The Spark That Could Ignite Web MASaturday, March 6, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media The web has evolved to a point where mergers are starting to make strategic sense. Its division into two parts -- an information web and a conversation web -- is becoming more and more of an acute reality to big web companies. Read more |
Android This Week: Apple vs. HTC and Gesture SearchSaturday, March 6, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Android news this week was dominated by Apple — in the form of a lawsuit Cupertino filed against Android phone maker HTC alleging patent infringement. In the meantime, I had a chance to do a full review of Motorola’s latest Android phone, the Devour. Read more |
Big In Japan Plans to Move the Needle in QR Codes With Snappr BuyFriday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Big In Japan, whose barcode-reading app ShopSavvy has been a major hit on smartphones, today announced it has picked up a pioneer in QR codes. The move could go a long way toward pushing QR codes, which have failed to gain much traction in the U.S. Read more |
GoldSpot Delivers Mobile Ads While You SleepFriday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media GoldSpot Media is looking to tap the nascent in-app advertising space by delivering video pitches to consumers. And the company hopes to differentiate itself with technology that delivers "opportunistic downloads" that minimize traffic on cell networks and store content directly on the handset. Read more |
Asia, Middle East Users Now 25% of FacebookFriday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media One in four Facebook users now come from Asia or the Middle East, according to O’Reilly Media research analyst and blogger Ben Lorica -- about 100 million people. And the number of users from Asia is growing much faster than any other major geographic region. Read more |
What’s Slowing Down Verizon’s LTE Speeds?Friday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Verizon expects its 4G mobile broadband will deliver speeds between 5-12 Mbps. So how does LTE --a technology that can deliver 150 Mbps -- get whittled down to less than a tenth of that? We explain how physics, regulations, investment and users take their toll. Read more |
Can IBM Help You Write a Better Blog Post?Friday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Researchers at IBM found many bloggers run out of ideas, so they came up with a recommendation system they called Blog Muse that allowed users to suggest topics they wanted to read about. Posts written through the system got more views, more comments and more "likes." Read more |
iPad on Sale in the US on April 3Friday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media If you are a fan of iPad like I am, well here is some good news. Apple says it was start selling the WiFi versions of the iPad on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. All models of iPad will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK in late April. Apple says it will start taking pre-orders for both models on March 12. Read more |
iPad Available in Stores on April 3Friday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Apple says it was start selling the WiFi versions of the iPad on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. Apple says it will start taking pre-orders for both models on March 12. Read more |
iPad Available in Stores on April 3.Friday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Apple says it was start selling the WiFi versions of the iPad on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. Apple says it will start taking pre-orders for both models on March 12. Read more |
iPad Available in Stores on April 3rd.Friday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Apple says it was start selling the WiFi versions of the iPad on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. Apple says it will start taking pre-orders for both models on March 12. Read more |
iPad to Be Available in Stores on April 3rdFriday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Apple says it was start selling the WiFi versions of the iPad on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. Apple says it will start taking pre-orders for both models on March 12. Read more |
iPad to Be Available in Stores on April 3rd. Plus Our PollFriday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Apple says it will start selling the Wi-Fi versions of the iPad on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. Apple says it will start taking pre-orders for both models on March 12. Read more |
iPad to Be Available in Stores on April 3rd — Plus, Our PollFriday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Apple says it will start selling the Wi-Fi versions of the iPad on Saturday, April 3, for Wi-Fi models and in late April for Wi-Fi + 3G models. Apple says it will start taking pre-orders for both models on March 12. Read more |
How Big Were Winter Olympics Online?Friday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media The recently concluded Winter Olympics held in Vancouver, Canada were a watershed moment in the history of online video. Akamai, a Cambridge, Mass.-based content delivery network with a global footprint helped collect some of the stats about Vancouver Olympics and they are truly mind-boggling. Read more |
How Big Were the Winter Olympics Online?Friday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media The recently concluded Winter Olympics that were held in Vancouver, Canada, were a watershed moment in the history of online video. Akamai, a Cambridge, Mass.-based content delivery network with a global footprint, helped collect some of the stats about the Vancouver Olympics and they are truly mind-boggling. Read more |
Ex-Six Apart CEO Joins Wolfram AlphaFriday, March 5, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Barak Berkowitz, a veteran of Silicon Valley has joined Wolfram Alpha, an intelligent search engine by Wolfram Research, a Champaign, IL company founded by scientist Stephen Wolfram. He joins as the managing director, a position that is roughly equivalent to the title of chief executive officer. [...] Read more |
Who Uses Social Media More, Men or Women?Thursday, March 4, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media A recent survey of social media use by Liberty Mutual shows that men are more positive towards and use social networks more frequently than women, but this conclusion is the exact opposite of the gender breakdown that several other surveys based on user-profile data have reported. Read more |
UPDATED: Who Uses Social Media More, Men or Women?Thursday, March 4, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media A recent survey of social media use by Liberty Mutual shows that men are more positive towards and use social networks more frequently than women, but this conclusion is the exact opposite of the gender breakdown that several other surveys based on user-profile data have reported. Read more |
Compiled Networks Aims to Link Clouds, Make Wi-Fi MobileThursday, March 4, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Compiled Networks, a stealthy Austin startup is building an appliance that can securely link two clouds at the network level, and uses the same technology to improve Wi-Fi offload for ISPs. It has managed to straddle two large markets but can it sell into them? Read more |
