If Steve Ballmer had been presenting Office 2010 today, he might have riffed on his old “developers, developers, developers” line with a quip about “productivity, productivity, productivity.” That’s the focus of the new version of Microsoft’s flagship suite of office tools, now available to business customers. Read More »
Archive for May 2010
Electric cars and emerging markets: That’s the name of the game for Nissan in the next fiscal year. Reporting a 42.4 billion yen profit for the year ending March 31, Nissan executives emphasized signs of recovery and commitment to greener vehicles Wednesday. Read More »
NewTeeVee relaunched last night as part of the GigaOM network-wide redesign that started in November of 2009. It’s the second redesign since NewTeeVee started more than three years ago, and it’s our most ambitious one yet. Read More »
Soon after receiving my bluetooth Apple keyboard, I found that most of the keyboard shortcuts I was hoping for were not there. So, after trying every keyboard shortcut I could think of, here’s a rundown of all the shortcuts that work on the iPad. Read More »
Technology companies have a wad of cash burning a hole in their pockets and in the last few weeks haven’t been shy about spending it acquiring venture-backed startups. In last week 15 startups were acquired, according to data cited by the Wall Street Journal. Read More »
Over the past year, 3-D has been good to Hollywood, but Disney president and CEO Bob Iger warned that the industry shouldn’t go overboard with the technology, and should take care not to “kill the goose that laid the golden egg.” Read More »
While the word that Verizon and Google are collaborating on a tablet to compete with the iPad came out of left field, I can’t say I am surprised. This partnership can produce a killer tablet, but certain criteria must be met to be competitive. Read More »
T-Mobile’s first-quarter financial results show that the carrier is slowly losing customers, but that’s not the focus of the game T-Mobile is playing in 2010. Instead, the mobile operator is betting big on a fast, 3.5G wireless broadband rollout this year, hoping to raise ARPU. Read More »
Smart algorithms are the future of the energy industry. Solar installer SolarCity has bought up the assets of home energy efficiency software startup Building Solutions (one of our Green:Net 2010 launchpad startups), the companies announced this morning. Read More »
A group of Hollywood studios, including Walt Disney, NBC Universal and Warner Bros., have thrown their support behind Viacom in its lawsuit against YouTube, filing an amicus brief arguing against the video sharing site’s defense in the long-running copyright infringement case. Read More »
A new report shows that the demand for new broadband connections jumped during the first quarter of 2010, reversing what has been a long slide in 2009. Cable broadband companies did particularly well in comparison to phone companies. Comcast added 400,000 subscribers, while AT&T added 255,000. Read More »
The real world experiences of children using the iPad has not stopped the Nielsen Norman Group from releasing a preliminary 93-page report detailing the usability problems of the iPad, citing problems in learning gestures, hidden controls, small buttons, and many other usability errors. Read More »
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