4 AXYZ, which plans to use additive manufacturing to make relatively affordable custom furniture and accessories out of high-quality wood, launched a campaign on Indiegogo today. 4 AXYZ hopes to raise $1 million to go toward research and development and the purchase of a $1.5 million machine it needs to begin making furniture. Backers can choose between items like photo frames and dining sets, but 4 AXYZ also plans to eventually offer electronics-studded furniture that would bring increased connectivity to households.
Financial and media blogger Felix Salmon says he is leaving Reuters to join Fusion, a cable channel co-owned by ABC and Univision, because the future of storytelling and communication is not in text but in video, animation and other digital experiments Read more »
Dish is getting ready to launch its online TV service this summer, thanks in part to regulatory conditions put in place when Comcast and NBC Universal merged in 2011. Read more »
Some feared the worst when an appeals court struck down long-standing “net neutrality” rules in January. New developments show why the fear is not unfounded. Read more »
IntraLinks plans to integrate DocTrackr’s digital rights management capabilities and user-controlled encryption in its content management service. Read more »
Software-defined power provides key benefits for the data center. But how real is this technology, and is anyone using it yet? Read more at Gigaom Research »
Cloud-based collaboration tools streamline external and internal communication and allow distributed teams to share information seamlessly. But easy file sharing can also lead to easy file hacking. Lock down your confidential company information with a document management platform that provides true enterprise-level security. Read more »
Struggling games company Zynga announced more executive shifts Wednesday during its Q1 2014 earnings report, as co-founder and former CEO Mark Pincus will step down from his role as CPO. Pincus moved to the role in 2013 after hiring former Xbox guru Don Mattrick to take the reigns at the company. According to the press release, Pincus will continue his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The announcement comes as the company exceeded Wall Street’s dismal expectations for performance for Q1, reporting $168 million in revenue — 38 percent decrease since 2013.
Apple on Wednesday reported second-quarter revenues of $45.6 billion and profits of $10.2 billion. It sold 43 million iPhones and 16 million iPads. Read more »
Facebook posted strong earnings for Q1 in 2014, nearly doubling revenue. Meanwhile, CFO David Ebersman has announced his intention to step down in September, to be replaced by David Wehner. Read more »
