While much of the attention in the smart grid industry has been focused on the U.S. market — gotta take advantage of that close to $4 billion in smart grid stimulus funds — developing countries like India, China and Brazil are also looking to make… Read More »
Archive for February 2010
Atimi Software Inc. has joined the AT&T Business Alliance Channel program as an Elite Member in the Apple ecosystem providing mobility solutions. It joins a small number of firms supporting AT&T’s U.S. business customers. Atimi is one of the leading iPhone development firms in North America. Read More »
iPad Puts Focus on Apple’s Flash Feud; Apple and Adobe, which used to be cozy partners, have become increasingly estranged since the computer maker unveiled its iPad tablet late last month. (Wall Street Journal) Electus Hires Starcom Entertainment Vet Caraccioli-Davis; entertainment marketing specialist Laura Caraccioli-Davis is… Read More »
In this audio episode, we share our hangover from Google Buzz and offer some first impressions of Swype after some hands-on time. And it sounds like the Skyfire browser is on its way to Android. Quickoffice for iPhone gains some cloud integration too! Read More »
Google has acquired the social search startup Aardvark for $50 million, according to TechCrunch. The Aardvark founders had formerly worked at Google, so it’s an embarrassment that the search giant couldn’t foster the same kind of innovation from them internally. Read More »
Snow Leopard has more than its fair share of improvements. If you work in the corporate world then Cisco IPsec VPN is a great addition. Before Apple added this feature, you had to use Cisco’s client to connect up to its VPN. With Snow Leopard and the… Read More »
Atimi Software has been added to the top 20 Vancouver-based wireless and digital media companies that will be showcased in the city’s Robson Square during the upcoming Winter Olympics Games and Paralympic Games. The installation is part of VX — short for Vancouver Experience — which… Read More »
Opera Software today released the beta of Opera 10.5 for Windows. The big improvement in this new release is a new JavaScript engine; Opera claims that it is eight times faster — and my tests show that claim is justified. Read More »
Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde has launched a micropayment service called Flattr. The service, which is now in beta, is designed to help users and fans pay programmers, software designers, musicians and other artists for their work easily. But micropayments are a tough problem to solve. Read More »
Evidence supports Palm’s webOS handsets could be joining AT&T’s network in May. Surely that’s good for Palm, but how good will it be? Will iPhone users abandon Apple’s iTunes ecosystem to make the switch? And what about those expected Android phones coming to AT&T? Read More »
The Wall Street Journal is claiming this week that Apple is testing out 99 cent episodes of TV shows on iTunes with the intent of offering the same deal much more broadly across its library when the iPad launches in late March. The information… Read More »
It’s been a long time coming, but over-the-top video company Vudu has finally stopped selling its set-top box, according to the NY Times, preferring instead to provide its software and video marketplace to consumer electronics manufacturers. Founded in 2004, Vudu released… Read More »
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