Wi-Fi mesh makers are turning to Google Earth for an added birds-eye view of networks. Why? Mesh creators can use hardware and software from companies like Strix and SkyPilot to obtain location and operational data of network nodes, and create useful maps using Google Earth. DIY … Read More »
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WebWorkerDaily: 18 tips to trick out your Google Calendar NewTeeVee: Neokast: P2P: Streaming for Everyone? NewTeeVee: Viacom, Universal want viral love, or not NewTeeVee: Killing YouTube, one joint venture at a time. Right! It is actually good. GigaGamez: PS3, not exactly a Mercedes, Sony … Read More »
The traditional content delivery networks (CDNs) of the mid-1990s were designed to move web content close to the narrowband last mile of modems and ISDN connections. As I’ve written about here before, even today in the broadband age CDNs are booming because digital media is … Read More »
With the plethora of conferences, it feels like the “March Madness” of conferences! Here are a couple notable ones: This year seems to be the year of Internet-driven TV, film and broadcasting. The Video on the Net Conference will spend March 19-22 hashing out the details … Read More »
The remarkably uniform pessimism regarding Vonage’s prospects, reflected in the share price, would lead you to believe that Vonage is on the death bed, gasping its last breath. The $58 million potential payout to Verizon has the gravediggers out in full force. The B-word … Read More »
Every time an economic bubble develops, many will tell you how “this time it’s different,” how “this time the rules have changed.” The lie of the Web 2.0 bubble is that free is the way to succeed in the new economy. That’s not true. The rules … Read More »
Given the meager resources Google has thrown behind its Google Finance project, it is almost a wonder that it is alive and kicking, though posing little or no threat to Yahoo Finance or CNN Money (which got a little makeover as well.) … Read More »
Google and China Mobile had announced their “mobile search” partnership back in January 2007, but further details are coming to light, thanks to a report published in CEOCIO, a local business magazine. And so far the results of the partnership, according … Read More »
Jackson West has come up with a fine parody and a nice flow chart that makes fun of YouTube’s content removal policy. I wish it was April 1, 2007! Read More »
I would say it’s April Fools come early, but this is apparently backed up by statistics. Facebook founder Dustin Moskovitz claims on the company’s blog that every Thursday at 9 p.m. EST, visitors to the social network tail off dramatically because they’re watching Grey’s Anatomy. … Read More »
Tony Walsh at Clickable Culture thinks The Armory, Blizzard’s new searchable database network of WoW items and players, is going to make Rupture irrelevant. Not so fast, says Sven Concord of reBang. Continue reading… Read More »
NewTeeVee.com: Ten great websites where you can go and download legal, free and DRM free torrents. WebWorkerDaily: A conference survivor guide for web workers. SxSW visitors please note. WebWorkerDaily: Work Streaming, the new face time. GigaGamez: Crackdown for XBox 360, reviewed. GigaOM Jobs: Program Manager, … Read More »
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