8tracks, a New York-based startup, has teamed up with Rolling Stone magazine. They are featuring some awesome playlists created by the likes of Annie Lennox, Bono and hip-hop artist, Cee Lo. This is exactly the kind of creative thinking/partnership established brands need. Read More »
Archive for November 2010
The Gamification Summit brings together top leaders, practical case studies and a hands-on workshop to help you gamify your business. GigaOM readers can save on early bird registration before Nov. 30. The event will sell out. Read More »
Apple released a fresh update of its iPad productivity suite iWork yesterday. This update supports core iOS 4.2 features such as AirPrint and multitasking. The update also brings better PDF exporting, and provides some fixes for font issues that arise on export. Read More »
Thanks to email and instant messaging and smartphones and iPads, virtually any time is work time — and that includes family-oriented holidays like Thanksgiving, according to a recent survey. Almost 60 percent of people said they checked their work mail while they were on holiday. Read More »
Skyfire benefited from Apple’s Adobe Flash ban by releasing a cloud-based mobile browser that delivers Flash video to the iPhone. Now, the company is trying to leverage interest in social browsers like RockMelt by releasing Skyfire 3.0 with Facebook Connect on Android devices today. Read More »
I’ve seen the videos online of iOS 4.2 running smoothly on an iPhone 3G, but we did not get iOS 4.2 yesterday, we got iOS 4.2.1. I ran the update through its paces on my 3G to see if performance did indeed improve. Read More »
I’ve heard mounting complaints about the Google-centric focus of web workers from those using other scheduling tools, but the fact is that the plethora of tools designed to make scheduling easy can actually make it more difficult. Are you guilty of these scheduling faux pas? Read More »
Fresh off a $9 million Series B Round in March, clustered file system startup Scale Computing has closed a $17 million Series C round. It’s yet more proof that spending on scale-out storage software is nowhere near its end. Read More »
Apple’s push for embedded or programmable SIM cards appears stalled by threatened carriers, but the GSMA is moving forward to research the use these chips. They may not appear in phones for some time, but there are other opportunities in web-connected machines and smartgrid devices. Read More »
Internet TV streamer FilmOn was dealt a blow yesterday, as it was issued a temporary restraining order by a federal judge, requiring it to stop retransmitting over-the-air broadcast signals online. That could be bad news for Ivi.TV as it fights its own court battle. Read More »
The key to getting utilities to embrace renewable energy is investment in inexpensive, convenient, and highly efficient utility-scale storage for solar and wind power. The issue remains one of supply and demand: Supply the energy storage solutions without demanding too much of anyone. Read More »
In an email sent out to customers and on Apple.com, the company invites you to “Wrap it up this Friday” at a special one-day shopping event on Nov. 26. This year, the tradition goes worldwide, with various international stores also advertising the impending sale. Read More »
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