Nextstop, a user-generated travel site, is releasing an API for its location-specific short-form recommendations. The self-funded company, founded by former Google product managers, only launched in June and has attracted low hundreds of thousands of monthly visitors, however it has ambitious plans to… Read More »
Archive for November 2009
Microsoft gets their share of slaps, I’ve been known to dish a few out myself. It’s only fair to give them a big shout out when they do something that is not only right, but far above what is expected. I follow David Hewson on Twitter,… Read More »
While we put conglomerate General Electric on our list of “Tech Vendors That Will Cash in On the Smart Grid Stimulus Funds,” we didn’t get the full impact the funds could have on GE in the days after the awards were announced. But the… Read More »
China Unicom is continuing to trumpet the iPhone’s prospects in China — despite widespread conviction that it’s too expensive there. As Stacey recently noted, Daniel Amir, director and senior research analyst of semiconductors at Lazard Capital Markets, has cited China Unicom officials as saying… Read More »
A number of CDN, online video platform and other media infrastructure companies are converging on San Jose, Calif., this week for Streaming Media West, which kicks off tomorrow. Here are some highlights of the announcements made by vendors ahead of the… Read More »
I just got word that a bad boy is coming to Mobile Tech Manor and I have to admit I am excited, if not a little bit scared. The Acer Aspire 8940G is a gaming/ multimedia notebook that pushes the term “desktop replacement” to the… Read More »
Perhaps the greatest treasure in the recent MacHeist nanoBundle (which was covered by Simon in a recent post) is ShoveBox. It’s a clippings organizer that lets you capture, view, organize and edit data that is elegant in its simplicity. This very usable… Read More »
It seems like it was only yesterday when the Windows Marketplace rolled out for Windows Mobile 6.5 phones, with a vague promise to hit the rest of WinMo phones soon. That day has arrived and the Marketplace can now be installed on all WinMo phones, as… Read More »
General Motors trotted out preliminary financial results for the first time this morning since it sloughed off bad assets to the government and emerged from bankruptcy this summer: GM saw a net loss of $1.15 billion between July 10 and September 30 of this year,… Read More »
FourSquare, the hot location-based services startup, is hoping to increase its momentum by opening its API to the public. Developers can use the API to visualize data generated by its community or create new ways to check into its service, the company said in a… Read More »
Solid-state drive (SSD) is a disruptive technology that has arrived and is creating new opportunities for startups. An SSD-enabled, networked world promises near real-time access and blazing performance for ultra-fast games and massively scalable databases, and will enable a range of new consumer and enterprise applications.… Read More »
Old people do the darndest things — especially when they own a football team. Bud Adams, the 86-year-old owner of the Tennessee Titans, decided to express his excitement over his team beating the Buffalo Bills over the weekend by giving his opponents and their fans the… Read More »
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