Electronics giant Belkin and stealthy startup PowerMap are taking separate cracks at a holy grail of sorts for home energy management: a device that can read every power load in the house from a single outlet. Read More »
Archive for November 2010
I can see it now: utility execs and smart grid entrepreneurs shaking their collective heads over the recent (and seemingly never ending) spate of media attention on consumers pushing back against smart meters. This story seriously won’t go away. Here’s why. Read More »
YouVersion, better known as the Bible app, has taken advantage of the mobile platform and some social features to rack up almost 10 million installs since it first launched. Coming soon are badges for completing a reading plan and the ability to share video notes. Read More »
Aro Mobile, Paul Allen $20 million mobile project, gets its first public showcase today at the Web 2.0 Summit. Kiha Software, the company behind the technology, will show off how Aro helps make smartphones more intelligent and useful by tying the basic applications dynamically to the… Read More »
Comcast released its iPad app today, enabling subscribers to navigate their program guides and browse on-demand videos. Luckily, I was at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today, where Comcast is showing it off, and manged to get some hands-on time with the app. Read More »
This week on the Net: Our NewTeeVee Live conference last week was apparently the epicenter for cord cutting activism, South Park allegedly stole music from YouTube and Netflix is possibly out to destroy Hulu. These news and many more adjectives in today’s Vid Biz. Read More »
Bit.ly figures if one link is great, why not a bundle? The popular URL shortening service has added a new feature that allows a user to collect multiple links, up to 100, on a single page that can be shared with users. Read More »
The folks at Verizon are excited about the first tablet handled by the carrier, and sent over the Samsung Galaxy Tab for me to give a spin. It’s only been here a few hours, but I can share my first impressions of the 7-inch Android tablet. Read More »
Broadcasters have shown early resistance to the Google TV operating system, but CEO Eric Schmidt said in front of an audience today that the company is merely guilty of “making a dumb TV smart,” something he believes will eventually create more value for broadcast video content. Read More »
When it comes to Facebook, you can count on one thing –- CEO/Founder Mark Zuckerberg is not afraid to move hundreds of millions of people in a new direction. That’s one reason why the Palo Alto-based social web company has been able to constantly reinvent itself. Read More »
Google CEO Eric Schmidt said Gingerbread, the upcoming update to Android expected in the next few weeks, will include support for near field communications, making it possible for users to soon tap their phone and use it as a credit card. Read More »
Want that cool two-sided Boxee remote control, but don’t care about the Boxee Box? Well, you’re in luck: It looks like the remote will be sold separately for a street price of $39.99. Boxee didn’t comment on the price, but said it would ship “very soon.” Read More »
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