Power came back on after a few hours and I was able to get on with my day. Right now I am sitting in Starbucks (where else) where I … Read More »
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Updated: For a long time we have been skeptical of the mobile virtual network provider (MVNO) model, pointing out repeatedly that it is a business not for the faint of heart and needs pockets as deep as a sub-saharan well. Perhaps, that is why … Read More »
Months ago we turned on the TypePad CAPTCHA because of the massive amounts of spam comments that jerks were posting. People have complained about that but we don’t have hours a day to spend dealing with the crap that gets posted without it. Yesterday it came … Read More »
When I found out I was going to be on the radio I decided to take the Asus R2H UMPC with me because Techblogger Dwight Silverman had never … Read More »
Why did CBS decide to spend $280 million to buy Last.fm, a UK-based music community that faces many challengers, and other risks such as the rapidly transforming Internet streaming royalty structure? A vexing question, it has been on my mind ever since I … Read More »
We almost skipped the NetSquared convention this week, given the 21 web-based projects presenting are all not-for profit organizations. But hey, GigaTeam needs to feel all warm and fuzzy sometimes too. So we spent a few hours watching pitches from social organizations that used the conference … Read More »
Google is looking to help web applications get offline, releasing a new Gears open source project. At a demonstration, today it is releasing a version of Google Reader that works offline via a manual sync. Google Gears is a developer release with new JavaScript APIs … Read More »
Microsoft and Palm both have big announcements coming at the D conference today. Speculation was rampant as word leaked out that both of these companies would announce innovative new hardware that would revolutionize the way we compute. Pretty heady stuff and had the entire web wagging. … Read More »
A couple of ex-Googlers, Bismarck Lepe and Sean Knapp, have teamed up to start Mountain View-based stealth-mode startup ooyala which is “focused on delivering a high-quality, interactive, video-viewing experience.” The alarm:clock sums it nicely, when it writes, “ooyala is not saying who or … Read More »
It was only a few weeks ago when I was lamenting about the lack of smart syncing between the Nokia N95 phone and Mac desktop. Even though Nokia offers Nokia Music Manager, it is hardly a software you can recommend to people addicted to … Read More »
Click2Call (C2C) technology is slowly but steadily spreading. VoiceStar and several start-ups have been trying to build their business around C2C technology. Skype and Google are very interested in the one-click calling as well. The latest company to make a splash in the space … Read More »
Starbucks started selling a CD of salsa music a while back and now it seems like every time I go into any Starbucks all I hear is loud salsa music. I can’t get away from it and it’s driving me nuts. There’s nothing wrong with salsa … Read More »
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