Google has acquired a small email search company called reMail, reMail founder Gabor Cselle posted today on his blog. reMail, which was part of the Y Combinator program and raised funding from FriendFeed and Gmail founders Paul Buchheit and Sanjeev Singh, started in November 2008. Read More »
Archive for February 2010
Firefox Mobile for Maemo arrived last month, but without many devices to take advantage of it, people are wondering which platform will be the next one to see Mozilla’s browser. Microsoft’s clean break with Windows Phone 7 just might push Mozilla to Android first. Read More »
A website founded by Will Ferrell, with a soon-to-premiere HBO series and no shortage of A-list cameos, can hardly be considered an outsider in most realms. But it appears that there’s one event they couldn’t penetrate: the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Not that that’s… Read More »
UPDATED: A small plane carrying three Tesla Motors employees crashed in East Palo Alto this morning, killing the pilot and both passengers, Tesla has confirmed. Chief executive Elon Musk was not on the plane. Those are the facts that have been confirmed in the hours since… Read More »
Recently, I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of social media, and I’m reminded of where we were in the mid-90s with the advent of the web. I lived through Web 1.0, and am feeling a sense of déjà vu as we play out the… Read More »
The demand for mobile broadband will surpass the spectrum currently available some time in mid-2013 according to an analyst. Without new spectrum, the demand for bandwidth consuming services will lead to a crappy user experience, or heavy-handed pricing and limitations on mobile application from carriers. Read More »
In the weekly iPhone roundup I take a second look at an iPhone app I haven’t touched in nearly two years. It’s much improved for reading digital magazines. And Apple just received a patent for capacitive displays — will they start to protect it? Read More »
Apple’s disdain for Adobe Flash is legendary, so it is not surprising that the iPad will not support Flash in the browser. The iPhone doesn’t support Flash either, so this is simply more of the same. A recent conversation I had with Adobe pointed out something… Read More »
The Sony U70 ultra-portable PC was such a ground-breaking mobile device that it set the tone for all such gadgets to come. I have been taking a trip down memory lane, and it hit me that the Sony U70 is still a viable solution for many. Read More »
Turner Broadcasting Selects Brightcove to Expand Online Video Business; Turner taps Brightcove to support online video content in the UK, Spain, France, Italy, Germany and other countries throughout Europe. (press release) Adap.tv Launches a Video Ad Exchange; the video ad-serving company has opened the doors on… Read More »
Cash for high-tech trash. That’s the basic concept for the recycling kiosk from ecoATM. You drop off old electronics at one of these machines, it calculates their value, then pays you on the spot, in cash or coupons. Think it’ll work? Apparently some venture capitalists… Read More »
Knowledge workers tend to abuse their eyes. I know, because I’m guilty of doing it; my nearsightedness has gotten progressively worse since I started working. The only way to slow it down is to take better care of my eyes. Read More »
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