UPDATED: Wyclef Jean, Sting, Bruce Springsteen, Mary J. Blige, Shakira, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Dave Matthews and Justin Timberlake are just a few of music stars that will take part in tonight’s Hope For Haiti Now benefit concert, starting at 5 p.m. PST and 8 p.m.… Read More »
Archive for January 2010
Quite a bit of news emerged from the cloud computing and data center markets during the fourth quarter, but the full impact of announcements — from companies including Cisco, Vmware, EMC, Microsoft, and Oracle — won’t be felt until 2010. Here’s a look at what to expect. Read More »
Cablevision hopes the Supreme Court will hear its lawsuit regarding the programs it must carry and decide to overturn aspects of those must-carry rules. Such a decision would set off a chain of events that could benefit cable companies and wireless carriers, while hurting local broadcasters. Read More »
One of the interesting rumors that has come up after the official announcement of Apple’s event on the 27th is that a new version of iLife will also be announced there. Whether or not this rumor is accurate is less interesting than what an Apple… Read More »
A group of journalists has agreed to “prove” how useless Twitter and Facebook are by reporting only news they receive through those services for five days. But this is a farce that only proves these journalists don’t understand the role social media plays in the news. Read More »
Just one day after YouTube made it so that (some of) its users could begin watching (some of) its videos using HTML5 as opposed to Adobe Flash, Vimeo has announced that it will also support the new web standard. With its new HTML5 player, Vimeo… Read More »
Yesterday, Evernote 3.5 for Windows became available for download. I covered the beta release back in September and was happy with the direction it took the client, especially since its user interface began to look more like its Mac cousin. Since I use Evernote across… Read More »
Another week has come and nearly gone and that means I get to share the past week with you. My home office, aka Mobile Tech Manor (MTM), has been a busy place as I have gotten back into a normal routine following the big CES trip.… Read More »
Aircell, the company behind wildly popular GoGo in-flight broadband, has raised $176 million in funds from an undisclosed group of investors. GoGo is available on more than 700 aircraft and adding more — which means the company will have to build out its network aggressively. Read More »
Gowalla CEO Josh Williams in this video interview shares his company’s story and accidental foray into the world of mobile location. He talks about competition from Twitter, Foursquare and Yelp. Williams outlines new product information including the forthcoming release of a beta of Gowalla’s Android app. Read More »
If 2009 was the year that the smart grid became a hot buzz word and utilities first started to look into energy management devices for their customers, 2010 will be all about how to tackle the emergence of the consumer energy management market. If you need… Read More »
It’s been suggested that the venture capital industry needs to shrink to as little as half its former size, and new data from the National Venture Capital Association shows that it’s almost there — with some evidence suggesting that further contraction is in order. Read More »
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