Vimeo’s new app provides access to its library of online video, but it emphasizes the ability to record, edit and upload your own videos first and foremost. It should help differentiate the app from clear market leader YouTube, which comes pre-installed on every iOS device. Read More »
Archive for March 2011
Cisco said it plans to buy newScale, a software provider that allows more control and visibility inside a compute cloud. The deal highlights the rise in M&A activity among cloud vendors as well as the need for more accountability in corporate cloud environments. Read More »
Amazon beat Apple and Google to the punch with an online music locker for storage and web playback, both on the desktop and on Google Android phones. I took the service for a spin to see how well it works for playback, purchases, and uploads. Read More »
Evernote has recently rolled out significant changes to its various mobile and desktop applications. Today, another update brings a new, more robust and versatile experience to Evernote’s web-based app, including new social features which point the way forward for the service. Read More »
Where do the worlds of smart grid and smart buildings overlap? Over in my weekly update at GigaOm Pro, I review how two big acquisitions last week shed light on just how muddy that line has become. Read More »
netTALK has introduced the Duo, a hardware-plus-service option that’s about as simple to set up as anything I’ve seen. Plug it into an Ethernet connection, power and a phone, activate it, and you’ve got unlimited calling to the U.S. and Canada, and cheap rates elsewhere. Read More »
Renewable energy is enjoying a rising profile at the expense of nuclear power. But nuclear power producers and technology developers aren’t necessary the losers there. Some of them have been snapping up solar and wind companies and power plant projects, and the trend will continue. Read More »
Some people believe cord cutting is just a myth. Let’s show them that they’re wrong on the first ever Cord Cutters Day on April 26. We will be hosting Cord Cutters meetups in San Francisco, Los Angeles Austin, Toronto and, with your help, your home town. Read More »
Tickets for Apple’s 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference are already gone. Apple just updated its site, replacing the ticket link with a “Sold Out” sign. The event took less than a day to sell out this year, whereas WWDC 2010 took eight days to sell out entirely. Read More »
One of the statements that struck me most from Structure: Big Data was CA CTO Donald Ferguson’s notion that big data represents a “very promising” opportunity for startups, particularly those targeting specific target use cases. I think he’s right, particularly with regard to the latter part. Read More »
In a deal that combines some of the Internet’s most loved memes with the definitive site chronicling them, the Cheezburger Network has acquired Rocketboom’s Know Your Meme. The deal, reportedly priced in the “low seven figures,” will also give some much needed cash to Rocketboom. Read More »
Sprint is taking up a huge role in opposing the $39 billion merger of AT&T and T-Mobile, with the nation’s third largest carrier going on the record today with its formal opposition. It won’t accept concessions and it will fight this deal with everything it… Read More »
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