If all you want is iWork files primarily on your iPad, no need to look beyond the iWork Suite for the iPad. However, now that the iPad versions of Documents To Go and Quickoffice are finally out, which one is right for you? Read More »
Archive for June 2010
Boingo is a service that can be indispensable for those who have a mobile lifestyle. I frequently work mobile, so the $10/monthly fee is money well spent. A recent trip demonstrated an alternate method to connect to the web, and that has me considering dropping Boingo. Read More »
While we reported earlier this week that solar LED lighting startup D.light had secured $5.5 million in funding, there’s another interesting aspect to the story out this morning: eBay founder Pierre Omidyar and his philanthropic investment fund Omidyar Network were the lead investors in D.light. Read More »
Roku users could soon have access to VOD and linear programming offered by their cable TV operator, thanks to a new partnership between the set-top box maker and TV start-up Clearleap. The partnership also paves the way for Roku to work closer with pay TV… Read More »
You can now create a link to any file or directory in your Dropbox account. People following the link will be taken to a page that allows them to view your shared files in their browser, and the links are ready-shortened; perfect for sharing via Twitter. Read More »
On this week’s episode of GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive show (where if it’s green, we’ll drive it) I take Brammo’s electric motorcycle out for a spin. The e-bike costs close to $8,000, has a max speed of 60 mph, and a range of 40 miles. Read More »
At Structure this afternoon, 11 LaunchPad companies had just four minutes to present its business to a panel of three judges from the venture capital industry and the audience. CloudSwitch won the judges’ vote as well as the audience choice. Read More »
Dave Wright, who founded the Amazon S3-based Jungledisk storage service, is back in the entrepreneurial saddle with today’s launch of the cloud-focused SolidFire. It’s building a scale-out block storage offering, which will try to address the growing and vexing problem of storing virtual machine images. Read More »
Day Three of YouTuber Week focuses on self-taught filmmaker Julian Smith, whose acting talents are almost overshadowed by his incredible production values. However, the 23-year-old creator puts his comedy first, and himself second, for a varied assortment of sketches, music videos, and random video experiments. Read More »
A panel of GigaOM Pro analysts said the future of cloud computing will likely involve the development of shared standards for interoperability of private clouds, and that “platform as a service” is the inevitable successor to the SaaS industry that most companies have become accustomed to. Read More »
There have already been 33 cloud-computing related deals close so far this year. So for entrepreneurs hoping to win the next venture capital investments in the cloud, partners from Redpoint Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners, Accel Partners, North Bridge Venture Partners and GGV Capital offered some advice. Read More »
YouTube’s win in the lawsuit brought against it by Viacom could not only help clear it of the copyright infringement stigma it has held since the early days, but it could pave the way for the video share site to sign up more premium content partners. Read More »
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