The Next conference in Berlin is an international, English language conference covering of the latest in “digital”, and serves as a useful platform for German startups to present themselves. One of the best – and the one that won the startup competition this year – was Wahwah.fm. I actually really liked this company, but...
Next, these new Apple Stores – at least in some locations – will feature beefed up displays, which are described as “huge,” in addition to brand-new sound systems. Besides those in-store changes, Apple is set to release a brand-new Apple Store iOS application – possibly on Sunday – that is even more interactive. For...
You wouldn’t think that in 2011, we would still be having debates about the value of linking to things, yet we are. Blogging veteran Doc Searls of Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society got the latest discussion going with a blog post about how so many mainstream media outlets such as the New...
SkyGrid, a startup that offers a powerful business news aggregator, has upgraded its free iPhone and iPad app with a number of new social and interactive features today. SkyGrid’s app allows you to add filters to news streams, with the aim of giving you the most important news right as it’s happening. Using the...
MacroSolve, a U.S.-based firm founded in 1997, describes itself as “a pioneer in delivering mobile apps, technology and solutions to businesses and government.” It operates two divisions called Anyware and Illume Mobile and it claims to have “long-standing” relationships with Apple, RIM, Microsoft and Motorola, The Guardian reports. It also produces its own mobile...
Online ticket seller Eventbrite has raised another $50 million in a Series E financing round led by Tiger Global, according to a release issued by the company. This infusion comes only eight months after the company raised $20 million in funding last October. This latest investment brings the company’s total funding to $80 million....
Amazon Web Services has upped its enterprise credibility again, this time via a partnership with SAP that has certified certain SAP applications to run in production environments on the AWS cloud. General-purpose clouds such as AWS have been criticized as not being trustworthy enough to handle mission-critical, heavy-duty enterprise applications like those SAP sells...
Following on from yesterday’s story about the Australian journalist that was arrested after he wrote a report on a Facebook-hacking stunt at a security conference in Queensland, more details about the case have now emerged. Ben Grubb, a Technology Editor at Fairfax Media, it transpires was actually arrested by police despite claims by Queensland...
MobPartner co-founder CEO Vianney Settini MobPartner, an affiliate marketing network for the mobile web and apps, has hit 3 million transactions this week, an important milestone. Settini says there’s a huge opportunity in cost-per-action (CPA), affiliate advertising on mobile. CPA means advertisers only pay when a user does a specific action, like buying a...
Apple and Android developers have found themselves the target of a new round of patent infringement claims, this time from US-based company Macrosolve, which will seek monies owed from any developer whose apps “collect data for questionnaires and puts them online”. The Guardian reports that Macrosolve has already sued ten app development companies for infringing patent 7,822,816,...