I’m seeing more companies starting to hire again as the U.S economy slowly swings back into positive territory. Whether you’re looking for remote workers or office workers, there are a few ways to improve your chances of finding the best talent, regardless of location. Read More »
Archive for February 2011
A year ago, few people in the U.S. had ever heard of BilltoMobile, a direct carrier billing company. But the San Jose company is fast emerging as a leader in the mobile payments space with direct billing arrangements with Verizon and AT&T and now Sprint. Read More »
When Jeff Jarvis wrote What Would Google Do?, the company had an aura of invincibility. Fast forward to today: thanks to Facebook, it doesn’t seem so invincible. The new social web has passed it by. So, the question is: What should Google do? Read More »
Today on the Net: Google, TiVO and Best Buy have joined forces to lobby the FCC on its AllVid proposal, Verizon FiOS customers are now able to watch authenticated ESPN videos online and the BBC iPlayer now has content from commercial TV counterparts. Read More »
As consumers use multiple mobile devices based on function — and data plans finally catch up with the trend — the mobile industry should move away from pinning Read More »
Last night, representatives from The Fine Bros., Reckless Tortuga and Next New Networks (not to mention George Strompolos) dropped a whole lot of knowledge valuable to aspiring YouTube stars, including the importance of building a brand and the most effective ways to promote content. Read More »
Aaccording to one machine-learning expert, one key takeaway from Watson’s “Jeopardy!” victory is simple: humans are very smart. That a system such as Watson can understand natural language is a huge step forward, but it’s still only as good as its data and algorithms. Read More »
While many Silicon Valley thin-film solar companies have finally moved into commercial production, here comes Solar Frontier, a division of Japanese oil refiner Showa Shell, who has leapt over everyone to open a near-gigawatt factory and has drawn customers such as GE. Read More »
TuneUp is software that helps you organize your iTunes library. The makers of TuneUp just secured an additional $2 million in funding, which they plan to use to add features and stay relevant in a world where, more and more, music lives in the cloud. Read More »
Every week now. it seems like the DOE has offered up a new loan guarantee for clean power. On Thursday, the lucky winner was thin-film solar panel maker SoloPower, with a $197 million conditional loan guarantee to expand its thin-film solar panel plant in Oregon. Read More »
In an apparent response to rising concerns about children buying costly virtual goods in freemium apps, Apple is reportedly discussing the possibility of reducing a 15-minute purchase window for users to make purchases with only one password sign-in. Read More »
AOL has grown its video business through acquisitions and in-house production — and seen that hard work pay off in traffic. AOL Video is now number five in unique viewers and number seven in videos viewed, in large part, because AOL has come to embrace third-party… Read More »
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