From Loopt to FourSquare, it seems like every mobile-focused startup these days wants to hop on board the location-based application train. Aloqa launched an iPhone version of its free Android and BlackBerry application last week (the startup’s CEO, Sanjeev Agrawal, spoke during a panel at our… Read More »
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Did you just see $500 million go up in smoke? Thanks to a massive data wipeout that left thousands of customers without their personal information, Danger Inc., a company Microsoft bought for about half a billion dollars last year is fast becoming worthless. T-Mobile USA, its… Read More »
Arthur Levinson, former CEO and chairman of Genentech, has resigned from the Google board. He is going to remain on the Apple board, however. Levinson, Apple and Google had been under fire for the presence of Levinson on the boards of both companies. His resignation is… Read More »
If you are a fan of the BBC, then odds are that you have seen the dark and comical series, “The Worst Week Ever of My Life.” It is the story of Sam Briggs, a man who wants to impress his bride-to-be’s family. And as one… Read More »
Mobile industry insiders are in San Diego this week attending the CTIA conference, and they have two things on their minds — that damn iPhone and how it has them flocking to what seems to be only decent alternative: Google’s Android. They desperately need something to… Read More »
As we have said before, developers are the kingmakers in the brave new world of the mobile Internet. That sentiment was made pretty evident at a small gathering organized by Palm in San Francisco today. The event was held to introduce Ben Galbraith and Dion Almaer,… Read More »
Brightkite is ready to re-launch its service. Brightkite is the company that emerged after Limbo, a Burlingame, Calif.-based startup, merged with Denver-based Brightkite. The company offers a location-based social networking service that allows folks to broadcast their location and help find bars and restaurants. When we… Read More »
