The move away from unlimited mobile broadband could be frustrating for consumers, but it’s opening up new opportunities for startups. One of these, Onavo, launched last month, and claims to help iOS users reduce the amount of monthly bandwidth on their 3G-enabled iPhones and iPads. The Onavo application and service are free in the...
How many usernames and passwords do you have on the Internet? You’ll no doubt have unique identifiers for your emails, social networks and bank accounts for starters. But what about all those other forums and publications that require sign-in to post comments, ask questions and generally interact with the digital world? You probably have...
Friday’s explosion at a Foxconn plant in the Chinese city of Chengdu, where many iPads are produced, could affect the availability of Apple’s tablet device by up to 30%, Digitimes reports. It has been estimated that as Foxconn has been forced to suspend production in Chengdu City, shipments of Apple’s iPad 2 device could...
TechCrunch Disrupt kicks off in New York City in about 3 hours. So naturally I’m sitting in a bar in Iceland. Why? Well, the entire story is kind of long and many parts are probably more appropriate for a Paul Carr book than this post. But the keyword is “Grimsvotn”. Yes, it just so...
Image: AP AOL’s Indian site, AOL.in, now redirects to aol.coolage.in, one of AOL’s media properties, TheNextWeb has noticed. Maybe AOL is just preparing a relaunch or a revamping of their India portal. Or maybe it’s just giving up on India as it tries to turn around its business in the US. AOL has thousands...
On the heels of raising a whopping $50 million in venture capital, Eventbrite will announce today that former Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy has joined the company’s board of directors. McCarthy was Netflix’s chief financial officer for nearly 12 years, from before the DVD rental company went public and during its transition to a hugely...
Image: AP Images Falun Gong, a spirirtual movement which is banned and oppressed in China, says in a lawsuit that Cisco actively helped the Chinese government to suppress them, the Times reports. Based on sales material, the lawsuit alleges that Cisco customized its equipment specifically to track Falun Gong members, and in its marketing...
Tesco’s wholly owned subsidiary Dunnhumby has acquired Boston based BzzAgent for around $60 million, we’ve confirmed. The companies will announce the acquisition today but is not disclosing the terms of the deal. And no, I didn’t make up any of the words in that first sentence. This is just how companies name themselves today....
It’s perhaps not the most likely of companies to go into the social networking game, but Japanese car manufacturer Toyota has announced it’s launching a social networking service of its very own. As reported today, Toyota is teaming up with San Francisco-based Salesforce.com to launch ‘Toyota Friend’, a Twitter-esque private social network for Toyota...
While the Kindle keeps crushing Barnes Noble’s Nook e-reader in the general market, women’s magazines are very successful on the device, the Times reports. Apparently the Nook is more popular with women than the Kindle or even the iPad, and publishers of women’s magazines have had great success there. Why? The Times comes up...