What’s better than seeing your web-produced video on TV? Getting (gasp!) paid for it. Enter Atom.com‘s “World Famous Cash-Money Internet Comedy Tournament,” a weekly ongoing competition that will recognize highly trafficked and/or editor-selected comedy shorts with multiplatform distribution and, just like the name says,… Read More »
Archive for April 2010
While the iPad has been flying off shelves for almost two weeks now, its Wi-Fi has caused some headlines of its own. Now the news comes of Israel blocking the entry of iPads into the country over concerns of the wireless transmitters being too strong. Read More »
In a major reversal of strategy and a sign that the “freemium” model may no longer be the route to web-based riches, Ning’s new CEO says that the company is shutting down its free social networking service and will now provide only a 100-percent paid service. Read More »
When the just-released iPad rivals your device for browser share, you know you have a problem. Research In Motion needs to expand beyond its email expertise and get a WebKit browser on its devices. Read More »
India’s Bharti Airtel is vaulting to the No. 5 mobile telecom provider in the world with its purchase of 15 African markets. With 170 million subscribers in these emerging markets, Bharti is poised for growth as the mobile market moves from local to global. Read More »
Online video analytics, distribution — and now advertising — firm TubeMogul announced a new publishing product today that will allow its publisher partners to easily publish and distribute their content to any site for free. The company’s new Destinations product enables media… Read More »
If you don’t have enough space in your own house for a home office, how about building an office in your garden? You’ll also get some privacy and the freedom to configure your office exactly as you like. That’s what “shedworking” is all about. Read More »
Apple has quietly introduced a much needed update: Backup 3.2. I’m a big fan of Apple’s easy-to-use, yet often quirky backup solution. However, I had noticed that the program was quite long in the tooth. Did Apple follow my suggestions on what to change? Barely. Read More »
Nomadesk, a file sync, sharing and backup service today announced a small but useful new feature: Outlook integration. Nomadesk users will be able to use the new FileLink plugin for Outlook, which gives them the option of using Nomadesk for securely sending larger files. Read More »
The anticipation over the iPad is now over, and we fickle mobile enthusiasts now turn our thoughts to what will come next. The Next Big Thing won’t be a smartphone, a notebook or a slate. What it must be is a new way to do things. Read More »
When talking about cutting-edge topics like cloud computing and web infrastructure, it can be easy to let startups and niche vendors dominate the discussion. In the first quarter, however, the IT infrastructure market was all about the big boys. Read More »
The smart grid demands an efficient, scalable communications hub — and SmartSynch’s GridRouter is the first tool uniquely positioned to act as such a hub. In short, the GridRouter enables the smart grid — on any network, software or device. Read More »
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