Structure 2010, the GigaOM Network’s flagship conference devoted to delivering the best insights into the cloud computing industry, returns this year as a 2-day event. One of the core underlying themes will be to challenge the assumptions about the infrastructure on which to build a cloud. Read More »
Archive for May 2010
One would think that keeping a tighter grip on iPhone 4 pre-launch hardware would be somewhat of a priority at Apple right now. Nonetheless, another iPhone 4 prototype has fallen into the hands of someone outside of Cupertino. Read More »
YouTube serves more than one billion video views per day, but half of them are from catalog content. The site also now claims to be the world’s second largest search engine, so better pay attention to your SEO. Read More »
Waiting on hold is a real drag, and if you have to call during work time it can be a huge drain on productivity. That’s where LucyPhone could help; it’s a free service that does the hold music listening for you. Read More »
It’s fitting to have the world’s largest lighting convention in the city that’s so covered in lights you can see it from space. This week Lightfair kicks off and companies from the world largest to the small innovative startups, are unveiling their world-domination lighting plans. Read More »
In what could be the grossest misuse of the iPad to date, the new Comcast remote app can be used to control the subscriber’s TV and DVR, obviating the need for smaller, lighter and more convenient remotes. Read More »
Verizon Wireless is in talks to share its spectrum with rural wireless carriers, according to the Wall Street Journal. Any spectrum sharing agreements would help Big Red roll out its LTE network to more places, more quickly, and may also provide rural citizens with better broadband. Read More »
The talk about Verizon and Google teaming up to make an Android tablet is fun to watch. Kevin pointed out something that I had forgotten from the CES this past January. Verizon was showing a tablet at the CES that runs on its LTE 4G network. Read More »
It seem that many of us are so focused on our own presences in social networks that there is little talk about what we expect from our friends, fans and followers. My own company has been hyper-focused, however, on our clients’ FFFs, particularly “fans” on Facebook. Read More »
Facebook’s modus operandi is pushing the boundaries of user expectations, rolling out new features to user outcry, and making minor adjustments and rollbacks while continuing to pursue its lofty visions. But the company has done an especially bad job of explaining recent user privacy changes. Read More »
With “unlisted videos,” YouTube has finally introduced a way that its users can pass their video links around without limiting availability to 25 viewers or having videos show up on the YouTube front page or in Google’s search index. Read More »
Today is a great day for the Mac gaming crowd, as Valve has officially released the Steam client for Mac. For those of you unfamiliar with Steam, it’s a software marketplace that deals in the digital distribution of games. Read More »
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