »
The House Energy & Commerce Committee is scheduled to mark up tomorrow a bill dubbed the Informed P2P User Act (H.R. 1319) that aims to prevent accidental file-sharing by mandating the display of clear warnings during the installation and usage of P2P software. Critics,… Read More »
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