Mission Motors, which builds electric motorcycle technology, has raised new funds, and has officially moved away from manufacturing motorcycles on its own. Read More »
Archive for August 2011
Some are expecting the cleantech graveyard of startups to start filling up. But how companies wind down, sell off their assets, or morph into slimmer versions of their former selves, is a personal choice for the companies and investors. Here’s 10 ways you can do it: Read More »
Right on the heels of $8 million in new funding, Roku has added seven new casual games to its boxes. The games, which were developed by Accedo, follow on the release of Angry Birds on its new devices and will add some additional revenues. Read More »
Most of the money people spend within mobile games is on “consumable” items that have no lasting value once used. The most popular form of that is “premium” currency, which allows users to buy their way into advancing faster in a game, according to Flurry. Read More »
As Britain ponders a crackdown on social media and uses facial recognition to try and identify looters, it reinforces the fact that spending more of our time on public networks such as Twitter and Facebook gives police and governments even more ability to observe our behavior. Read More »
Amazon Web Services has rolled out a new region, called GovCloud, designed specifically for federal government workloads. The region is designed to meet the myriad regulations that government agencies must meet when deploying new infrastructure, which have proven a hindrance in terms government cloud adoption. Read More »
There’s a growing number of social networks providing plenty of ways for users to share the minutiae of their everyday lives. Storytree, on the other hands, wants to provide a platform for users to share rich memories with their family and friends. Read More »
Nutanix is counting on mid-size enterprises to drive its adoption of its converged infrastructure appliance. CEO Dheeraj Pandey’s stance is that SMEs have the budgets, the IT demands and the right cultures to justify taking chances on new approaches to infrastructure. He could be onto something. Read More »
Microsoft continues to push its game service on Windows Phone 7 as a key differentiator from other platforms. In addition to the Mango improvements hitting Microsoft phones soon, the Xbox Live experience is gaining four new functions, including Parental Controls and in-game add-ons available for purchase. Read More »
Peer-to-peer networks in general and BitTorrent in particular are more expensive per bit for companies and business that provide networks rather than the larger ISPs according to a recent study that looks at file sharers usage patterns and ISPs peering agreements to understand costs. Read More »
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