Simplify Media extends to iPhone, gets funding

Simplify Media extends to iPhone, gets funding

When we wrote about Simplify Media in July, we pointed out the company’s ability to tie together the libraries of iTunes users, allowing them to stream music to their friends or to themselves, when away from their home computer.

The Redwood City, Calif. company has now added support for Winamp, iPhone and iPod Touch. Users can hop onto a WiFi connection with their iPhone, hook up to their home computer and listen to their full collection… Continue Reading

Izimi, latest social publishing site

Izimi, latest social publishing site

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Izimi.com is another neat little web 2.0 publishing tool • and boasts of an easier way to share video with the world than YouTube.

It does this by letting you share any file on your computer • not just video, but spreadsheet, pdf, whatever — by creating a URL for that file, which you can then send to your friends.

In this way, it is similar to Avvenu (see our earlier coverage). But Izimi goes further…. Continue Reading

Looking for killer remote access application

Looking for killer remote access application

This has been a particularly busy week for remote access software, with SoonR announcing 100MB of storage and better Outlook integration and LogMeIn Hamachi named one of PC Magazine’s best free software downloads.

SoonR, of Campbell, Calif., lets you get to files on your computer via your mobile phone and LogMeIn Hamachi is a free VPN connection. LogMeIn is based in Boston.

If you’ve ever pulled upto your vacation hotel in Hawai, and realized you forgot… Continue Reading

Roundup: Cisco sues, Avvenu, Weatherbill, Techdirt, Blue Origin & more

Roundup: Cisco sues, Avvenu, Weatherbill, Techdirt, Blue Origin & more

Here’s the latest wrap-up of Silicon Valley tech news:

Cisco sues Apple over iPhone name — Who cares? If Apple loses, it will come up with a different name. Like, ApplePhone, or iPodPhone. Details of suit.

Yahoo signs deal with Akimbo to deliver video to televisions — Just the latest move in a huge number of deals pushing video to your TV. More details here.

Avvenu shares music via link in email — Avvenu, a Palo Alto start-up has been around… Continue Reading