Canesta, which makes 3-D image sensors, announced today that it has received $16 million in new funding from returning investors Carlyle Growth Partners, Hotung Venture Group, and Venrock as well as two new strategic investors – Quanta Computer Inc. and SMSC. This brings the total… Read More »
Archive for October 2009
Here are some of today’s phone conversations I enjoyed reading or viewing on the web, along with some brief thoughts:
Browse Palm’s App Catalog online (PhoneScoop) — This idea makes total sense and is probably overdue — you can now browse the
Sounds like the smart grid partnership between search engine Google and conglomerate General Electric could still deliver some real products, according to remarks from GE CEO Jeffrey Immelt at the Web 2.0 Summit on Tuesday evening. “We will see more collaboration between GE and Google around… Read More »
What used to be a luxury technology automobile option is now becoming more common. Integrated Bluetooth for hands-free conversations, audio jacks to stream tunes from a phone and GPS navigation units with voice guidance all come to mind. So what’s next after these… Read More »
Over-the-top video delivery startup ZillionTV has made Jack Lawrence its new CEO, replacing Mitch Berman, who will become executive chairman. The company emailed the following statement to us this afternoon: “As of this week, Jack Lawrence is CEO of ZillionTV committed to day-to-day operations and… Read More »
Twitter’s U.S. traffic to its main site has slowed, CEO Evan Williams said during a talk at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this afternoon, but said that the company was launching new things that “will pick that back up.” It’s still unclear… Read More »
UPDATED: I am a true geek, and as such in order to maintain my membership in this elite group I have to constantly noodle with my desktop. I can’t let it just sit there, I have to customize it the way I want. Here’s my Mac… Read More »
Brian Roberts of Comcast kicked off this year’s Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today with a very topical discussion of TV Everywhere, NBC acquisition talks, broadband and net neutrality. Here are the choice bits: Roberts offered a preview of Comcast’s On Demand Online product, which… Read More »
Whether you think the upcoming international climate talks in Copenhagen will deliver a solution for governments to fight climate change, or will ultimately turn out to be a global flop, one thing’s for sure: All eyes will be on the progressive city in Denmark in… Read More »
If you’re using the Pomodoro Technique (a method that uses a timer to help improve concentration and focus that Meryl wrote about recently) you might like to check out Tomatoi.st, a simple but nicely designed web app that can time your pomodoros and… Read More »
It’s Tuesday and that can only mean it’s time for our weekly feature, BlackBerry Buzz. The Buzz is where you’ll find out what’s been going on in the BlackBerry brambles. You’ll hear about everything that’s worth knowing in the awesome world of the BlackBerry. Research In Motion… Read More »
Skype, the Internet telephony business of eBay that is in the process of being sold to private investors for about $2 billion, is going to be making a debut on the forthcoming Nokia N900 device powered by the Finnish company’s Maemo operating system. This should come… Read More »
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