eBay CEO John Donahoe says the company wants to make its PayPal unit the de facto payment system for Facebook games, Twitter money-sharing and every other kind of social game or service. But PayPal has some work to do before it deserves that position. Read More »
Archive for February 2010
Veolia Environnement, the massive French energy and water company, is looking to make cleantech connections. At the Cleantech Group’s conference on Thursday, the 150-year-old company with some 330,000 employees launched its Veolia Innovation Accelerator program, which it plans to use to develop partnerships with cleantech startups… Read More »
While I have some doubts as to whether I need yet another research tool, the neat packaging of content I sent in from Cliqset resulted in cleaner reference material than the web clippings I usually capture during my online research. Read More »
Vudu’s decision to shut down its adult movie section as a result of being acquired by Wal-Mart has adult entertainment companies and fans of X-rated content alike wondering where to turn next. The answer could be Boxee; the video… Read More »
Are you one of those iPhone owners that just uses the swipe and unlock feature on your handset? With this free utility for Windows or Mac, you can add a secure, alphanumeric passcode to your handset and keep data from prying eyes. Read More »
The online Scribd document service has added a “send to device” option, putting millions of documents right on the phone. The company is also working on Android and iPhone apps to handle content easily. Just hit a button and the doc is sent to the device. Read More »
Shares of Palm tanked after the company said carrier orders for its webOS gadgets have been weaker than expected. Customers don’t want its phones, and no one seems interested in buying its business. So what can be left for Palm? Read More »
I got a demo earlier this week of SugarSync‘s new features, then Kevin over at jkOntheRun beat me to the punch with his features announcement post (SugarSync Adds Email Attachment Uploads, 500 GB Plan). Like Kevin, I agree that these new… Read More »
Last week, Open Box Technologies put itself on the auction block, setting up a one-week eBay auction to sell all of the technology and infrastructure related to its SesameVault online video management platform. And though that auction ended yesterday… Read More »
Using a Mac is a treat for many, and after years of living on Window machines, I appreciate the little things OS X provides. There’s no point preaching to the choir here about how OS X is better…most of us already feel that way. But what… Read More »
Military bases have been some of the pioneers for so-called microgrids — systems of self-generated electricity and intelligent controls that can be disconnected from the grid at large to keep the lights on when the utility can’t provide power. The idea is that a tree falling… Read More »
After the rumor-fest surrounding Apple’s mystery device was stanched the moment Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad, a new trend has emerged; SDK Mining. This is the art of digging through the iPad’s operating system to uncover clues about hitherto-undisclosed functionality. Since the iPad and iPhone SDKs are… Read More »
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