Skyhook Wireless, a Wi-Fi location-based services startup, has gotten the majority of its headlines due to its cutesy Loki browser plug-in, which adds loction to search and other web services. But the company has a whole lot of plans that have nothing to do… Read More »
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Google has started putting its logo on three headsets made by Plantronics. They are not exactly elegant – Skype has them beat on that – but are good enough for Google Talk. “The winning feature: a noise canceling microphone. This eliminates any audio feedback or… Read More »
The rich bonuses Ed Whitacre and Duane Ackerman take into their imminent retirements make them the only sure winners of the compromises required to close AT&T’s acquisition of BellSouth on Dec. 29, 2006. The M&A euphoria lifting AT&T’s stock in 2006 does not diminish the threat… Read More »
Yahoo PR emailed to say users can now edit Yahoo Local listings and add their own ratings and reviews, collections, photos, and tags directly. Says the company, “For quality control purposes, these suggestions do not change a listing permanently, but are included as notes that can… Read More »
While Verizon and Sprint are busy in an EVDO Rev A standoff, Cingular is occupied with expanding its 3G network. Cingular says it now offers 3G in “more than 160 markets, including most of the top 100 major cities in the… Read More »
Not exactly, but it has plans to help it service provider customers make ton of money off online video. Full report is here. Read More »
Aggregate Knowledge, which provides widgets for Amazon- and Netflix-like recommendations for other sites (such as Overstock) announced today it has raised $5 million in Series A funding from Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. VentureBeat reports the company is making $2 million in annualized… Read More »
Portland residents and reporters are already testing live sections of the city’s muniFi network, after MetroFi turned on a few areas last week. The feedback isn’t the greatest. If anyone has any feedback on the Microsoft content and ad service, send it… Read More »
Will pro TV networks kill web creativity? It’s a valid question and the sparring is fun to watch. But ultimately there is a much bigger, more interesting story — about the bold new places NewTeeVee will take us, where video has not been before. Read the… Read More »
If you live in the US, probably you haven’t noticed it. But fiber networks are growing in popularity, luring people with faster speeds, and now lower prices. PointTopic, the company that tracks the broadband markets says that fiber networks for consumer broadband access are now in… Read More »
NewTeeVee has a post about Seattle-based audio-and-video search start-up, Pluggd, which has raised $1.65 million from Intel and angel investors. VentureBeat, which first wrote about the company says that Pluggd has “‘perfected the user experience’ for audio and visual search.” Now we all… Read More »
Mojungle, a mobile media-sharing startup, is the latest company to put itself up for sale on eBay, with the bid starting at $60,000. The Los Angeles-based startup is less than a year old and has bootstrapped itself with just three full time employees. Mojungle… Read More »
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