Thanks to a new Microsoft pilot program, Amazon Web Services’ enterprise customers can now bring their EA Windows Server licenses into the cloud. This is yet another step by AWS to continuously woo the corporate customers. Read More »
Archive for March 2010
Discovery Communications may not distribute much of its full-length premium content freely on the web, but the company — which owns TLC, Animal Planet and of course the Discovery Channel — has experimented quite liberally when it comes to mobile. Read More »
Despite all of the attention they have gotten recently, there isn’t a universal e-book format, and we must contend with the many different types of e-books that are available. Here’s a rundown of the ebook formats that are available today and how to use them all. Read More »
A British public health official has blamed Facebook for a rise in cases of syphilis, in the latest example of a wave of stories blaming social networks such as Twitter and Craigslist for most of the evils of mankind, regardless of a lack of evidence. Read More »
I’m currently looking to buy a new office chair. The trouble is that there are so many available that the choice is bewildering, and as I’ve had back problems in the past I’d like to get a chair that is both comfortable and ergonomic. Read More »
I chatted with Cole Brodman, CTO of T-Mobile USA yesterday after the nation’s fourth largest carrier detailed its plan to deliver speeds of 21 Mbps down to all of its markets this year. We discussed spectrum and why usage-based billing for mobile broadband will happen. Read More »
Oh, what a difference a year can make. Last March, startup Aptera Motors said it had collected deposits from “more than 4,000 Californians,” each of them paying $500 (fully refundable) or $750 (“locked in”) to reserve one of the company planned plug-in vehicles. At the… Read More »
“Read Later – ⌘4”. I live my life by it. I find an interesting article but have no time to read it – ⌘4. A crazy-long message in Gmail that’s just perfect for, um, ‘bathroom reading’ – ⌘4. Pretty much anything that demands… Read More »
Itron + SmartSynch: Smart meter maker Itron announced a deal with SmartSynch, which will enable utilities to use commercial cellular networks for transmission of all critical metering and event data from their meters’ wide area network.” — Smart Meters. Read More »
Looks like in the case of The Guild, the gestation of a comic book project is about the same as a human pregnancy. Nine months after announcing that she’d be writing a Guild comic book for Dark Horse Comics, Felicia Day’s first foray… Read More »
Building a business that is largely based on user-generated content seems like a great idea, until those users decide to post what they want instead of what you want. Amazon and Yelp are two of the most recent companies to experience the downside of user-generated reviews. Read More »
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