Wi-Fi Direct, the standard for device-to-device connections without a traditional network, is finally getting out of the gates officially with the Wi-Fi Alliance certifying the first generation of products today. The initial devices, mostly laptop mini-cards, are now available and testing is open to new gadgets. Read More »
Archive for October 2010
Renewables rule the day when it comes to investments in the energy and utilities industry. A Dow Jones VentureSource report shows the renewable energy sector accounted for $221 million of the $359 million raised by the energy and utilities industry during the third quarter of 2010. Read More »
Skype, the big daddy of Internet telephony, Skype is cutting off Nimbuzz, the upstart mobile VoIP company from Netherlands. In addition, the company is exerting a tighter control over its mobile ecosystem, especially as it signs up lucrative partnership deals with mobile phone companies. Read More »
BMW Group is breaking into car sharing with a new pilot project in Munich that will let customers rent any current BMW model by the hour. It fits into much larger trends of innovation around providing mobility as a service — and growing competition for Zipcar. Read More »
Pingg, About.com, picture service TwitPic, Flixster, Plixi.com are some of the dozens of startups that are using San Francisco-based Rapleaf and inadvertently helping the company build accurate dossiers on many of us. The Wall Street Journal investigation shows Rapleaf knows a whole lot about you. Read More »
Weeks like this past one remind us just how big Amazon Web Services is in the world of cloud computing. Customer wins, financial results and new features rolled out could matter a great deal when it comes to improving Amazon’s bottom line and AWS’s market share. Read More »
This week, we’ve got Daniel Scheinman, senior VP and general manager of Cisco Media Solutions Group, who talks about the friction between content and technology in media companies, the potential value of a standardized data service and how much he hearts the San Francisco Giants. Read More »
As we head towards the end of the calendar year, it’s a great time to be a smartphone buyer thanks to improving hardware, software and mobile broadband networks. Here’s a brief refresher of our thoughts and highlights on some of the latest handsets currently available. Read More »
A few months ago, it seemed there still was plenty of room in the tablet market despite the runaway success of the iPad. But no real threat has yet come to market, and potential competitors are stumbling with delays, less attractive offerings, and sky-high price tags. Read More »
People who have cutting-edge performance and scalability requirements today have already moved on from the Hadoop model. Some back to SQL, but more to a raft of radically new post-Hadoop architectures. Welcome to the “NoHadoop” era, as companies realize big data requires “Not Only Hadoop”. Read More »
Android was in the news this week with Angry Birds topping the charts, Verizon dishing details on its upcoming Tablet and AT&T bringing U-verse to the phone. The phone OS from Google is the hottest game in town, as ad revenues have increased thirteen-fold this year. Read More »
Boxee CEO Avner Ronen thinks broadcasters like ABC and CBS shouldn’t base their business model on the size of a TV’s screen or on the device that a browser runs on, but on the ad spots displayed and subscription fees paid by Google TV users. Read More »
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