Earlier this evening we hosted a small pre-Structure 2010 cocktails for many of the attendees for our third annual web infrastructure and cloud computing conference. Here are a few photos from the event which attracted the likes of Amazon CTO Werner Vogels. Enjoy the picture show. Read more »
YouTuber Week continues with a look at artist and vlogger Kat Sketch. Having joined YouTube in September 2008, Sketch’s viewcounts rarely break the six figure mark, but her art pieces using unconventional materials are just one part of her online success. Read more »
Makara, a Redwood City, Calif-based startup that’s developed a cloud application platform for the Java world, is launching Makara Cloud for JBoss tomorrow at JBoss World. And while it supports LAMP-based applications and public clouds, Makara sees its future inside the enterprise. Read more »
Ehrensenf is one of the best-known and longest running web TV shows in Germany. We stopped by their office in Cologne recently to hear more about what’s special about producing a show for a German audience. One of the biggest differences, apparently: Everyone is speaking German. Read more »
Like most who try the iPad, this guy admits he mistakenly thought typing on the virtual keyboard would not be good. This is the only iPad I’ve seen in use at the conference today. Of course, I’ve only seen two other Macs at this techie conference. Read more »
In a petition to deny the Comcast-NBCU transaction, Dish Network says the deal poses “grave threats” to online video. With a TV Everywhere initiative and a stake in Hulu, Dish says the combined entity would have the incentive and ability to take anticompetitive action against competitors. Read more »
If you’ve never heard of Huffduffer before, you’re in for a treat. If maybe you’ve played around with it before but never quite grokked it, this may help shift your thinking a bit. Huffduffer helps you publish an RSS feed of audio files you find online Read more »
SlingPlayer — the fastest and latest version — has landed on Android phones. To watch your home TV anywhere you are, Android-style, all it takes is a Slingbox connected to your home TV system and the slickest-ever version of SlingPlayer Mobile loaded on your phone. Read more »
Tesla Motors, gunning for an IPO next week, has won over members of the Silicon Valley, Capitol Hill and Hollywood elite. But will the company, which has never turned a profit, charge up Wall Street with a blockbuster IPO? Read more »
Google, nearly three years after it bought the service that is the underpinning of Google Voice, is finally opening it up to U.S. residents, though no such luck for international users. With Google Voice, the search giant can push phone companies into the background. Read more »
Earning millions of dollars on an iPhone app sounds appealing, but like the California Gold Rush of the mid-1800′s, everyone is jumping in to stake their claim and most will walk away with little or nothing to show for it, says new analysis from Tomi Ahonen. Read more »
Next New Networks is getting closer to hitting a grand total of one billion video views — it could be a matter of days for the site to break the ten-figure barrier. However, it will take a little longer for the company to reach profitability. Read more »
Don’t panic, your update to iOS 4 most likely worked. You just may have to look a little deeper. After restoring and upgrading my iPhone 3G to iOS 4 late last night, I could not help but feel that the upgrade did not even happen. Read more »
TV programmers are too invested in the economics of bundling to let a la carte access become an effective substitute for bundled service, unless compelled to by ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
More than 70 percent of U.S. broadband customers are happy with their overall service, according to Leichtman Research Group. And just 26 percent are “very interested” in receiving faster speeds at home. Which means that big, bold fiber efforts aren’t supported by today’s consumer demand. Read more »
SlingPlayer — the fastest and latest version — has landed on Android phones. To watch your home TV anywhere you are, Android-style, all it takes is a Slingbox connected to your home TV system and the slickest-ever version of SlingPlayer Mobile loaded on your phone. Read more »
Consumers want notebooks with high performance and good battery life. Acer has released a new line of notebooks that attempts to deliver good performance while providing 8 hours of battery life. The TimelineX series of notebooks comes in four sizes to appeal to a broad audience. Read more »
On June 7, I embarked on a trip to Europe. I debated whether I wanted to take my iPad or my hackintosh’d Dell Mini 9. In the end, I went with the iPad. Read more »
Visor is a neat way to make the terminal in Mac OS X universally accessible via a hotkey. It’s useful because it means you can jump to the terminal without moving your hands from the keyboard, regardless of which application you happen to be using. Read more »
Summer is just around the corner, but you can’t just shirk your responsibilities. Don’t worry, there’s a way you can get out, enjoy the summer and stay productive. Set up remote access from LogMeIn now, and you’ll be in business, wherever you are, all summer. Read more »
Beef up your iPad’s capabilities with LogMeIn Ignition. With just a simple touch, you can control your work or home computer –- including your applications, files, emails and databases, even programs not supported by iPad or iPhone — turning such devices into powerful business tools. Read more »
With Salesforce.com’s Chatter, colleagues not only follow each other, but also follow applications or application objects like sales opportunities or support cases. With Chatter, conversations will start sooner, focus more quickly and help you get more done in less time. Read more »
Sonic Solutions has signed up another retailer to use its RoxioNow streaming video service to deliver Hollywood content to a wide range of consumer electronics devices. Sears has agreed to a licensing deal through which it will offer movies and TV shows for rental or purchase. Read more »
I am working in the press room — sorry, the media room — at the Freescale Technology Forum in Orlando. The trip has been a good one so far, and that is due to the small but effective tool kit I brought along which is important. Read more »
If you use multiple Macs then there’s probably been at least one time in your computing life when you’ve wished you could keep your Internet bookmarks synced between them. Other than MobileMe, the best way to do this is using Xmarks. Read more »
For British sports maker Lotus, a range-extending engine for plug-in vehicles just got a green light. The automotive consultant arm of Lotus Cars (a Tesla Motors supplier), has joined hands with Fagor Ederlan to develop and eventually sell the engine globally. Read more »
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You probably made a few resolutions yourself. We all know how easy it is to forget the plans we’ve made, and, seeing as we’re about half-way through the year, now’s a great time to take a look at those plans and see how you’re tracking. Read more »
Israeli startup Libox has come out with new technology that will allow its users to access their music, photos and video files anywhere through its desktop application or even a mobile browser, while also being able to easily share those files with their friends. Read more »
Tilera, the maker of a massively multicore chip, has signed a deal with hardware manufacturer Quanta to offer a server designed especially for the cloud, becoming one of several startups aiming to meet worldwide demand for compute-based services and amid concerns about energy efficiency. Read more »
Securing a smart grid stimulus grant doesn’t always guarantee a utility’s smart grid project is in the clear. This week Maryland’s public regulator denied Baltimore Gas and Electric Co’s smart grid project request, which would have deployed 2 million smart meters and cost $500 million. Read more »
