Just 40 days after introducing it, LG has sold 1 million Optimus handsets, a relatively low-priced Google Android smartphone targeted for first-time smartphone owners. The Optimus represents a growing challenge for handset companies such as Nokia to transition away from feature phones with value-priced smartphones. Read More »
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I can see it now: utility execs and smart grid entrepreneurs shaking their collective heads over the recent (and seemingly never ending) spate of media attention on consumers pushing back against smart meters. This story seriously won’t go away. Here’s why. Read More »
Comcast released its iPad app today, enabling subscribers to navigate their program guides and browse on-demand videos. Luckily, I was at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco today, where Comcast is showing it off, and manged to get some hands-on time with the app. Read More »
Contour Energy Systems has launched an opportunistic attack on a niche consumer market right in time for Christmas. The Caltech battery spinout formerly known as CFX Battery announced a line of disposable coin cell batteries specifically engineered to make 3-D TV glasses last longer than competitors. Read More »
The average U.S.-based Internet user is now watching some 30 mintes of online video every day, according to new data from comScore. The viewing time per user is up 40% since last year, thanks in part to video sites like YouTube making their offerings stickier. Read More »
Smooth-Stone, the company building servers using chips used in today’s cell phones changed its name to Calxeda, hired some executives and made one of the first public statements about what it plans to deliver in terms of energy efficiency for the data center: a 10x improvement. … Read More »
If I asked you for your Gmail login credentials, would you give them to me? Probably not, because those credentials are the keys to your email, and you don’t want me poking around. Unfortunately I’ll bet you have given them to other folks you don’t know. Read More »
During the third quarter of 2010, top U.S. cable and phone companies added about 818,000 new connections, up sharply from a mere 350,000 connections added during the second quarter of 2010. Thanks to the growing number of web-based services, demand for new broadband connection is up. Read More »
Facebook was expected to launch a new email service this morning, but what the company announced was much broader; CEO Mark Zuckerberg said it is a single “social inbox” for every kind of communication people use, including email, SMS, instant messaging and Facebook chat messages. Read More »
What do you do when you’re a consumer electronics company that depends on subscription revenue and you’re hemorrhaging subscribers? If you’re TiVo, you give your box away for free and you hope to make up for lost revenues over the life of a more expensive contract. Read More »
In a study surveying 500 iPad owners, Business Insider found some interesting data with implications for web publishers, app designers, and even other gadget makers. It’s got some handy information for those considering giving the gift of iPad this holiday, too. Read More »
EMC Corp. said today it will acquire scale-out storage provider Isilon Systems in an all-cash deal worth $2.25 billion. The deal is one of several high-profile acquisitions and fundings in the storage space as companies try to handle the data created by our online activity. Read More »
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