We may finally have an answer to the gajillion dollar question (rounding up for inflation) that’s revolved around Hulu since the first rumors began last year: The ad-supported online video site may test plans for a subscription service with an in-development iPad application, as… Read More »
Archive for March 2010
The wonky “knowledge engine” Wolfram Alpha, under the leadership of new managing director Barak Berkowitz, is now moving from polishing its product to getting people to actually use it by changing up its distribution strategy. Read More »
Just so you know, this is not an April Fool’s joke: video conferencing startup Vidyo — the same company that powers the ultra-popular Google Talk video chat client — has raised a $25 million Series C round of financing, it announced… Read More »
Despite Apple’s iPad being just a few short days away from release here in the U.S., the Cupertino-based company has not yet specified a definitive date for the tablet’s international launch. However, according to recent whispers from Apple store employees a date may now be in… Read More »
UPDATED YouTube was struggling to keep its site up in face of its relaunch this afternoon, with Twitter users complaining by the hundreds that the site is down, and YouTube’s web server delivering “Http/1.1 Service Unavailable” messages and 502 errors. At the… Read More »
Most clouds of any appreciable scale are built on open-source software and, in fact, might not even exist without it. As to whether there’s any money to be made with open source, however, that’s up for debate. Read More »
Spike Jonze’s I’m Here, a short film debuting online after premiering at the Sundance Film Festival, is surprisingly unbeholden to its sponsor Absolut, as none of the glamourous trappings you’d expect from a vodka partnership permeate this 30 minute robot romance. Read More »
We spoke to iFund manager and Kleiner Perkins partner Matt Murphy about the iFund’s close relationship with Apple, its approach to competing mobile platforms including the mobile web, what iPad apps he’s most excited to invest in and what has already been done to death. Read More »
Smith Electric Vehicles has already won a $10 million grant from the Department of Energy. Now the maker of electric commercial trucks is getting $22 million more under the same program. The DOE funds are meant to support the company’s “future vehicle development costs,” according to… Read More »
The activation of the Sprint 4G network in my area has me on a quest to upgrade my measly 3G connectivity. I considered the Sprint Overdrive modem but got scared with reports of problems. I also considered the HTC EVO phone, but it lacks something important. Read More »
UPDATED According to white-label video management company Brightcove, rival Ooyala has been sending misleading information to Brightcove customers and the press, issuing a packet of information that purports to expose potential security vulnerabilities related to its media API. Brightcove says it… Read More »
If you couldn’t make it to Foursquare CEO Dennis Crowley’s presentation at the Where 2.0 conference, here’s a selection of the most interesting tweets posted by attendees who were watching the presentation. It’s just a sample though – Crowley went through 70 slides in 15 minutes. Read More »
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