News Corp COO Chase Carey and Disney CEO Bob Iger might leave Hulu’s board of directors soon, according to a Wall Street Journal report. But more independence might not be a good thing as it seeks to renegotiate deals with its media partners and stakeholders. Read More »
Archive for March 2011
If, like us, you’re shocked about the massive earthquake that occurred overnight in Japan, and you want to keep abreast of what’s going on in the wake of the disaster, Japan’s national broadcaster NHK has a free English-language app for iOS devices that provides live coverage. Read More »
Nokia’s transition is fraught with risks and the biggest may be time. The company already said that it hopes to get the first Microsoft-powered Nokia phone out this year and today says it will take until 2013 before half of its smartphones run Microsoft’s operating system. Read More »
This week, I’ll be attending SXSW; I’ve been thinking about ways to make sure that I get the most out of it. Here are my tips to make sure that you get as much value as possible for the time and expense associated with conference attendance. Read More »
In case you missed it, the iPad 2 officially went on sale online at the Apple Store at 1 AM PST today. Online sales started well before retail sales, but those ordering now will have a much longer wait than those currently standing in line. Read More »
The move toward cloud computing and webscale computing has helped Intel drive its earnings higher, while, a number of startups clearly see an opportunity to redesign servers and try new chip archiectures to deliver more power efficient performance for different workloads. But where is AMD? Read More »
Foursquare released its new version 3.0 application. It is an application that moves beyond check-in, and many ways foretells the future of geo-local services. It might be time for location-aware apps to make an appearance and in the very near future start offering “suggestions.” Read More »
According to Violin Memory CEO Donald Basile, Fusion-io’s proposed IPO is just the start of what should be a very busy era for flash. Basile, whose previous job was as chairman and CEO of Fusion-io, sees an impending multi-billion-dollar market, spurred in part by Larry Ellison. Read More »
When does this story get better? Clearwire, the early 4G WiMAX pioneer announced its CEO Bill Morrow is stepping down for personal reasons, part of a larger executive shake-up. This follows not long after the December departure of company founder and chairman Craig McCaw. Read More »
Apple TV got live, HD streaming of MLB and NBA games with an update yesterday. This shows huge potential for bringing live TV to the platform, but it also shows that Apple could offer specific, targeted content to audiences in a way that cable companies can’t. Read More »
With just a few paragraphs about the evils of aggregation and the rise of the Huffington Post, in which he talks about aggregators as “pirates,” the executive editor of the New York Times manages to say volumes about how little he understands where media is now. Read More »
The Square dongle lets you accept credit card payments on your iPhone with the companion application.
As an experienced user of various credit card processing services, I know why VeriFone is concerned enough about Square to employ the kind of scare tactics found in yesterday’s “open letter” — Square is poised to revolutionize the credit card payment industry in a big way. Read More »
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