Today on the Internet: Web companies including Google and Yahoo team up to protest the Comcast-NBCU merger, Paramount announces a digital-only follow-up to the latest successful Jackass installment, and the BBC is determined to count every view, including online and VOD. Read More »
Archive for November 2010
As companies add social software to help employees work together more efficiently, and software makers add more and more social features to their products, there is a growing risk that workers could get overloaded, says Jive Software chairman and former CEO Dave Hersh. Read More »
Have you noticed your iPhone battery lasting longer since the iOS 4.2.1 update? If so, you might have Nokia Siemens Networks to thank. The company says Apple included support in the latest software upgrade for a more efficient radio signaling standard called Fast Dormancy. Read More »
If you have files on your Mac you don’t want others to have access to, the simplest way to secure them is to create an encrypted Apple disk image. It’ll make a really secure and portable folder in just a few easy steps. Read More »
General Electric has launched a new business around energy-smart household appliances and products. But utilities are its first target customers, not consumers. Read More »
There are few companies that evoke such strong emotions as Comcast, and the company’s most recent spat with Level 3 hasn’t really helped its image either. So why does everyone hate Comcast? A look back at a number of strategic missteps that shaped the company’s image. Read More »
Microsoft is selling an average of 100,000 Kinect accessories per day, making it the hottest holiday seller this year. So why is Kinect capturing our imagination, and money, when Sony and Nintendo both have competing motion controls for their own systems? Let me show you! Read More »
While Christmas is always on Dec. 25, the Jewish calendar and the secular calendar don’t match up the same way each year. For 2010, Hanukkah starts on the evening of Dec. 1. Here are some apps that make great last-minute gifts! Read More »
The Streamin’ Garage, an independent network of live-streamed pop culture commentary, is upgrading its operation to HD streaming video effective tomorrow. But the real excitement may come in 2011, as CEO Mike Rotman pushes closer to blurring the lines between web content and television. Read More »
Net:Work, our conference about the future of work, is happening in San Francisco next week, and I’ve got a ticket to give away to one lucky reader. Simply leave a comment below telling us what your favorite collaboration tool is and why. Read More »
Virgin billionaire Sir Richard Branson has jumped into the iPad magazine sweepstakes with a new entry called Project, which takes advantage of video, motion, interactivity and plenty of other features that the Apple device allows, but mostly winds up being flashy and confusing to navigate. Read More »
Google’s former Director of Climate Policy, Dan Reicher, has left the search engine giant to head up Stanford’s new Center for Energy Policy and Finance that will focus on how policy and financing can deliver the future of clean energy infrastructure. Read More »
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