VentureBeat, the leading innovation-focused business blog, will host the seminal conference on the smart grid, Nov. 18-19 in San Francisco. GreenBeat 2009 brings together leading entrepreneurs, investors, utility and technology executives, policymakers and press to accelerate development of a more efficient electrical grid. We’re looking for… Read More »
Archive for October 2009
Did Windows Mobile 6.5 leave you wanting more? Hang in there — by all accounts, you’ll have to wait until the second half of 2010 for the next version, which is Windows Mobile 7. Or is it? Over at Download Squad I… Read More »
Thin film solar maker Nanosolar pulled back the kimono a bit last month, discussing some tech advances and demonstrating that it’s moved into high volume production. And now it’s time for more details about partnership announcements, considering the big solar conference Solar Power… Read More »
As we reported just yesterday, Apple didn’t take too kindly to El Gato’s “accidental” inclusion of a workaround to enable 3G streaming of live TV on the iPhone using its EyeTV app. The app, combined with an EyeTV USB Mac TV tuner, allows users… Read More »
Startup advice abounds these days. But while much of it is extremely valuable, some of it is inappropriate, agenda-driven or simply untrue. Following is a list of 10 ways startup advice is flawed — and how to identify when it’s not. Read More »
3G may be the current standard in network data communication, but 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks are just around the corner. Verizon is working on building its own LTE network as we speak, and the latest rumors suggest that Apple is working together with… Read More »
I’ve finally got computer glasses, after years of gradually increasing difficulty focusing at mid-range between distance and close-up vision. My optometrist first suggested bifocals back in ’02, but I resisted. In hindsight, this was not my wisest decision. My reasoning wasn’t vanity; I was getting along… Read More »
We’ve gone back and forth on the existence of a Google phone for a long time now. In the beginning, there was a talk of a Google Phone that turned out to be Android, Google’s mobile operating system targeting handset makers such as… Read More »
As I write, online Apple Stores around the world are going down. That yellow post-it is popping up, assuring eager shoppers, “We’ll be back soon.” Why so eager? For weeks, rumors have leaked through the intertubes like lemonade spilled on a MacBook keyboard — in… Read More »
Netbook enthusiasts have called for Apple to produce its own version of the low-cost notebook. There have even been analysts that stated Apple ignores the hot netbook market at its own peril. Apple has held firm that they would never produce such a “sub-standard” type of… Read More »
Glass ceilings: Are you limiting yourself? (WebWorkerDaily) Non-obvious Android opportunities (OStatic) New York’s grand smart grid plan (Earth2Tech) How the web is changing TV’s definition of a hit (NewTeeVee) EyeTV returns to the App Store, minus 3G streaming (TheAppleBlog) Forget Windows Mobile 6.5 — look… Read More »
Love it or fear it, there is no denying the impact cloud computing is having on IT practices. Despite a summer full of high-profile outages, cloud computing spent the season continuing its march toward ubiquity, as our third-quarter wrap-up at GigaOM Pro showed (subscription… Read More »
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