The iPhone outsells that thing I’m using as a paperweight (the RAZR)
About four years ago Motorola’s RAZR was the sexiest phone out there. I remember waiting with bated breath for the CDMA (a wireless technology) version, so I could use it with my Verizon account. Times have changed.
Now, of course, the RAZR seems like a relic… Continue Reading
Roundup: Layoffs hit Revision3, Google Earth on the iPhone and more
Here’s the latest action:
Layoffs hit Revision3 — A number of shows are leaving the online video network or have been canceled.
Google Earth now available for the iPhone – The Google Earth Blog declares that the new iPhone app is “awesome.”
Microsoft opens Surface to third-party developers — The… Continue Reading
The pressure from Google and Apple continues: Verizon goes contract free
As the mobile world continues to evolve rapidly in the United States, Verizon is trying to maintain its role as a cellular leader despite many of its rivals garnering far more buzz. AT&T has the iPhone and now T-Mobile is set to be announced as… Continue Reading
iPhone apps like Whrrl preview the power of location, but there is far greater potential
With a global positioning system (GPS) chip now in the iPhone 3G, location services are becoming important to many mobile application developers. Each day, we’re seeing new iPhone apps launch which, if they’re not centered around location, rely heavily on it for core functions. But… Continue Reading
Roundup: Cloud computing stays free, big wind in SoCal, open source business and more
Dell doesn’t get cloud computing — A bid by computer maker Dell to trademark the term “cloud computing”, a broad term generally used to describe services and software that live on the Internet, has been preliminarily rejected by the US Patent Office.
SoCal Edison signs for 900MW… Continue Reading
Verizon shows you Visual Voice Mail — if you show them the money
Talk of Apple’s iPhone forcing competitors in the mobile industry to adapt has largely been focused on its large multi-touch display and more recently, the App Store. But there’s another, small feature that never ceases to wow new iPhone owners: Visual Voice Mail.
It’s been around… Continue Reading
Stalking your friends could be big business. $3.3 billion location-based social network economy by 2013?
While even the popular social networks nowadays aren’t making that much money (Facebook expects to make $350 million in revenues this year), the burgeoning field of mobile social networks could be big business shortly, a new report by ABI Research indicates. Specifically, location-based mobile social… Continue Reading
Entropic’s chips to cut the cost of multiple satellite TV set-top installations
It’s painful to get satellite TV service installed at your home because technicians have to spend a lot of time wiring multiple set-top boxes to a single dish antenna.
Entropic Communications has a solution that eliminates that problem. And today, the San Diego, Calif. company is… Continue Reading
Location buzz continues: Nokia buys Plazes, Verizon backs Loopt & NIM
Nokia, the world’s largest maker of mobile phones, has agreed to acquire the Swiss-German start-up Plazes, the companies said in a statement today.
Plazes, based in Berlin, Germany is a service that lets you share your location and leave a brief message — akin to… Continue Reading
Roundup: New York Social Times, a cleaner MySpace, and Wii Fit underwear girl
The New York Times adds social networking: The nation’s biggest daily newspaper is embracing Web 2.0 with the launch of its new online feature: TimesPeople. This beta program allows users to build up a friends list and view a news feed for stories that their… Continue Reading
Roundup: Verizon buys Alltel, CalPERS backs Khosla, and more
Verizon to buy Alltel, your cell phone bill to go up? — Verizon has concluded a deal to buy smaller wireless operator Alltel for $27 billion. Combined, the two will pass AT&T to become the largest operator in the US. Alltel has many users in the… Continue Reading
LiMo gets new partners including Verizon — an open rival to Google’s Android?
The Linux Mobile Foundation, or LiMo, has been trying to create an open-source platform for device manufacturers, carriers, third-party application developers and others in the mobile industry since last year. By using the open source Linux operating system, companies across segments of the mobile industry… Continue Reading
Google sounds off on spectrum auction results
The FCC-imposed period of silence following the spectrum auction has finally been lifted, and Google is talking.
As we suggested when news about the auction results broke, Google is very happy with the outcome despite not winning a single piece of the 700 Mhz spectrum. Why… Continue Reading
Verizon asks FCC for permission to interrupt cable’s broadcast
Verizon has filed a request with the FCC asking for the right to cancel existing cable television service on a customer’s behalf. Such a move could change the landscape, allowing for new television providers, such as Verizon with its FiOS (Fiber Optic Service) network, to… Continue Reading
Did Google trick Verizon into spending billions for an open spectrum auction win?
The 700 Mhz spectrum auction results were revealed today. The big winner? Verizon Wireless, which took the largest chunk of the sought-after C-block according to The Wall Street Journal. But was Verizon the real winner in this situation? Or was it actually Google?
Google, after all,… Continue Reading
Ignore that Android buzz, put down that iPhone: Verizon says it’s opened the network
Verizon Wireless today unveiled the specifications for its open network and promised to partner with inventors to grow the industry. That sounds good, but what does it really mean?
On the consumer end, unless you’re willing to pay several hundred dollars for a phone, you’re still… Continue Reading
Roundup: Farber takes over at CNET, Mozilla’s new email subsidiary, Scribd iPaper, and more
Here’s the latest action:
1) Dan Farber takes the helm at CNET
2) Mozilla launches email-focused subsidiary
3) Scribd creates iPaper, an Acrobat competitor
4) Hewlett-Packard has great first quarter
5) Tesla Motors pulls in another $40M
6) Verizon, AT&T unveil new unlimited wireless plans
7) Oligarchs, proletariat run amok in Silicon… Continue Reading
Roundup: Verizon, Gdrive, and more
1) Verizon to let “any apps, any device” onto its network
2) Google GDrive is real, almost here
3) Brightcove to focus on video distribution for its partners
4) JotSpot, where are you?
5) GuildCafe, a social network for gamers, buys Uberguilds Network, an online gaming network
6) Xbox introduces… Continue Reading
Roundup: Planet Google crowded, Verizon backs off, and more
Here’s the latest action:
1) Google facing employee overload
2) Verizon Wireless abandons legal challenge of FCC rules
3) Qualcomm comes up with competition for WiMAX
4) Could Yahoo finally be giving up social networking?
5) Google’s PageRank changes injure startups, again
And a handful of fundings:
6) Linkstorm raises $4.2 million… Continue Reading
Roundup: Ebay stamps Jajah, iPhone a $1B ecosystem?, Verizon-Google spat, more
Here’s the latest action:
–Jajah gets shut out of eBay
–German cell-phone software vendor buys iPhone game maker
–Verizon secretly pressuring FCC Chairman to renege on wireless opening?
–Facebook advertisers are “selling shovels to other miners”
–Ballmer: Ads to make up quarter of Microsoft business
–Research firm Gartner predicts continuing chip-industry… Continue Reading