AT&T today introduced the TerreStar Genus, a relatively thin $799 cellular smartphone that can use a satellite network for backup voice and data communications. The Genus gives a glimpse at future satellite phones: too expensive for consumers and a step behind the latest and greatest devices. Read More »
Archive for September 2010
Ofuz is an “all in one” business suite that provides a range of integrated tools to help you manage your business throughout the sales cycle: contact management, task management and invoicing. Somewhat unusually for such an app, Ofuz is open source. Read More »
Video curation startup Magnify.net has lowered prices it charges its Pro Users to deliver and monetize their own videos, as well as those from partners. Magnify has also added new content partners, including Viddler, the Internet Video Archive and SevenLoad, and two new ad networks. Read More »
The smart grid won’t be a successful system until we engage the energy consumer, said IBM’s CEO Sam Palmisano at the smart grid event the GridWise Forum in Washington DC this week. He offered four steps on building a better smart grid that starts with standards. Read More »
A new survey measuring customer service among computer users was released today. To those who own a Mac, it probably won’t come as a surprise that Apple ranked highest. It was Apple’s best ever rating, though it wasn’t the only company to claim that honor. Read More »
Nokia’s N8 smartphone is slightly delayed, as customers are now expecting the Symbian^3 device to arrive in October while Nokia “makes amends.” The situation illustrates that managing expectations for a near-global audience may be a bigger a challenge for Nokia than developing competitive products and services. Read More »
The green car battery recycling bandwagon just got a bit more crowded. General Motors and Swiss grid giant ABB announced that the two companies will jointly research ways to reuse old batteries from GM’s Chevy Volt hybrid for storing power on the grid. Read More »
Scheduling conference calls can be a real pain. If you’re a user of meeting scheduling app Tungle.me (a favorite of WWD writer Aliza Sherman), then the process just got a little easier, because the company has rolled out integration with conference call provider WebEx. Read More »
A new study being released in Britain today says that access to the Internet, and especially to social networks such as Facebook, can improve people’s level of happiness — particularly the well-being of women, those from a lower-income background and those with lower levels of education. Read More »
Microsoft announced plans to expand its Zune marketplace overseas and giving users three-screen access to content that they buy on their PCs, Xbox 360 and Windows Phone 7 mobile devices. But the Zune marketplace is doomed to fail because users don’t want another siloed digital storefront. Read More »
Apple’s iOS devices only play specially encoded .m4v, .mp4 and .mov files natively. VLC plays just about any video format, including .mkv, .avi, and .mpeg’s. VLC is a great tool for Macs, but does the just-released iPad version provide a new hope for iOS devices? Read More »
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