My favorite web video show, “Jake and Amir,” takes on the topic of Twitter users’ ego and insecurity in its latest episode. Good for a giggle on this slow summer Friday (slightly NSFW). Read More »
Archive for August 2010
A recent survey quoted by Marketing and Research Resources Inc. found that more than 40 percent of respondents said they now read more on their e-readers than in print. They buy more books, too — more than 3 times more, according to Amazon sales data. Read More »
Today Google launched a web series for people who care about Google Trends but find the task of actually reading Google Trends too time-consuming and stressful. The Google Beat offers weekly updates on a few of the week’s most popular search terms. Read More »
When Microsoft or Adobe find a bug in their software, they can issue a new version that can be downloaded in a matter of minutes. But as our cars get loaded up with more and more smarts, what will it take to iron out the kinks? Read More »
Microsoft will enable Exchange Active Sync (EAS) connections for mobile phones on Aug. 30. Active Sync support has been available on many mobile phone platforms for some time, but this will be the first time native Hotmail support comes to Microsoft’s own Windows Mobile platform. Read More »
Mozilla released an updated version of Fennec, its mobile browser for Nokia’s N900 and Google Android devices. Along with improved JavaScript performance, the web client includes Firefox Sync so users can seamlessly have access to bookmarks, passwords and open tabs between the desktop and smartphone. Read More »
37signals’ tools are very popular choices, but I also received several responses from startups that started with Basecamp, but made the decision to switch to something else. So in this list I’ll share three less-commonly used tools that different startups have chosen to use to collaborate: Read More »
Hewlett Packard is offering $30 a share in cash for 3PAR, shortly after Dell raised its bid to $27 a share. At $30-a-share, 3PAR is now valued at $2 billion. HP’s board has approved the transaction. Will Dell up the ante? Read More »
What you need to know about NoSQL databases. Dell’s desire to to go for infrastructure gold. What does Hadron collider have to do with CouchDB, and HP is buying Stratavia. Plus with virtualization features, ARM is showing it is serious about servers. Read More »
AQT Solar will start cranking out solar cells next month using hard drive production machines, AQT Solar CEO Michael Bartholomeusz told us on Thursday at the company’s official factory open house in Sunnyvale, Calif. Read More »
Etsy, the “eBay for crafts,” has raised a new $20-million round of financing — its fifth — according to several reports, as sales at the user-generated site continue to grow rapidly. The funding round is from a group of venture capital funds led by Index Ventures. Read More »
Microsoft is expected to spend $400 million or more to push it’s new Windows Phone 7 smartphone platform. Advertising dollars appear to be the last puzzle piece after the company has quietly built a compelling handset platform over the past year, one part at a time. Read More »
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