There’s more confirmation out on Thursday of fuel cell maker Bloom Energy’s latest $150 million in new VC funds, and reportedly, the round is at a $2.7 billion pre-money valuation. Read More »
Archive for September 2011
A new report finds that the iPad gaming community is big and getting bigger. IPad gaming shows lots of potential for growth, according to consumer data, but at least one game maker seems firmly committed to ignoring the opportunity inherent in that growth. Read More »
Netflix will lose subscribers for the first time in four years. But take a closer look at where subscribers are missing, and there are a few interesting takeaways from its revised forecast. Most notably, combined streaming-and-DVD subscriptions remain strong, while DVD-only numbers were weaker than expected. Read More »
Facebook and Heroku have completed an integration that gives Facebook developers direct access to Heroku’s cloud Platform-as-a-Service offering for hosting their applications. It’s likely just a first step for Heroku when it comes to integrating with popular specialized development platforms. Read More »
The fact is that because we got easy to use shopping apps on our phones, we are all seeing a big change in our shopping behavior. The biggest manifestation of this trend is going to be during the holiday season this year, according to Google. Read More »
News.me, the social news-curation app that was developed at the New York Times and then incubated by Betaworks, has been spun off as a separate company to sink or swim on its own. But can it compete with giants like Flipboard and other newer competitors? Read More »
PayPal, which has been a powerhouse in online payments but hasn’t really cracked the market for real-world payments of goods, is starting to show off how it can put all of its components and recent acquisitions together to form a broad tool for mobile payments. Read More »
Join GigaOM Pro for “ISV to cloud: transitioning your software company to the cloud,” a free analyst roundtable webinar on Sept. 21. Read More »
Vlix, a mobile video sharing app that adds Instagram-like filters is joining a long line of start-ups and apps that are trying to do precisely the same thing. To bad, none of these apps aping Instagram know what really matters to the app users. Read More »
After fits and starts, AT&T will launch its LTE wireless network in five cities on Sunday, according to CFO John Stephens speaking at a financial conference. The nation’s No. 2 carrier will launch LTE in Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, Chicago and Atlanta. Read More »
Google TV apps have started to pop up on the Android market, hinting at an imminent release of the Honeycomb-based next version of the smart TV platform. Wonder what those Google TV-specific apps look like? Then take a first look with our slide show. Read More »
Skype released a new beta for Mac users on Thursday, which features Facebook integration. You can now chat directly with your Facebook friends, check your news feed and update your status. But it comes at a cost: This beta also introduces ads for nonpaying Skype users. Read More »
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