In the latest salvo of privacy-related criticism to be directed at the social network, a group of four senators have sent a letter to Facebook asking the company to change some of its new information-sharing settings, and to stop enabling its sharing features by default. Read More »
Archive for April 2010
T-Mobile today said it would eliminate its 5 gigabyte per month cap on its mobile broadband service. So is real competition coming to the wireless industry, or is this the end of flat-rate mobile broadband? Both. Read More »
Three weeks following the 2010 Streamy Awards, the show’s producers presented a new plan for how the International Academy of Web Television should be restructured, in order to maintain control over the award show’s future. Read More »
iStreamPlanet has partnered with Akamai Technologies and the Akamai HD Network to offer an end-to-end solution that will allow you to add iPhone streaming to any live event until May 31. Special pricing is available for a limited time. Read More »
Perhaps I’m an atypical Twitter user, but I tend to follow only those people I’m interested in hearing from. Right now, I’m following 55 users, and with a network that small, things can get pretty dull sometimes. Read More »
Fisker, just days after closing on nearly $529 million in loans from the feds, has won approval from Delaware officials to receive a $21.5 million loan from the state. If the startup meets certain requirements the loan could convert to a grant. Read More »
Here’s a company you should be paying attention to, if you’re not already: Zong, the mobile payments startup, said today it’s raised $15 million in a round led by Matrix Partners and is now fully spun off from Switzerland-based Echovox. Read More »
Welcome to the first installment of ‘Tips and Tricks.” These articles will aim to teach you some handy things you didn’t know about common things on your Apple stuff. So, let’s start our series with Safari. Read More »
Mobile technology has advanced at a breakneck pace the past few years. There are netbooks, handhelds and smartphones. The iPad has led many to proclaim the perfect mobile device has finally arrived. Guess what? There is no perfect mobile device, and there never will be. Read More »
It’s rare to see our political leaders use common sense when making decisions, so when they do, we should celebrate. House Republican leaders led have reportedly sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking her to allow the use of Skype for video conferencing purposes. Read More »
Joule — the folks behind the unusual hybrid solar-biofuel technology that officially launched last year — have raised a second round of funding of $30 million. Read More »
Nokia today unveiled the N8, its first handset that uses both the Symbian 3 operating system and the Qt cross-platform application framework. With the new operating system, Nokia hopes to reverse market share losses and prove that it can still reign atop the smartphone world. Read More »
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