LightSquared, the upstart telecommunications company that hopes to build a Long Term Evolution network using both a terrestrial and a satellite network, is prepping to announce its involvement with a project this afternoon to provide wireless access for rural healthcare providers. Read More »
Archive for September 2010
Let’s face it: Cleantech investing doesn’t seem to be working for a whole lot of people. Yes, we’re still knee deep in these companies trying to scale, but web investors are certainly glad they haven’t jumped in. What’s going on? Read More »
Depending on how you view customer service, it’s either a cost center (aka, necessary evil), or it’s a fantastic tool for word-of-mouth marketing and upselling additional products and services. Customers want service immediately, not in 24 hours. Delivering real-time quality service requires improving efficiencies throughout your… Read More »
Cisco is looking to make its move into the consumer video chat market, with the introduction of new telepresence products for everyday users. But Cisco may have lost the consumer video chat battle before it’s even begun; worse yet, it could undercut its own enterprise business. Read More »
The official Office for Mac blog announced yesterday that Office for Mac 2011 will be available for purchase starting Oct. 26, so roughly a month from now. You can pre-order your copy now at Amazon, too. This is what I think about the beta so far. Read More »
In order to lower business risk associated with generating power from winds hundreds of meters up in the sky, Makani Power needs to accomplish at least one goal: launch, land and fly its kite-like wind turbines via computers. Good thing it recently scored a DOE grant. Read More »
Apple has sold nearly 100,000 iPhone 4 handsets through China Unicom in the first four days of device sales, while 200,000 total phones were pre-ordered. For 1.4 billion people, the smartphone transition in China is just beginning, but feature phone makers need to step it up. Read More »
3-D isn’t just for sports and movies anymore: Close to 35,000 people watched what was billed as the world’s first 3-D live concert in Europe yesterday. The event was captured with five live-optimized 3-D cameras, and required a broadcast staff of more than 100 people. Read More »
Depending on how you view customer service, it’s either a cost center (aka, necessary evil), or it’s a fantastic tool for word-of-mouth marketing and upselling additional products and services. Customers want service immediately, not in 24 hours. Delivering real-time quality service requires improving efficiencies throughout your… Read More »
This morning, join us for a live, town hall-style forum to consider the question: When will IT applications and infrastructure based on open source realistically form the complete IT delivery chain? We’ll be live streaming the discussion to subscribers at GigaOM Pro beginning at 9:30 a.m. Read More »
While many people love the threaded “conversation view” that’s been a feature of Gmail since its launch, some don’t. The good news for those folks is that Google is adding the ability to turn off conversation view in Gmail for Google Apps users. Read More »
Rypple, which wants to free the enterprise world from “HR software that sucks,” has closed a $7-million funding round from Bridgescale Partners that the two-year-old startup says it plans to use to expand its new San Francisco office and ramp up its word-of-mouth marketing. Read More »
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