As analysts scratch their heads try to explain why Amazon’s stock defies gravity, they’re coming up with theories that are of interest even to non-investors. A Cowen & Co. analyst argues that Amazon “can eventually achieve a Wal-Mart-like share of the U.S. retail market.” Read More »
Archive for January 2010
Android-based phone owners that are also Verizon FIOS customers now have access to a free app that enables remote control of the service. In the meantime, Nexus One owners may have a fix for the 3G connectivity problems that’s been plaguing so many of them. Read More »
Dan Deming-Henes has released version 1.1 of Twitt, adding a host of useful features to his his lightweight Mac Twitter client, which Darrell reviewed back in November. Perhaps most importantly, and addressing one of Darrell’s complaints about version 1.0, is that it now supports multiple Twitter accounts. This new version also… Read More »
Nintendo America President and COO Reggie Fils-Aime recently told CNBC that the company isn’t even close to releasing a second-generation Wii console. Consumers don’t want HD as much as they want a compelling experience, he argued, and more than 26 million Wii owners… Read More »
Spiceworks, an Austin startup that last week raised $16 million, has created something as revolutionary as Google in the small to medium business software market. Check out the video to learn more, and hear about the future of IT from Spiceworks’ CEO Scott Abel. Read More »
Gowalla, a location-based social application is about to pass 100,000 users, according to some of my sources. The company is going to hit the milestone sometime this weekend, having just crossed 99,000 users. In comparison, New York-based Foursquare is closing in on 300,000 users. Read More »
The U.S. Military launched in October a social networking site called milBook, a sort of Facebook clone for organizational information. With 18,000 members now, the site is more oriented towards collaboration than socialization, and, of course, has extensive security levels. Read More »
Mark Shapiro, of Berkeley, Calif.’s Center for Investigative Reporting, has written a scathing report on the carbon offset industry in the February edition of Harper’s. Policymakers crafting U.S. climate legislation, which might include provisions for offset projects, should heed the warning, but the criticism shouldn’t… Read More »
In looking towards some potential 2010 project opportunities, remote access to one or more of the Macs in my home office could very well become a requirement for me. Even if these potential projects hadn’t hit my radar, enabling remote access to my primary Mac… Read More »
Earlier this week, the folks at Skype updated the latest and greatest beta version for Linux. Beta 2 of Skype 2.1 adds some features that Windows and Mac users have enjoyed for some time now — screen sharing, quoting of chat messages and… Read More »
There are $1.3 billion in venture dollars sitting on the table for startups that can make Verizon’s next generation LTE network better, so I talked to Daniel Deeney who is investing some of those dollars to see what types of companies he’s looking for. Read More »
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