Solyndra’s revenue ramp up last year was pretty mind boggling — the thin film solar maker went from generating $6 million in revenues in 2008 to $100 million in revenues in 2009. What will that mean when it finally plans to IPO later this year?… Read More »
Archive for March 2010
Let’s say it’s 2005 and online video is in its infancy. If you’re a Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, how much would it cost to start up and run a video sharing site with the hopes of flipping it for more than $1.6 billion?… Read More »
Just in case you missed any of them, here are the five most popular posts on WebWorkerDaily this week: Confessions of a Freeware Junkie Doriano is a freeware junkie. In this post, he explains where he goes to find the best free tools. How… Read More »
The lowly text message gains even more social networking and location-based group functionality courtesy of Brightkite’s new GroupText feature. Up to 25 friends can participate in the conversation or use the service to plan an impromptu gathering without signing up for a BrightKite account. Read More »
When you watch Stupid for Movies, an independently-produced movie chat show live-streaming weekly on Ustream at 8 PM PST, you see Los Angeles-based film critics Mark Keizer and Wade Major sitting side by side on a red-curtained set that invokes the golden days of Siskel… Read More »
Trying to watch March Madness on a Google Nexus One? Just imagine if you had the Adobe Flash 10.1 beta installed. Actually, there’s no need to dream it — just watch the video demonstration and see if you think it’s a slam-dunk. Read More »
I recently wrote about TaskPaper coming to the iPhone and my appreciation of simple and easy to use task lists. Another option for people who just need a simple, easy-to-use to-do list is YouDo, an iPhone and iPod touch app. Read More »
March 24 will mark the day that the first sports game ever will be broadcast live in 3-D to a U.S. audience, thanks to a cooperation between MSG and Cablevision. Hockey-loving Cablevision subscribers will be able to catch the Rangers face off… Read More »
The Energy Technologies Institute, a UK government-backed group whose members include oil and tech giants, utilities and charge-point makers, has announced the launch of several new research projects in order to figure out how best to design a vehicle-charging network. As part of ETI’s 11 million-pound (about… Read More »
It’s been teased for a fairly long time now, but Amazon finally released its Kindle companion software for Mac, as of yesterday. To date, the Kindle application has only been available for Windows machines, which has made it slightly harder for Mac users to… Read More »
Nuance is pulling the plug on SpinVox’s consumer service, which transcribes voice to text for UK users. The move is a logical one given Nuance’s strategy of selling the offering to corporate customers, but SpinVox’s users have taken to Twitter to voice their displeasure. Read More »
In the iPad, Apple has managed to create a beautiful, thoughtfully designed, compelling product. But is there room for a third category of product that sits between your two most essential devices, the laptop and phone? I’m still not sure there is. Read More »
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