BillFloat, a startup that wants to pay your bills in order to give you more time to come up with a payment, launched officially today. The company also announced a $4.5 million Series A funding round from First Round Capital with participation from Venrock and PayPal. Read More »
Archive for July 2010
The Microsoft Tablet PC may have been around for a decade, but the newly released iPad has defined a new market for slates. Sales numbers have been good and tablet makers are racing to get their models to market late this year and early next year. Read More »
Yahoo has registered a trademark for the term Sportstream – a move that could hint at plans for a live streaming site specialized on covering sports events. The Internet giant has been attracting huge audiences with its sports offerings, but hasn’t had much luck with live… Read More »
The handy digital memory software maker Evernote today is launching “Evernote Trunk,” a platform for integrated productivity applications that it will sync with, market and sell. The company hopes to share the success of its freemium business model with developers who integrate with its service. Read More »
The billion-dollar balance sheet of Exxon and the brain of genomics guru Craig Venter have led to one of algae fuel’s biggest market breakthroughs. Now Exxon and Venter’s Synthetic Genomics have opened their first greenhouse test facility. Read More »
One of my favorite iPad apps is Air Display, which turns my iPad into a wireless monitor for my MacBook. Windows users ask me frequently when it will be released for that platform. MaxiVista is out to do just that. Read More »
Last year, I looked into the way companies are using Enhanced Facebook Pages as a way to beef up the branding and interactivity available with Facebook’s default Page settings. On my company blog, I explored the enhanced Pages of companies such as Starbucks and The Gap. Read More »
Fox’s So You Think You Can Dance has finally come online, with a new, interactive player that adds social and interactive features to the online viewing experience. The dance show will benefit from Fox’s investment in rolling out “Superfan” video players for its more popular shows. Read More »
General Motors pulled back the curtain today on the warranty for the most expensive piece of its upcoming Chevy Volt: the lithium-ion battery. GM said today it will guarantee the battery for eight years or 100,000 miles, a fair stretch longer than the standard. Read More »
Odds and ends from around the greentech web that we’re reading this morning. Read More »
Here we go again: Time Warner Cable has resurrected its “Roll Over or Get Tough” marketing campaign in advance of an upcoming carriage fight with Disney and ABC. With a deadline of Sept. 1 to finish a deal, the early relaunch suggests negotiations could get messy. Read More »
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Report: Apple Acquires Poly9 Mapping Company
According to reports from the Quebec City newspaper La Soleil, Apple has recently acquired Poly9, a Canadian online mapping design house. The employees have apparently relocated to Cupertino where they will work on Apple’s mapping team. Read More »