Geo-local services were the center of attention at South by South West. Thanks to all the hoopla, Foursquare and Gowalla, the two major competing geo-location services managed to snag tens of thousands of new subscribers. Both companies had released updates to their apps before the event. Read More »
Archive for March 2010
Korean mobile PC maker Viliv has been churning out handheld computers right and left. The Viliv product line covers all sizes of computers, from the 5-inch slate S5 to the new 10-inch S10 Blade convertible. Viliv computers will be available at Best Buy Mobile tomorrow. Read More »
Every startup fears than an established brand will one day acquire a rival or build a similar offering and instantly become the industry gorilla. But there is mounting evidence that suggests online ad categories are not cornered by deep-pocketed brands, but by new market entrants. Read More »
When it comes to deploying databases web scale, many large sites opt to “go cheap, go custom or go home.” But might the resources spent developing open-source projects or building tools from scratch not become extraneous if companies could buy solutions that would work just fine? Read More »
Here are some interesting posts from around the ‘Net to catch up with over the weekend: Jonathan Fields: “7 Sneaky Ways to Write Irresistible Headlines” (also see Aliza’s video of Jonathan from SXSW here) Harvard Business Review: “How Social Is Too Social?” WebProNews: “To Get… Read More »
Many of the people I know working in the print world took an awful lot of comfort this week in this video hosted by Britain’s Penguin Books, which takes a palindromic look at the typical teenager and how they engage with media. (Though I gotta… Read More »
Hacking the Car: Cyber Security Risks Hit the Road: Imagine seeing the damage caused by Internet viruses and worms unleashed on a fleet of vehicles. The results could include vehicle location data used with malicious intent, the prevention of a plug-in vehicle battery from recharging,… Read More »
The mobile tech space is in the firm grip of tablet-mania, fueled no doubt by the emergence of the iPad. My experience gained using many different tablets makes it clear to me that the slate form factor alone is not enough to make a slate successful. Read More »
Businessweek article, the iPad is going to be all about the games. A large portion of the few companies elite enough to actually get their hands on a pre-release version of the iPad are game developers. Gaming is big on the iPhone/iPod touch platform and… Read More »
It’s so tempting to get drawn into the ego battles between Steve Jobs and the Google Triumverate, while placing bets on who will win, that we can forget a deeper truth about this rivalry: Google and Apple need each other. Read More »
Ten years ago this week, online music pioneer Justin Frankel released a little application dubbed Gnutella that enabled file sharing through a distributed P2P network. Frankel, whose also wrote the then hugely-popular Winamp MP3 player software, supposedly named the client after his favorite hazelnut cream spread. Read More »
It wasn’t too long ago that the path to success for mobile carriers was a straight one: Simply offer compelling handsets at competitive prices and maintain a top-notch network and your customers would be happy. But as we near market saturation, that model is rapidly changing. Read More »
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