The investment into the next generation of location and augmented reality applications is as big as the buzz around them. Novel and clever applications are appearing that connect the applications environment into the vast pool of content on the web. While we see amazing apps and ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
Google Buzz has launched Buzz buttons that web site publishers can add to their pages to make it easier for readers to share content on the Gmail-based social network. GigaOM is one of the launch partners for this new feature, along with several other media outlets. Read more »
This morning, we’re hosting the latest GigaOM Bunker Series event here at our San Francisco offices. The topic this time is next-generation applications for the smart-grid sector. We’ll examine what applications and services will be delivered on top of the current smart grid infrastructure buildout, including ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
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To help Silicon Valley learn more about the changes taking place to the nation’s broadband, we’re hosting FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski at our offices here in San Francisco on Wednesday, Jan. 6 at 10 a.m. PT for an hour-long GigaOM forum. Read more »
With rumors that something will change with the Apple TV this week, Alistair Croll takes the opportunity to pen an ambitious feature wish list for the perfect Apple entertainment device: – TV tuner and set-top PVR to take on TiVo, with streaming and synchronization to Apple’s […] Read more »
As simultaneously announced on GigaOM and The Apple Blog, Giga Omni Media has acquired The Apple Blog. This adds an entire blog of Apple-specific coverage to our growing network. If you’re keeping score, the GigaOM family of blogs now includes: GigaOM, for reporting and analysis of […] Read more »
We’re live in San Francisco today at Structure 08, GigaOM’s cloud computing conference. GigaOM old-timers Katie Fehrenbacher and Liz Gannes have prime seats to give you photo, video and blog updates throughout the day. If you want to pretend like you’re here with us, check out […] Read more »
The mid-market is the last great business application opportunity, says Zach Nelson, president and CEO of the recently IPOed NetSuite. (That’s his market, but he promises his presentation will not be too self-serving. We shall see!) The cloud makes it economical to reach the Fortune 5,000,000. […] Read more »
Jim Crowe, president and CEO of Level 3, is sick with the flu, so Buddy Miller, vice chairman, is stepping in. Going through a little history: Company hoping to make a profit soon. In ’90s you could raise money but turmoil when the bubble burst. Level […] Read more »
OK, so this is the sexy panel. We have tech people from some of the biggest web sites out there telling us about how they scale their sites. Jeremiah Robison, Slide Sandy Jen, Meebo Jonathan Heiliger, Facebook Akash Garg, hi5 Networks Raj Patel, Yahoo! James Barrese, […] Read more »
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Over at Structure 08, the GigaOM conference about cloud computing (where Chris and I are, respectively, live-streaming and live-blogging all day), Drew Perkins, the CTO of optical transport equipment maker Infinera, tells us his company is having to rapidly scale its technology as the Internet grows. […] Read more »
Now we have a panel, The Race to the Next Database: Overclocking and Analytics Augment Your Data Layer. Our friend Nitin Borwankar is moderating. Panelists (pictured in reverse order): Mayank Bawa, Aster Data Systems Doug Judd, Zvents Luke Lonergan, Greenplum Damian Black, SQLstream Dave Schrader, Teradata […] Read more »
“I’m the systems administrator for a small book shop in Seattle.” “Remember this is just a very small snapshot at the beginning of a movement.” Shows slideshow by Animoto of people at the Next Web conference in Europe (company analyzes music for mood changes and sets […] Read more »
Skype users who are accustomed to the IM-like nature of the current software are in for a change with a new beta version to be released tomorrow for Windows that takes up the entire PC desktop screen. Om says over at GigaOM that the new size […] Read more »
PodShow is the latest company to ditch that oh-so-2005 name by switching to the relatively meaningless Mevio this week. Others who have dropped the “pod” include EveryZing (nee PodZinger) and VoloMedia (nee Podbridge). Can you escape the curse of the pod? It’s not looking too good […] Read more »
Widgets are taking social media by storm and becoming a valuable online marketing platform for interaction with consumers. Last June, comScore estimated that widgets reach 177 million people every month, or 21 percent of the worldwide online audience. ComScore’s tracking methods are debated (see also Techcrunch: […] Read more »
Apple has taken a lot of grief for pushing Safari onto unsuspecting iTunes and Qucktime users on the Windows platform and Neowin points to something today that makes that whole situation pretty comical. It seems the Safari End User License Agreement (EULA) prohibits the installation of […] Read more »
When is the time right for a founder to give up the CEO post? It’s a question you will likely have to ask yourself — if your company is at all successful. I’ve had this founders’ dilemma on the brain ever since I read last week’s […] Read more »
Yahoo has unveiled a new personalized mobile web content management utility called onePlace. The tool, which will be launched in the second quarter of 2008 as part of Yahoo Go 3.0 (a previously announced mobile application that enables easy access to existing mobile Yahoo services), will […] Read more »
Amazon’s S3 cloud-based storage service went down earlier this morning, according to numerous tips we’ve received. The service has impacted many companies, including folks like Twitter. According to our tipsters, the service went down around 4:30 a.m., and is showing a 500 Internal Server Error message. […] Read more »
Our friend Ben Yoskovitz, whose launch at DEMO we followed here (Presenting at DEMO: 12 Do’s. 5 Don’ts) and on GigaOM (Standout Jobs Aims to Engage), has now written a great post on what happened after his big splash at his Instigator Blog. Ben writes: “We […] Read more »
Om reported yesterday that Automattic, which makes the blogging platform WordPress (which we use), just raised $29.5 million in a B-round of venture funding. It is a big deal for the blogging industry — one investor is The New York Times, just the latest warning flare […] Read more »
On Friday night TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Read/WriteWeb and GigaOM cosponsored the 2007 Crunchies awards in San Francisco. It was a great event, and in case you couldn’t attend, you can catch the video here. The line-up of finalists in categories like ‘best bootstrapped startup’, ‘Best use of […] Read more »
I have been a Verizon customer for years, their network and EV-DO coverage in my local area is top-notch and from a service standpoint I have been quite happy with them. Where I have not been so happy with them is in their insistence on disabling […] Read more »
Having made sure that there is little room for competition in legacy and wired broadband businesses, the FCC it seems is using wireless as the iron rod to keep cable and phone companies in check. In order to promote broadband wireless, FCC is opening up more […] Read more »
On Live Journal I found this wonderful, insightful and delightfully funny essay on evolution of voice as a communications tool. This is a piece unlike any I have read, and takes us from the Bell, the inventor not the monoply to the VoIP today. “It occures […] Read more »
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