Facebook has enjoyed tremendous growth in video viewing recently, with more than 2 billion videos viewed per month on the social network. The latest update to its iPhone app will drive more growth by giving users the ability to watch videos directly on the mobile device. Read More »
Archive for June 2010
Toshiba is resurrecting the Libretto for its 25th anniversary, in a dual screen model that lacks a physical keyboard. Libretto W100 is only a prototype, but will be sold in limited numbers to enthusiasts wanting to see “what the future of mobile computing” could be. Read More »
I am not the same worker I was last year. Too many things have happened in both my personal and professional lives that the strategies I had in the past are no longer working for me. But how do you know when things need to change? Read More »
Opscode, a two-year-old startup in Seattle has raised $11 million in its second round of funding. The company, co-founded and led by Amazon’s former Master of Disaster Jesse Robbins, offers a new way of configuring software that exemplifies a change in the way IT is handled. Read More »
PG&E might not be winning over hearts and minds for its smart meter project, but the utility has been getting creative with solar financing. This morning PG&E announced that it will create a $100 million tax equity fund to invest in home solar installations with startup… Read More »
DemandTec, a retail forecasting software provider, has convinced Target Corp. to hand over even more of its shopping data in order to better set prices and forecast demand. But DemandTec has needs of its own — partners that can help it filter unstructured social data. Read More »
Selling solar-powered LED lights to the consumer that spends just $2 a day: that’s the goal of startup D.Light, which we profiled back in mid-2008. Last week the Hong Kong-based company raised $5.5 million. Read More »
This week we’ll be kicking off the GigaOM Network’s third annual event focused on cloud computing and Internet infrastructure, Structure 2010 in San Francisco, and in honor of the big event we’ve decided to round up our 5 favorite green data center startups out there. Read More »
Apple’s move to ban Adobe Flash from its iOS has opened a huge window for any technology that can deliver a top-notch multimedia experience on the iPad and other Apple gadgets. And porn purveyors are starting to tilt the balance in favor of HTML5. Read More »
Twitter announced a series of new features at its Chirp conference in April, including Twitter Places and an advertising program involving “promoted tweets.” But the one that has the most potential to change the way the network functions in fundamental ways is a feature called Annotations. Read More »
Selling cloud computing to established businesses is no easy feat. They understand the potential benefits, but they’ve just spent years on virtualization efforts, and they have their own specific problems that aren’t easily addressed by one-size-fits-all cloud offerings. As a result, many cloud companies are turning… Read More »
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