What Does the Future Hold for Newspapers?Sunday, March 28, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Last year was the worst year since 1986 for newspaper ad revenues (unless you use inflation-adjusted numbers, in which case it was the worst since 1963). Some papers are looking to pay walls as a solution, while others are hoping the Apple iPad will save them. Read more |
For Open Cloud Computing, Look Inside Your Data CenterSunday, March 28, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media For all the talk about openness in cloud computing, both public-and private-cloud providers operate very much in their own silos. However, things may be changing — especially when it comes to internal clouds. Read more |
PE Firm Plans Open LTE Network To Challenge ATT and VerizonSaturday, March 27, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media A New York private equity firm plans to build a multi-billion-dollar wholesale 4G wireless network using the Long Term Evolution standard that will cover most of the country by 2015. The ambitious plans by Harbinger Capital partners relies on spectrum owned by several satellite companies. Read more |
When It Comes to Apps, Feature Phones Are the New BlackSaturday, March 27, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Feature phones – you know, those passé, non-OS handsets that account for a whopping 83 percent of the U.S. handset market – are set to join their higher-end counterparts as viable vehicles for mobile applications. Read more |
Will Facebook be the One Ring for Location?Friday, March 26, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media In a blog post on its updated privacy policies, Facebook dropped some hints about what the social network has in mind in terms of future location features. But will they co-exist with Foursquare and Gowalla, or will Facebook become the one ring that rules them all? Read more |
Hot Deals, Big Money: What’s Up With Silicon Valley?Friday, March 26, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Foursquare is being actively wooed by four major venture capital investors, which are valuing it at between $50 million and $70 million. And it isn’t the only startup seeking a “big round” at a “big valuation” -- indeed, big-ticket investments are making a comeback. Read more |
The iPad Will Usher In a New Era of HTML5 VideoFriday, March 26, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media When Apple first introduced the iPad to the world, there was more than a bit of consternation around the fact that the new device, which finally ships next week, wouldn’t support Adobe Flash. While limiting access to a whole range of Flash-based games and web sites [...] Read more |
In the App Economy Does the Mobile Browser Matter?Friday, March 26, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Mobile broadband consumption shows no signs of slowing, but the way people access the mobile web could be changing. As more smartphone titles appear, use of mobile browsers could actually decrease as applications offer more useful bite-sized chunks of the web. Read more |
Understand the $1.4T IT Market Shake-up at Structure 2010 — Register Now and Get $100 Off!Friday, March 26, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media GigaOM’s flagship conference, Structure, returns on June 23rd and 24th for two days of deep insight into the Cloud Computing industry. Register now and receive $100 off your ticket. Read more |
Nokia Nabs Novarra For Better Browsing on Low-End PhonesFriday, March 26, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Nokia said today that it has purchased Novarra, a company that delivers a faster browsing experience on feature phones. There are only 400 million smartphones among 4.6 billion total mobile subscribers, so buying a firm to boost browsing for the rest of the world makes sense. Read more |
Larry Ellison Tears Into SAPFriday, March 26, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media “Every quarter we grab huge chunks of market share from SAP…SAP’s most recent quarter was the best quarter of their year, only down 15%, while Oracle’s application sales were up 21%. But SAP is well ahead of us in the number of CEOs for this year, [...] Read more |
New Wikipedia Redesign is Coming SoonThursday, March 25, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Wikipedia says it is close to rolling out a new design for the site that it hopes will make the encyclopedia easier to use for new visitors and will encourage more contributions. The new design, code-named Vector, will start to be rolled out in April. Read more |
Gravity Launches Public Beta: Former MySpace Execs’ Take on ForumsThursday, March 25, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Gravity, a site meant to foster online conversations between people with common interests, became available to the public today. The company, founded by a trio of former MySpace executives and funded by Redpoint Ventures and August Capital, has built a easy-on-the-eyes and snappy forum platform. Read more |
The U.S. WiMAX Smart Grid: Cisco Backs Grid Net, Michigan PilotThursday, March 25, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media A smart grid powered by the wireless standard WiMAX has made major strides in the U.S. this week. GE announced that it would work on one of the first smart grid pilot programs based on WiMAX in the U.S. with Michigan utility Consumers Energy. At the same time, WiMAX smart meter startup Grid Net announced that networking giant Cisco has taken an equity investment in the company. Read more |
Sweden Rocks and The U.S. Drops in Tech Productivity StudyThursday, March 25, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media The U.S. dropped in the rankings of countries that are well equipped to use their information and communications technology infrastructure as an economic advantage, while Sweden tops that list, according to a survey issued today by the The World Economic Forum. Read more |
Announcing the 10 Green:Net LaunchPad WinnersThursday, March 25, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media It’s that time of year, folks! We’ve selected 10 companies, all of which are using information technology to fight climate change, to launch or unveil interesting new products at our Green:Net conference on April 29th in a session we call the LaunchPad. Drum roll, please… Read more |
Announcing the Green:Net LaunchPad WinnersThursday, March 25, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media It’s that time of year, folks! We’ve selected 10 companies, all of which are using information technology to fight climate change, to launch or unveil interesting new products at our Green:Net conference on April 29th in a session we call the LaunchPad. Drum roll, please… Read more |
YouTube Caught in Net Neutrality Flap in IndiaThursday, March 25, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Google has long been a proponent of net neutrality, but it appears the company may have unknowingly allowed an advertising partner in India to promote preferential treatment for certain video streams on YouTube. A reader in India tipped us off that YouTube advertiser Bharti Airtel, a [...] Read more |
Crowdcast Launches Enterprise 2.0 DashboardThursday, March 25, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Crowdcast, which offers what it calls "collective intelligence tools" for businesses that are based on crowdsourcing ideas from employees, has launched a new executive dashboard that allows a company to track the predictions that have been made by staff and compare those against official corporate targets. Read more |
Skype Now Available on VerizonThursday, March 25, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Skype is now available to the Verizon Wireless customers who are owners of Blackberry and Android-based smart phones, the New York-based phone company said today. The Skype Mobile service now works on nine phones. Kevin covered the news for us over on jkOnTheRun yesterday. We are [...] Read more |
