And just when our brain was screaming no-more-social-anything, we learn that there is one less social network. MingleNow, a social network that let you socialize with folks who like to socialize in the same kind of places, is done mingling and will be closing shop on […] Read more »
SmugMug is one of those rare Web 2.0 companies that has the temerity to charge for their photo-hosting and sharing service. A poster child among startups that are utilizing Amazon.com’s Web Services, SmugMug has built a reputation as a quirky but well-managed startup that is profitable […] Read more »
If you are done rolling your eyes, you might want to continue reading. Horowitz Associates says that online video content is being downloaded in larger numbers: 61 percent of Internet users download videos once a week, and 86 percent once a month. That’s up from 2006. […] Read more »
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The problems facing the Muni wireless business, highlighted by EarthLink’s decision to throw in the towel, are spreading. Tyler van Houwelingen, founder and CEO of Azulstar, recently said: “Everybody in this business is going through the same thing.” Azulstar was going to build the much-hyped Silicon […] Read more »
What does OPEN really mean? Open handsets, open networks, open applications, open operating systems — some combination of those, or all of them? Or is it “We’re Scared of Google”? Read more »
An IBM research team has developed a new kind of optical modulator that converts a digital electrical signal carried on a wire into a series of light pulses that can be carried on a silicon nanophotonic waveguide. Essentially what this means is that going forward, a […] Read more »
[qi:101] Larry Ellison is about to get richer. He owns a big chunk of NetSuite, a San Mateo, Calif.-based software-on-demand company looking to go public and raise as much as $114 million by selling over 7 million shares for $13-to-$16 a share, giving the company a […] Read more »
I was reading this week about Blackwave, an Acton, Mass.-based startup that just changed its name (from Acinion)Blackwave and got a whopping $16 million from Sigma Partners, Globespan Capital Partners and IDG ventures, and all I could think was: What makes this company worthy of such […] Read more »
The online video boom is bringing back the focus on hardware — specifically hardware that makes up the pipes and plumbing that brings these wonderful videos to our screens. The reasons are pretty simple — the bandwidth prices have fallen far enough, and at the same […] Read more »
Verizon’s FiOS TV service is boosting hi-def video on demand content as part of its service, the company said today. Verizon is planning to boost the total number of HD channels to 150 by end of 2008, and will take the number of HD VOD titles […] Read more »
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Update: It’s mea culpa time for Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. The social networking site’s founder and CEO has finally succumbed to the criticism of its ad platform, Beacon, and delivered a confessional worthy of “Oprah.” We say better late than never. But is that enough? Probably not, and here is why. Read more »
How many times have you wished for a simple and easy way to create and export email lists by mining your email inbox? Wait no more! Clear Context, a San Francisco-based start-up that makes an in-box management plug-in for Microsoft Outlook has come up with a […] Read more »
Can you believe it? It was exactly a year ago when NewTeeVee launched, with one mission: to chronicle the fast-changing world of online video and peer into the future of television. A year later, everything has changed, and so much has happened. Writers are fighting the […] Read more »
Motorola Chief Technology Officer Padmasree Warrior traded Chicago for the San Francisco Bay Area. She has joined Cisco Systems (CSCO) as chief technology officer, San Jose based company announced today. She didn’t waste much time and has started blogging on her new Cisco blog. Okay it […] Read more »
As FCC expert Blair Levin had predicted, FCC rejected Verizon’s forbearance relief application. The FCC in a note said that there wasn’t enough evidence to justify Verizon’s claim, and denied relief in all six metropolitan areas. (Press Release) This is perhaps the first time any Bell […] Read more »
Just like Dell used its supply chain to keep ahead of the competition, Google is using its infrastructure to constantly increase its web presence. Building its own network, data centers, servers and more recently are part of Google’s larger plan to use its infrastructure as a strategic advantage. (Full report after the fold) Read more »
Sprint’s acting CEO Paul Saleh speaking at a UBS conference said that spinning off the WiMAX business is an option. “We are looking at ways of attracting capital to that [WiMax] business.” NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker: “We have to make sure we’re not replacing dollars with […] Read more »
The recent executive shuffle at Motorola (MOT) – Ed Zander out, Gregory Brown in – prompted a visit to their press release archives, and what I learnt: there is a constant exodus of senior management. Some leave because they don’t get the top job (CEO) and […] Read more »
[qi:_newteevee] Will you pay for video hosting and sharing? Motionbox thinks you will, and so do its VC backers who have pumped another $7 million into the New York City-based start-up. Continue Reading. [qi:_earth2tech] Its a jolly green Christmas. Forrester Research says that 12 percent, or […] Read more »
Mozilla Labs VP & General Manager Chris Beard on his blog today hints at what could be coming next from Firefox: It seems that as the Web continues to evolve and as more of our lives moves online, we could do more to broker even richer […] Read more »
Marc Orchant, one of the leading lights in the blogging world suffered a massive coronary and is currently hospitalized. We are all waiting for an update, and are praying that he comes back home to his family – healthy. I know our readers will be praying […] Read more »
In the pre-blog world, when you left a company, they would escort you out of the building. Now they zap your blog. There are rumors that Motorola CTO Padmasree Warrior had resigned and was leaving the beleaguered mobile phone maker. Well, those rumors must be true. […] Read more »
Cable companies have become a major players in the small and medium sized business communications business. Slowly and surely they are challenging the telecom operators. Today, Cox Communications announced that Cox Business has exceeded the 200,000 business customer mark, which makes it top among cable operators […] Read more »
Updated with more details: Adobe Systems has become the underpinning of the online video revolution. But when it comes to melding voice and web applications, they seem to be falling behind, despite having grand ambitions and a vision to match. Read more »
Kevin Rose and I discussed the possibility of adding Images section to Digg almost a year ago. Seems like it is finally getting done. Tonight, Digg will add voting on photos to its growing list of categories, co-founder Kevin Rose writes on the Digg blog. As part of the announcement, the San Francisco-based […] Read more »
Remember the Crunchies, the startup awards we talked about earlier this year that are being organized in partnership with TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and VentureBeat? We have an update for you — dates and awards categories — that is currently available at the Crunchies web site. You can […] Read more »
Amazon appears to have just relaunched Askville, a competitor of sorts to Yahoo Answers. (Askville supposedly launched last year, so this should be labeled as a relaunch.) Amazon made an announcement on Thursday that they were “launching” again. So what is Askville? Askville is a place […] Read more »
Currently Fiber ISPs install ONT Boxes along with residential gateways at Fiber customer’s home. PMC Sierra’s MSP7160 combines the functionality of two boxes into one and decreases the number of elements in the network. It has WiFi, 2 USB ports, GPON wide area access port and […] Read more »
Coca-Cola’s decision to pause and rethink their involvement with Facebook’s Beacon advertising program was a big topic of discussion over the weekend in this corner of the Internet we call the blogosphere. It was a particularly shocking reversal given that Coke was one of the landmark […] Read more »
Its been almost eleven years when the Telecom Act of 1996 was announced with much fanfare. It promised a telecom revolution, and instead it got a Bubble, Broadbandits and a battle of the lobbyists. And as they years passed, incumbents neutered it beyond recognition, leaving it […] Read more »
Less than three years after it acquired LiveJournal, San Francisco-based blogging software company, SixApart has decided to sell the business to a Russian group, SUP. SixApart is the company behind well known publishing platforms, TypePad and MoveableType. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. The […] Read more »
[qi:012] Micromat has released a beta version of Syphone, a tiny application that you install on your Apple computer. It allows you to save, archive and view the SMS messages on your desktop machine. Don’t worry, it won’t muck around with your iPhone. I love it […] Read more »
With online video being the darling of the day, it is hardly a surprise that the ranks of online video networks keep growing. t5m, a London-based company started by serial entrepreneur Charlie Muirhead, is the latest to join the likes of ON Networks, Next New Networks […] Read more »
A while ago, I had pointed out that the epicenter of the tech world had moved somewhere in the middle of South China Sea. The point was that most of the new innovations – Fiber, Ethernet 2.0 and Mobile – were being deployed first in Asia […] Read more »
After I questioned if Facebook was continuing to receive information transmitted from partner sites (even if it wasn’t published), a researcher at Computer Associates came up with proof that indeed was the case. Facebook got in touch with the CA folks, and had this to say: […] Read more »
Not Bijan Sabet or his partners at Spark Capital. “….have decided to do away with the non-compete clause. Starting today. We will not require a non-compete clause with our portfolio companies and new investments.” Hey maybe other VCs should embrace this as well. (#) Read more »
Somedays, I wish I had a real camera. Today was one of those mornings. What a perfect dawn – Sun fighting off the clouds and darkness, reflecting my own inner self. I had to settle for a camera phone photo – not bad, but not great […] Read more »
Not a day goes by when we get pitched by one start-up or another that has a new twist on local search and listings. They all want to target the small and medium sized businesses, and tap into the billions locked up in local advertising that […] Read more »
[qi:_newteevee] AOL Video is going to drop its own for-pay download offerings in favor of Amazon Unbox, according to company officials. AOL will integrate links to Amazon Unbox, while content will be integrated throughout AOL Video and in relevant video search results across the site. The […] Read more »
AOL Video is going to drop its own for-pay download offerings in favor of Amazon Unbox, according to company officials. AOL will integrate links to Amazon Unbox, while content will be integrated throughout AOL Video and in relevant video search results across the site. The integration […] Read more »
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