[qi:012] Bebo, another one of the fast-growing social networks out there, might be a U.S. company, but its roots are firmly planted in broadband-heavy Europe. Taking advantage of faster broadband in its core markets — the UK and parts of Europe — the company has announced […] Read more »
The Google Android SDK, released yesterday, confirmed what had been long been rumored: Google’s mobile platform uses WebKit, an open source browser engine . “We have been working on our mobile implementation of WebKit for quite some time,” someone from the Android team wrote on The […] Read more »
If there was ever any doubt that competition is a good thing, witness the case of MySpace. The social networking site has been on a tear recently, signing partnerships with the likes of Skype and AOL, and expanding into new avenues such as OpenSocial and, more […] Read more »
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[qi:___3g] After a long wait, the Indian government has decided that it will auction 3G spectrum, and will allow foreign players to participate in the bidding. The spectrum is going to be released in the 2100 MHz band, which would make it compatible with rest of […] Read more »
[qi:109] For the third quarter in a row, U.S. broadband growth lost steam, impacting broadband service providers across the board. No single company escaped the slowdown, indicating that the malaise might be driven by the broader economic issues. According to analyst estimates there are about 60.5 […] Read more »
[qi:014] Update: A truck driver because of a medical condition drove into a power transformer in San Antonio, Texas, this evening, causing it to explode. That explosion caused a major power disruption, and the power company in response cut power, which ultimately and took down RackSpace, […] Read more »
Tom Keating reports that the owners of Skype Wi-Fi phones and other standalone devices have been experiencing excruciating network problems, and points to the vitriol flowing freely on the Skype forums. [qi:___wifi] This raises the question: Why are these outages happening? And should Skype (EBAY) start […] Read more »
[qi:032] The Hollywood Writers’ strike, which we have been following closely over on NewTeeVee, is beginning to turn into an opportunity for web TV content creators. Liz points to three different news items that indicate old TV networks might be looking to bring web content into […] Read more »
The Google-led Open Handset Alliance has released the Android Software Development Kit (SDK). The Android SDK needs an x86-based computer running Windows XP or Vista; Mac OS 10.4.8 or later; or Linux Ubuntu Dapper Drake or later (other modern distributions of Linux will also likely work […] Read more »
[qi:012] If you are a Facebook app developer, I have some good news for you: Joyent, a Marin County, Calif.-based on-demand computing and web hosting startup, is going to start offering free hosting to Facebook app developers. The company, we are told, is going to offer […] Read more »
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[qi:___wimax] [qi:045] Sprint Nextel’s (S) rough patch is turning into a highway from hell. The exit of CEO Gary Forsee, questions about its plans for a WiMAX network and its aborted partnership with Clearwire (CLWR) have provided fertile ground for all sorts of rumors. Rich Tehrani […] Read more »
[qi:012] In the game of Internet Q&A, only Yahoo (and not Google) seems to have all the answers. But that doesn’t stop others from trying. AOL, a division of Time Warner is buying Israeli-start-up Yedda, betting that it can get traction in the “answers” game. Q&A […] Read more »
[qi:105] Hanarotelecom, the second-largest broadband provider in South Korea, has recently become the subject of immense attention. Ever since a Goldman Sachs-led international consortium decided to put its 39.4 percent stake in the company up for sale, prospective punters have been lining up. The latest company […] Read more »
Updated: Facebook Responds, and explains. It has been 48 hours since I asked Facebook to clarify the point about whether a user’s data is still being passed to them from their web partners even after the user chooses to opt out of Beacon. I’ve since given […] Read more »
[qi:051] The go-go days for broadband in the U.S. seem to be over, as evidenced by the less-than-stellar numbers posted by the big broadband providers for the most recent quarter, especially Comcast (CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable (TWC). The DSL providers are also facing challenging times, […] Read more »
It has been nearly 65 days since I went without a phone set change, leading to snide remarks from my co-workers about my fidelity to Apple’s iPhone. Despite getting frustrated with iPhone’s email application (I carry a Blackberry to get some serenity) and poky Edge connections, […] Read more »
[qi:___wimax] The WiMAX buildout took somewhat of a setback today, when Sprint Nextel (S) and Clearwire (CLWR) decide to not pursue their plans for joint development of a nationwide WiMAX network. The Wall Street Journal reports that the reasons for dropping the plan are “the complexities […] Read more »
So this week on The GigaOM Show we had Mr. Jobs… Fake Steve Jobs drop in on us. Of course, he is out pushing his book, Options, which is actually quite funny. We talked about a while bunch of things, and here it is…. Also, we […] Read more »
Roger Thompson of Exploit Prevention Labs has discovered multiple hacked MySpace pages – most prominently MySpace’s #4 most popular major music artist Alicia Keys. The way the hack works is that when you visit the infected page, you are hit by an exploit (which installs malware) […] Read more »
Jajah, the VoIP callback service provider that shifted from paid to “free” and was dreaming of an initial public offering in 2007, has pushed back its IPO plans until the second or third quarter of 2008, co-founder Roman Scharf told Reuters. The timing seems about right […] Read more »
[qi:026] Earlier this morning, Krish Prabhu, chief executive officer of Naperville, Ill.-based telecom equipment maker Tellabs (TLAB), resigned from the job. The company announced his departure along with a decision to embark on a $600 million stock buyback program. The news is a sad reflection on […] Read more »
[qi:086] Vonage (VG) reported its third-quarter earnings today — ho-hum; much of it was bad news we already knew about. They have settled their legal problems with AT&T (T) as well, and so now the company can focus on the future. Vonage founder Jeffrey Citron told […] Read more »
Slower subscriber growth, worries about competition from phone companies and a management crazy enough to make a bold move — all this has Wall Street worried about Comcast (CMCSA), the Philadelphia-based broadband and cable provider. The Nervous Nellies of Manhattan’s nether regions have pushed the stock […] Read more »
This being the week of ad:tech, news of online advertising has dominated the conversation: from MySpace’s hyper- targeted ads to Facebook’s new ad system to broadband advertising systems introduced by companies such as AnchorFree. The advertising, of course, is becoming social, mobile, and behavioral. If you […] Read more »
[qi:002] Google’s (GOOG) long-rumored, game-focused advertising initiative is going to come to life later this month, according to sources familiar with the Mountain View, Calif-based company’s plans. Google, which bought in-gaming advertising company, AdScape, earlier this year for about $23 million, will unveil its game-focused strategy […] Read more »
Mark Zuckerberg & Co. stood up in front of the advertising community in New York today and unveiled Facebook Ads, an ad system that allows companies to use the Facebook social graph and to develop highly targeted ads. Large brands such as Coca-Cola (KO), Sony Pictures […] Read more »
[qi:023] Dell (DELL), the Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker, is not known for splurging billions of dollars on acquisitions. So its decision to buy Nashua, N.H.-based storage networking equipment maker EqualLogic for a whopping $1.4 billion in cash has certainly drawn attention. “Storage is the fastest […] Read more »
As a kid growing up in India, I would often come across audio tapes made by a company called T-Series. They were pretty bad quality and featured music pirated from other record labels. Still, they were cheap and became popular with the crowds that didn’t care […] Read more »
Google (GOOG) announced its OpenSocial strategy last week, starting with some of the smaller (albeit fast-growing) social networks, and quickly ensnaring MySpace (NWS), Bebo and a bunch of other companies to join its efforts. Nick O’Neill, the brilliant young man who writes the AllFacebook blog, described […] Read more »
[qi:086] Things have been tough as of late for plain vanilla VoIP service providers, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that voice over IP is over as a technology. As my good friend Andy Abramson points out, the focus in the future is going to be on […] Read more »
When it comes to the world of technology, the start-ups are the real stars. In order to recognize the start-ups and their achievements, we are teaming up with TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and VentureBeat to collaborate on the Crunchies. They are like the Grammies and the Webbys with […] Read more »
Today has been one of the busiest news days in a long, long time. And it has been so much fun — chasing things down, juggling the phones and reporting while blogging. This pressure-cooker existence is going to be part of my life for the next […] Read more »
I have often alluded to the brutal price wars that are raging in the content delivery network business, driven largely by the entry of newer players including Level 3 (LVLT) and a gaggle of startups that are hell-bent on taking market share from incumbents such as […] Read more »
[qi:83] Now that the Google Phone platform has been unveiled, one thing is abundantly clear: Happy days are around the corner for Mobile Linux. As we have already reported, a special version of the Linux operating system forms the underpinning of Google Mobile OS, which will […] Read more »
OK, so the Google Phone is not really a phone, but instead a software stack that allows people to do cool things such as build applications and power devices that have never before been imagined. Yes, it also cleans dorm rooms and finds dates. Following the […] Read more »
[qi:004] Updated post press conference, read My Take #2: Google (GOOG) has just announced its much talked about Google mobile phone platform, Android, and has announced a large list of partners who are working with the company. The company said it’s worked with T-Mobile, HTC, Qualcomm […] Read more »
[qi:004] National Lambda Rail and Internet2 can’t seem to decide whether they want to merge or not. The two entities that oversee stupendously fast networks have once again called off their proposed merger. Don’t hate me for saying so, but not again(!) The two groups discussed […] Read more »
[qi:046] It was almost a year ago when Yahoo (YHOO) set up Brickhouse, an effort to foster innovation within the company so that its brightest would stay and cook up clever ideas instead of playing the Sandhill Road Roulette. Unlike Yahoo Research, which has a five-year […] Read more »
[qi:004] Update: Some customers of Verizon’s (VZ) high-speed FiOS Internet Service are reporting that when they mistype a website address, they are redirected to a Verizon’s own search engine page, regardless of what they have set as default. Verizon had introduced “Advanced Web Search” in June […] Read more »
[qi:004] A few months ago we forecast that the telecom carriers, who were paying Yahoo to manage their broadband portals, would try and renegotiate their deals with the seemingly hobbled Internet company. That scenario is slowly playing out. Today, Canadian broadband provider Rogers Communications has re-tweaked […] Read more »
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