 | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology
Patently Apple has the word on a patent filed by Apple yesterday that has the potential to change the way users interact with the iPhone. The patent shows off a new method for finger gestures on the iPhone that utilizes its camera, instead of the touchscreen.
As demonstrated by the patent, there are several ways the camera gestures can be used: When listening to voicemail on the iPhone with the phone held up to your ear, you can swipe the camera lens to fast-forward or rewind the message. Another example shows the user navigating the iPhone’s interface by swiping the camera lens. [...]
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: GigaOM | Category: Media
Another day, another big investment in online video in China. The recipient this time is Qiyi, an online video venture from Chinese search giant Baidu; it’s raised $50 million from Hulu backer Providence Equity Partners.
The news of Baidu’s interest in launching an online video site for [...]
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology
MOG, a music blogging network that recently launched an all-you-can-eat streaming service, raised $9.5 million in a round led by Menlo Ventures and Balderton Capital.
The new funds will help the company develop mobile apps that let users stream music on the go, cut deals with hardware companies to have MOG come pre-installed on a host of devices from TVs to music players in cars and launch in Europe where it will go head-to-head with Sweden’s Spotify. Unlike rival Spotify, MOG doesn’t offer free, advertising-supported streaming. [...]
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: GigaOM | Category: Media
With funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, non-profit satellite network LinkTV is building a site called ViewChange.org, which will use open-source, semantic technology to create an information hub for global development resources. LinkTV says that ViewChange will be launched in summer 2010.
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology
“Did I really just do that?” I ask myself, part way into playing “Heavy Rain,” the new, uh, video game for the PlayStation 3.
Moments before, I faced a unique problem—unique to video games that is. A baby was crying. She had a dirty diaper. And her mother was unable to car for her. In order to advance the game, I had to mash a few buttons in proper sequence to change her diaper. Call it The Diaper Combo.
“There you go, fresh new baby,” our hero triumphantly said, after I quickly mastered the challenge. [...]
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology
We’re honored to announce that Geoff Keighley, host of Spike TV’s Game Trailers TV with Geoff Keighley television show, will host a fireside chat for our upcoming GamesBeat@GDC executive game conference. The topic will be How to Build a Blockbuster Franchise, and this fireside chat will have some heavy firepower.
The event is set for March 10 in San Francisco at the Game Developers Conference in the Moscone Convention Center. Keighley has covered video games for more than half his life, starting at the age of 13. [...]
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: GigaOM | Category: Media
Smartphones could be the most important diagnostic tool of the next century, according to Eric Topol, a cardiologist speaking at the TedMed conference last year. Maybe if the smartphone becomes useful for medical monitoring, perhaps those costly data plans will be reimbursed by insurance providers.
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology
When his son announced he was going to become an entrepreneur, Accuray’s John Adler breathed a sigh of relief. Trip Adler, who went on to run Scribd, had always been a free spirit — and the senior Adler notes that he was likely to succeed, given his independent attitude and the fact that successful startups create their own rules. Below, the father-son team discuss the advice John gave in this Entrepreneur Thought Leader Lecture at Stanford University.
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Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology
Today at 5 pm Pacific time is the deadline for submissions to the GamesBeat@GDC Who’s Got Game best game startup contest. If you’re a game entrepreneur, please fill out an application here. We’ve got some good entries but would love to get more. The finalists will be chosen early next week and will have the opportunity to present in front of hundreds of movers and shakers in the game industry at our conference on March 10.
Our panel of judges — moderator Jeremy Liew of Lightspeed Venture Partners, Eric Goldberg of Crossover Technologies, Joe Hyrkin of Trinity Ventures, Jamil Moledina of Electronic Arts Partners, and Patrick Mork of GetJar — will review the finalists on stage at GamesBeat@GDC and pick a winner. [...]
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Venture Beat | Category: Technology
FriendFeed, the website for social network aggregation and real-time communication, has been down for at least three hours now (I’m writing this shortly after 1am Pacific time). A FriendFeed team member tweeted that the site is “majorly down due to major power outage for multiple racks.”
Both the outage and the response will probably contribute to a sense of the site’s irrelevance. Personally, when I saw that FriendFeed was down, my first thought was, “Well, that was inevitable. [...]
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile
Consumers on the Android and iPhone platforms continue to be actively engaged with applications, according to AdMob’s January 2010 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/Mkj4mI0aO7w" height="1" width="1"/
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile
Continental Airlines claims it is the first carrier to offer mobile boarding passes on nonstop flights from Britain to the United States.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/fsx3ALpIu1s" height="1" width="1"/
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile
Univision Interactive Media Inc. plans to extend its reach with the “Novelas y Series” mobile video series, which will be accessible via a WAP site and an application.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/I91258hCv6E" height="1" width="1"/
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile
After listening to customer feedback, Allrecipes.com has upgraded its food application to include the company’s full recipe database.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/-X6f7Tx4pic" height="1" width="1"/
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile
See how Coldwell Banker used SMS to sell real estate in Pittsburgh.
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile
State Farm Insurance has rolled out an iPhone application to complement its successful Steer Clear Safe Drivers Discount Program.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/_XdlOrn6u90" height="1" width="1"/
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile
Today in Mobile Commerce Daily - Panda Express testing mobile ordering system to drive sales; and Puerto Rico-based malls use SMS to drive store traffic for retailers.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/unrup9jJyd8" height="1" width="1"/
Read more | Friday, February 26, 2010
Source: Mobile Marketer | Category: Mobile
Best Buy, Steve Madden and Wet Seal will discuss their mobile strategies at the Mobile Boot Camp hosted by Mobile Commerce Daily and the NRF in San Francisco March 2. Register now.img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/homepage-news/~4/zCr3lPKJ-SQ" height="1" width="1"/
Read more | Thursday, February 25, 2010
Source: GigaOM | Category: Media
Music subscription service provider MOG has raised $9.5 million in a new round of venture funding, with U.K.-based Balderton Capital joining lead investor Menlo Ventures, an existing stakeholder, in the round. MOG is planning a consumer marketing push, mobile apps, and a U.K. launch.
Read more | Thursday, February 25, 2010
Source: GigaOM | Category: Media
Music subscription service provider MOG has raised $9.5 million in a new round of venture funding, with U.K.-based Balderton Capital joining lead investor Menlo Ventures, an existing stakeholder, in the round. MOG is planning a consumer marketing push, mobile apps, and a U.K. launch.
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