ScheduleOnce integrates with your Google Calendar to create a more seamless way to discover availabilities and block out time for the actual meeting. It now also has a Google Calendar gadget that gives you a view of pending and scheduled meetings. Read More »
Archive for March 2010
It’s that time of year, folks! We’ve selected 10 companies, all of which are using information technology to fight climate change, to launch or unveil interesting new products at our Green:Net conference on April 29th in a session we call the LaunchPad. Drum roll, please… Read More »
The third American edition of The Emerging Communications Conference & Awards will take place April 19-21 at the San Francisco Airport Marriott. Day three is being dedicated to mobile augmented reality, and as such will be the world’s first and largest commercial augmented reality event. Read More »
A smart grid powered by the wireless standard WiMAX has made major strides in the U.S. this week. GE announced that it would work on one of the first smart grid pilot programs based on WiMAX in the U.S. with Michigan utility Consumers Energy. At the… Read More »
Microsoft’s Silverlight client may have finally reached critical mass, with installation on more than 60 percent of all Internet devices, according to one Microsoft exec. Brad Becker, director of product management for rich client platforms at Microsoft, told us in a phone interview… Read More »
Crowdcast, which offers what it calls “collective intelligence tools” for businesses that are based on crowdsourcing ideas from employees, has launched a new executive dashboard that allows a company to track the predictions that have been made by staff and compare those against official corporate targets. Read More »
Google has long been a proponent of net neutrality, but it appears the company may have unknowingly allowed an advertising partner in India to promote preferential treatment for certain video streams on YouTube. A reader in India tipped us off that YouTube advertiser Bharti… Read More »
One of my favorite parts of last year’s Green:Net event was the launchpad section, where 10 companies that are using information technology to fight climate change launch themselves or new products. So I’m excited to announce this year’s 10 winners of the Green:Net2010 Launchpad. Read More »
Not only is it just plain cool that field testing new toys often falls to us and then trickles up, it’s also a responsibility I think web workers and the places that support them should openly and actively embrace. Read More »
Smartphones now account for 48 percent of traffic on the AdMob network, up from 35 percent a year ago, according to the company’s Mobile Metrics Report for February. The iPhone OS’s share rose to 50 percent of all requests and Android’s, to 24 percent. Read More »
Skype is now available to Verizon Wireless customers who are owners of BlackBerry and Android-based smartphones, the New Jersey-based phone company said. The Skype Mobile service now works on nine phones and can be downloaded on these devices starting this morning. Kevin covered the news… Read More »
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Final Word on AT&T 3G MicroCell: Meh
For many iPhone users held hostage by AT&T’s second-rate 3G network, the announcement that a nationwide rollout of the AT&T 3G MicroCell will begin in April sounds like a long-awaited promise of coverage rescue finally coming true. Certainly that’s what I thought when I started using… Read More »