ABC and the Academy are going all out with a two-screen video experience for this year’s Oscars to accompany the telecast. But they’re also charging for it — a concept which runs counterintuitive to the reason for creating the two-screen experience in the first place.… Read More »
Archive for February 2011
With the arrival of the Motorola Xoom, the first of many Honeycomb tablets is poised to do battle against Apple’s iPad. But several reasons make it evident that Google Android 3.0 isn’t yet ready to challenge and was rushed out the door a little too soon. Read More »
Geothermal energy has long been touted as a good alternative to fossil fuel-based power plants because it’s able to generate power around the clock. A project in Oregon is underway, and the DOE has finalized a $96.8 million loan guarantee for U.S. Geothermal. Read More »
New LTE networks coming online around the world offer speed galore, but without the right devices, they won’t offer those speeds to many. Much like we had to wait for devices to take advantage of 3G mobile networks, LTE will face the same adoption curve. Read More »
In a move that could signal Google is taking a hard line on in-app payments similar to the way Apple has outlined new subscription rules, Google has pulled the popular Visual VoiceMail app from Android Market citing a violation of the developer payment rules. Read More »
The web has turned breaking news into something that lasts a matter of minutes — or even seconds — rather than hours. If your business is to break news, your job is becoming harder every day, as Deadline Hollywood blogger Nikki Finke is only the latest… Read More »
Socialtext, an enterprise social networking tool that we’ve written about previously, is being updated. The company hopes the new release will help to make corporate intranets more social, and move away from being static sources of information to become places where people interact and share knowledge. Read More »
The pay TV industry had been hit hard by subscriber losses in the second and third quarters of last year, dropping 330,000 users in that time. But subscriber numbers from major pay TV operators in the fourth quarter suggest the cord cutting trend may be… Read More »
Sprint’s first Windows Phone 7 device arrives in the form of the HTC Arrive on March 20. The device could appeal to CDMA customers who want in on Microsoft’s new platform while offering the convenience of a full hardware keyboard to complement the 3.6-inch touchscreen. Read More »
Intel’s Thunderbolt connection technology announced today will help consumers with one of their biggest digital problems, transferring huge media files in minutes as opposed to hours, and will also give Intel chips a home inside a variety of connected devices. Read More »
In the midst of a seeming malaise around cleantech venture investing emerges a bright spot of news: Private equity firm Silver Lake is launching a clean energy fund with investment from George Soros, and led by dream team Adam Grosser and Cathy Zoi. Read More »
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