Making good on a pledge last year, Twitter has moved into its own custom-built data center, which the company claims will be the service’s “final nesting ground” — and, hopefully, put an end to its reputation for frequent or extended downtime. Read More »
Archive for March 2011
A few months ago I wrote about three iPad guitar amps, but now there’s an official option from Apple, as GarageBand for iPad allows you to plug in a real guitar. How does this software amp compare to existing options? Read on to find out. Read More »
If you’re like me, you probably have files spread across a number of different cloud services, so you might be interested to hear about Joukuu, a Windows desktop app that can browse and manage files from Box.net, Dropbox and Google Docs. Read More »
Entrepreneurs and investors have long believed water tech represents the next big market. ET Water Systems hopes to ride this wave and announced Monday that it had raised $2 million for a new irrigation control and management technology. Read More »
YouTube has improved its monetization efforts, with more than 80 of the top 100 videos on the site serving ads now, up from 60 a year ago. That could help make YouTube a $1.3 billion business in 2011, according to a forecast from Citi. Read More »
Payment company VeriFone recently went after rival Square by releasing a demo app that showed how a user could skim credit card info using Square’s hardware dongle. VeriFone claimed the app couldn’t be used to actually skim, but it turns out that it can — easily. Read More »
The Cable Show 2011 (June 14-16, Chicago) illuminates the dimensions of a changing video landscape made possible by cable-powered networks and connected devices. Industry leaders will be there for keynotes, panel sessions, exhibits and lots of networking. For information and early-registration savings, visit www.thecableshow.com. Read More »
Apple’s next iPhone will resemble the last, if early case designs are any indication of what the company has planned. Alibaba.com has listings for a number of iPhone 5 cases, which are listed as also compatible with the iPhone 4. Read More »
The heat and rays of the sun aren’t just being harnessed for electricity. An early stage startup called Thermata, backed by Bill Gross’ Idealab, is looking to build a business around solar-powered boilers that produce steam for industrial processes. Read More »
Last week, Intel announced its plans to produce an Atom processor designed for use within servers, but company’s road map — which doesn’t have the server-ready Atom available until 2012 — raises the question of how serious Intel is about pushing an alternative to its flagship… Read More »
I wonder about the implications of the big merger announced Sunday: AT&T buying T-Mobile USA for $39 billion, of which $25 billion was in cash. I was hard-pressed to think if there were any winners apart from AT&T and T-Mobile’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom. Read More »
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