Mobile users browsed the web and checked on scores with their handsets while World Cup soccer games were broadcast, and flocked to YouTube the day after important matches to find video footage of goals, fouls and penalty kicks, according to a new report from Allot Communications. Read More »
Archive for July 2010
You have solar panels on your rooftop, a digital thermostat on your wall and a heating and cooling system throughout your home — why not connect the whole lot of them? Read More »
Acknowledging Gizmodo’s capture of an iPhone 4 in the wild, Steve made a point of singling out the gaps between the stainless steel bands to which there had been much speculation across the blogosphere as to their function. Read More »
“When it comes to network TV online, what goes up must come down.” That’s the key finding of an exhaustive study performed by video search site Clicker, which looked at how much network TV makes its way online — and how much of it stays online. Read More »
Twitter is one of those services that you wonder how you did without it once you discover it. Online help desk company Zendesk is putting Twitter to work for customers in a unique way to augment the services for its customers; just tweet for customer support. Read More »
Apple is one of the only major technology companies not to have a clear presence on Twitter. But yesterday Apple Senior VP of iPhone Software Scott Forstall signed up for Twitter and has a “verified account” to show he is indeed the Scott Forstall from Apple. Read More »
For web workers, frequent flyer programs and other rewards programs can be a useful way to stretch tight travel budgets. During my recent cross-country trip, I was able to stay in several hotels at no cost, using points I had accumulated from credit cards. Read More »
Verizon Business has created a service to store medical records online in a manner accessible to patients, physicians and insurers. This comes a day after the Obama administration made it easier for doctors to access $27 billion in incentives for online medical records. Read More »
President Obama’s visit to Smith Electric Vehicles in Kansas City, Mo. last week was just a warm-up for what’s shaping up to be a full-on electric car and battery offensive by the White House this week. Read More »
Solar was by far the largest sector that venture capitalists poured money into last quarter. And it looks like that’s not stopping this quarter. On Wednesday solar installer SolarCity announced that it has raised another $21.5 million in venture funding led by Mayfield Fund. Read More »
Squarespace, a hosted-content publishing service that competes with companies such as WordPress, Tumblr and Posterous, has closed a $38-million financing round from Accel Partners and Index Ventures. The investment — the company’s first — could ratchet up the level of competition in the online publishing industry. Read More »
Today on the Net: Netflix edged out Hulu in terms of overall web traffic according to comScore, admins of BitTorrent site Inerfim.ru are charged in a $1.25 billion copyright infringement suit and 3-D TV is going to be huge by 2015. Read More »
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