icloud, a “web operating system” with a growing selection of apps that can be included in a customizable virtual workspace, is now offering mobile apps for iOS and Android that include access to files, document viewing, and uploading of photos, along with an updated mobile website. Read More »
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Google is taking it on the chin, thanks to reported delays with Google TV software. While clearly an issue, it’s part of a much larger problem for the company as it diversifies from its search and advertising core businesses to more consumer-centric applications. Read More »
On the surface, the fast-growing daily deal site Groupon and eBay have little in common, but, according to CapLinked CEO Eric Jackson, the economic factors contributing to Groupon’s growth would be doing the same for eBay, had eBay not made a long series of strategic blunders. Read More »
eMarketer, a New York-based research firm estimates spending on U.S. internet advertisements, will grow 13.9 percent to $25.8 billion for the full year. It expects a 10.5 percent increase in U.S. online ad spending in 2011, followed by double-digit growth every year through 2014. Read More »
Flock, the Menlo Park, Calif-based company, today released a new version of its social networking oriented browser, Flock 3.5 for both Windows and Macintosh operating systems. It’s a worthy competitor to other Chromium-based browser rivals, such as recently launched RockMelt and Google’s Chrome. Read More »
By most estimates, 2010 will be a record year for online sales during the all-important months of November and December (collectively known as the holiday season.) And so far things on Black Friday are going smoothly without any glitches, a good sign for the sector. Read More »
This morning three old school web companies announced that they have been shopping. The recent wave of M&A shows that it is these old school web companies who are looking at current boom in tech stocks as a way to bolster their businesses. Read More »
RockMelt, a Mountain View, Calif.-based start-up with backing from the likes of Marc Andreessen, has made a new socially-aware, media-consumption-centric browser that’s available in beta soon. The company says its browser is optimized for the modern web and focuses on making sharing easy. Read More »
Google Android is handily beating both Apple and Microsoft in the race to control the smartphone market. Yet, each company is responding to this threat in very different way, but with the same weapon: the open standards of HTML5. Read More »
In a clear shot at Facebook’s walled garden, Google has changed the terms of its contacts API – which developers use to pull information from Google services – so that anyone using it has to provide the same access. The question is, what took so long? Read More »
Orbitz says American Airlines isn’t going to be participating in Orbitz, starting Dec. 1. AA said that they will look to negotiate a better deal. Which means a smaller cut to Orbitz. The news ravaged Orbitz shares — down 18 percent so far for the day. … Read More »
In past week or so, Google has lost some high profile executives, including AdMob co-founder Omar Hamoui and YouTube CEO Chad Hurley. Google Maps/Google Wave co-creator Lars Rasmussen also quit and is joining Facebook, lamenting inability to get anything done at the lumbering web giant. Read More »
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