The mobile app boom is still largely a smartphone phenomenon, requiring more expensive hardware and often pricier data plans. But we’re now seeing more examples of apps that avoid the need for better hardware and data plans, bringing the love to a wider array of users. Read More »
Archive for February 2011
Apple doesn’t have to physically attend a trade show to loom over it like a thick, dense fog. CES and Macworld are prime examples, as is the Mobile World Congress, which began today. Already at MWC, Apple’s presence is undeniable. Read More »
Open-source video distribution firm Kaltura announced that it has raised $20 million in a new funding round led by Nexus Venture Partners. It also said that it has more than 100,000 publishers using its platform, including big names like Fox, Paramount and HBO. Read More »
The broadband-enabled smart energy home finally started to make some initial headway as the new year ushered in 2011, and if the news trickling out from the massive wireless conference Mobile World Congress this week, is any indicator, this trend will only continue throughout the year. Read More »
LG is betting big on mobile 3-D: first, the G-Slate with dual cameras and now the Optimus 3D smartphone with a dual lens camera for recording 3-D. No glasses are needed to view content, which can be piped to a 3-D television or YouTube’s 3-D channel. Read More »
It used to be that you could depend on Window as the default lingua franca of business computing. That’s becoming less and less the case, and it’s becoming clear that the foremost virtue for enterprise software going forward will be platform independence. Read More »
In its first acquisition since its spin-off, Motorola Mobile announced it has bought 3LM, a stealthy startup by ex-Google employees working on building security software for Android devices. The acquisition will help Motorola as it looks to expand the presence of Android into corporate settings. Read More »
Echoing rumors from late last week, the Wall Street Journal is weighing in with a report that Apple is gearing-up to produce a smaller, cheaper iPhone and introduce a revamped MobileMe this summer. Both moves seem motivated by Apple’s strong competition in the mobile market. Read More »
Adobe believes it’s got some increasingly popular weapons in Air and Flash to win the hearts of mobile developers. On the eve of the Mobile World Congress, the company shared some new statistics, hoping to get developers to see the value in its tools. Read More »
Transparent electrodes might sound like a bit of high tech machinery, but they’re the basic components of electronic screens from cell phones to solar panels. This week Stanford spinout C3Nano says it’s raised funding to commercialize its lower cost, more flexible conductive coatings. Read More »
Uber, formerly known as Uber Cab, is a much talked about San Francisco-based start-up and it is close to raising a substantial new funding in a round led by Benchmark Capital. Uber raised $1.25 million in seed funding from First Round Capital, Lowercase Capital and others.… Read More »
Christian Lindholm, a well known former Nokia-executive who invented the Nokia Navi-key user-interface and father the Series 60 user-interface believes that Nokia-Microsoft tie-up is a good thing for the developers as there is a need for the third OS option beyond Android and Apple. Read More »
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