StorSimple, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based company that combines enterprise and cloud storage has raised $13 million in new funding in a round led by Mayfield Fund. Ignition Partners is also a new investor in the company, and joins previous investors, Index Ventures and Redpoint Ventures. Read More »
Archive for September 2010
Alarms is well-designed, intuitive to-do list manager/reminder app for the Mac with some nice touches. Above all it’s unobtrusive, so unlike some more complex task management apps it doesn’t take your focus away from whatever it is that you’re actually supposed to be doing. Read More »
The shutting down of Bloglines and the decline of traffic to Google Reader has led some to predict (again) that RSS readers are dead, killed in part by the real-time nature of social networks such as Twitter and Facebook. But the truth is somewhat more complicated. Read More »
Broadcast networks would do well to keep viewers on their own sites rather than having them watch video through embedded players, according to new research. Viewers watched more broadcast video on-site and viewers that found content through social networking sites were more likely to watch longer. Read More »
I’ve been writing about multicore phones for a while, mostly because I’m eagerly awaiting the day my phone becomes powerful enough to be my primary computer. So when I had the chance, I quizzed Eric Schorn at ARM, about what multicore means for the end user. Read More »
The way that smart grid companies have been recently touting “IPV6,” you’d think the geeky numbering system was the next hot killer app. It’s not: praising IPV6 today is like a group of librarians in the 80s swooning over the Dewey Decimal system. Read More »
jotOnce is an app that enables you to write a note, encrypt it with a password and share it. It could be useful if you wanted to share project notes with some colleagues, for example, or to send some information without leaving an email trail. Read More »
I stumbled upon this trick a while ago when I was moving a background Safari window by holding down the command key while dragging. I hit the title of a Safari window, and a popup sprung up showing me a directory list. Read More »
Meet the future of mobile in real time at Mobilize 2010, taking place in a few weeks. The conference has sold out every year. We’ve planned a day-long, content-rich look at the future of the mobile web. Claim your spot today! Read More »
Ivi streams live TV from broadcasters like ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and PBS, but it didn’t sign a single contract with any of these companies. Instead, it relies on a clause in U.S. copyright law that allows cable TV providers to retransmit over-the-air broadcast content. Read More »
The mobile and wireless industry is in a state of flux as new technologies emerge at an increasingly rapid pace. As discussed in a new report at GigaOM Pro, where there is market disruption, venture capitalists will search for new opportunities to build new businesses. Read More »
Android phone owners will tell you that a big draw of using the Google platform on the smartphone is the ability to tailor the user experience to personal preference. Almost every aspect of the user interface is customizable, and these are my top apps and widgets. Read More »
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