iTunes, we have a storage problem (and a potential fix)
Late last year I bought an Apple TV. It’s a great device for playing digital content in the living room, but it has some limitations. Some of those I laid out recently in explaining why Apple TV is at a crossroads, but the single biggest problem going forward for such a device, and Apple’s expansion into video content overall, is storage. Now, a solution for that problem may be near.
The problem: It’s a matter of… Continue Reading
Quova lets websites know where you are
Geolocation software developer Quova launched its new On-Demand service today, providing websites with the ability to pinpoint their users’ locations, and use this data to customize their content and applications.
The Mountain View, Calif. company gives businesses the tools they need to help their users find local information (weather and nearby stores, for example) on their websites. Quova says the technology could also come in handy in checking out potential fraud by giving e-commerce sites the… Continue Reading
Roundup: Yahoo, Apple pre-earnings reports, Akamai’s new ads, and more
Here’s the latest action:
Earnings: Yahoo may shortly be cutting employee compensation – This may be instead of or in addition to planned job cuts.
Earnings: Apple lowballs projections, as usual — Fortune’s Apple 2.0 blog has a closer look at this historical trend.
Akamai launches ad targeting service — The content delivery network company has bought ad-targeting company Acerno for $95 million, as part of this new focus.
Research in Motion joins Blackberry cross-device application testing service — The service, DeviceAnywhere,… Continue Reading
DigiMeld launches Internet video streaming technology
DigiMeld has launched a new technology aimed at making high-definition videos play more smoothly over the web.
The New York-based company has also raised $2 million in a first round of funding from angel investors. The company tested its “grid streaming” technology with NASA’s TV network.
DigiMeld has already completed a series of live tests with NASA that include the simultaneous broadcast of a space shuttle launch. The company reports there was no down time and it… Continue Reading
Roundup: Wikileaks judge slaps own wrist, AllPeers unpeers, Saudis developing solar, and more
Here’s the latest action:
1) Wikileaks judge restores restores site, slaps self on wrist
2) AllPeers’ peer-to-peer scheme fails to capture users
3) Chevron, Weyerhaeuser join up for cellulosic ethanol
4) Saudi Arabia and IBM partner to develop green nanotech
5) Akamai wins patent fight, but not happy with ruling
6) Woz points out flaws in Apple’s latest products
7) Global warming, now with double the lethality
LinkedIn’s new features look a little more like Facebook
9) Fastcompany.tv launches with Robert Scoble
10) Fortune tops… Continue Reading
Roundup: FM hires bank, Tesla, Akamai’s growth and more
1. Tesla to begin production of the Roadster on March 17
2. Blog ad network FM turns down $100M offer?
3. CDN Akamai sees record traffic from social networks
4. Newspaper traffic up; old media on the rise?
5. Creating popular social networks, apps
6. Gazprom-Media reportedly acquiring RuTube
7. WSJ will stay subscription based, says Murdoch
8. Recording industry to start going after ISPs
9. World Wide Packets sells for $280 million
Tesla to begin production of the Roadster on March 17 — All safety… Continue Reading
Why HDTV is tough and how Akamai is making it easier
Television and especially high definition television is something that we’re already seeing as a viable method for internet distribution. Best found in the rampant use of torrents, the widespread availability and demand for high-definition TV (HDTV) is already upon us.
But currently there’s no efficient method to stream media at such high resolution – a problem that Akamai is attempting to solve by expanding the company’s delivery hardware. Akamai plans to overcome speed limitations by building… Continue Reading
Akamai scoops up Redswoosh, to maintain CDN lead
Akamai, the content delivery network company, has acquired San Francisco video data distribution company RedSwoosh for $15 million — as it seeks to maintain leadership in the important video delivery industry.
See statement here.
We wrote about Redswoosh last year. It offers a free peer-to-peer content distribution product similar to BitTorrent, and shares ad revenue with content owners. You download its software in order to share files, and its advantage is that it respects copyright — something… Continue Reading
Akamai buys Netli, a content delivery company, for about $180M
Updated
Akamai Technologies, of Cambridge, Mass., has agreed to acquire Netli, a Mountain View, Calif., company that provides businesses with a content delivery technology.
The purchase will be made with 3.2 million shares of Akamai common stock, which is worth about $180 million today. Netli lets users speed up transmission of their content with its own protocol and by shifting bandwidth and storage needs within its own infrastructure. It is expected to help Akamai accelerate its own… Continue Reading