As Amazon Web Services continues to roll out new features and services for its cloud platform, its competitors increasingly tout better performance as a key point of differentiation, which has me wondering if either approach — more features or better performance — will clearly win out. Read More »
Archive for February 2011
Solar company Solyndra, which has been on a roller coaster ride of funding and political attention over the past two years, is now slowly ramping up production at its new factory. Will it survive, meet expectations and one day turn into a solar powerhouse? Read More »
In a little less than two years, Kickstarter has helped thousands of artists and creative types raise millions of dollars for projects, validating a new form of crowd-based fundraising that’s opening the eyes of not only artists, but also technology leaders. Read More »
In my recent post about ClipCube, I said it was missing a couple of features: the ability to handle images and keyboard shortcuts. One of our readers, Brett, helpfully noted in the comments that he uses Ditto, a similar open-source tool with the missing functionality. Read More »
Need a little lunchtime levity? Then kick it over to the Ykombinator Random Startup Generator, a hilarious send up of the buzzword-heavy, meme-laden startups culture created by … what else, an “experimental blogging social network” called Fireplace. Don’t forget to tweet. Read More »
For me the revolution started with the iPhone, and once the iPad was fully integrated into my workflow, the dictator had been completely deposed: the hard drive was no longer king. Now syncing solutions keep my digital life in step regardless of my local storage situation. Read More »
There are now plenty of places where you can find a workspace outside of the home office, ranging from coffee shops with Wi-Fi to dedicated coworking centers and office space sublets. However, it’s not always easy to know where to look for them. Read More »
Thought people upload torrents to sites like The Pirate Bay out of the goodness of their heart? Well, think again: A good portion of the content comes from people with clear financial interests at heart, and some make as much as $3700 per day with piracy. Read More »
Verizon launched a device this week that, much like a MagicJack or Ooma, will connect to your existing home phone and deliver voice calls for a fee. The move shows how Verizon is prepping for an all-IP future and could disrupt its competitors. Read More »
Apple’s iPad may have the current lead in the market, but Honeycomb puts Google in an excellent position to catch up, much as Android has done in competing with iOS. Microsoft is also likely to be impacted, from both a mobile and a desktop computing perspective. Read More »
Dat from a British analyst firm shows that the fight for e-book buyers and readers has two main contestants: Amazon and Apple. When it comes to the UK, Apple is winning. But with its new subscription plan, the market could suddenly shift. Read More »
While some high profile venture firms that moved from Internet investing to cleantech — like Kleiner Perkins — seem to be backing off a bit from their cleantech ambitions, there are still a lot of lower-profile cleantech investors that are remaining steadfast. Read More »
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