Roundup: Amazon-TiVo video punch, Metacafe’s woes, Google’s tracking & more
(Updated) roundup of latest tech stuff:
Amazon.com answers Wal-Mart on video downloads — There are so many video download services, it’s easy to get jaded. Wal-Mart just announced its own download service, but the test site looks awful (it still badly garbled as of this writing). A more promising video service is the offering by Amazon Unbox to download movies directly to your TiVo. This is significant: It’s the first service letting people watch regular TV programming… Continue Reading
UPDATE: Satellite co., Globalstar, (does not) pull IPO
[Update: This story was written Oct 13. PE Week has since retracted its report (scroll down), and says GlobalStar is still on track for IPO.]
GlobalStar, the Milpitas provider of voice and data communications services via satellite that just last week reasserted its plans to go public, has withdrawn registration for its proposed $100 million IPO. No reason was given. PE Week reported the news, but it got little coverage elsewhere. This reversal is a little… Continue Reading