Daily Archives: June 6, 2011

We’re Live At Microsoft’s E3 2011 Press Conference!

June 6, 2011
We’re Live At Microsoft’s E3 2011 Press Conference!

Here we are, live in the heart of USC’s Galen Center, as we wait for Microsoft to kick of E3 2011 in a big way. We’re expecting big things from Microsoft this year. But will it be Kinect big? Last year Microsoft used this very venue with a bit of help from Cirque du...

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Apple Has Secret Covered Banners Hanging At WWDC (AAPL)

June 6, 2011
Apple Has Secret Covered Banners Hanging At WWDC (AAPL)

Apple may have pre-announced iCloud, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t still have something new and exciting to reveal. Here’s a banner hanging at Moscone West where it is hosting WWDC. Presumably we’ll find out what’s behind the banner in an hour or so … For our WWDC live blog click here. Image: Matt...

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EBay acquires Magento, builds a commerce OS

June 6, 2011
EBay acquires Magento, builds a commerce OS

EBay  said it is buying up the rest of ecommerce platform Magento, which it previously had a 49 percent stake in, in a bid to build a broader commerce operating system that spans online, mobile, social and local. In effect, eBay is looking to be the go-to resource for online and offline retailers, helping...

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Free Press complains to the FCC about Verizon tethering

June 6, 2011
Free Press complains to the FCC about Verizon tethering

In the war to control access to services over wireless networks, the Free Press, a consumer group, has filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission because Verizon  has reportedly asked Google  to disable tethering on Android devices. Tethering applications allow users to turn their phones into mobile hotspots, a feature operators tend to charge extra...

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Appysnap turns iPhone photography into a quick-fire game

June 6, 2011
Appysnap turns iPhone photography into a quick-fire game

There are no shortage of games on Apple’s App Store; app developers are constantly evolving their ideas to create the next Angry Birds. Some apps function as useful services, trying to add gaming elements to prompt users to come back to the app, but with gamification often coming as an afterthought, many services fail...

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Interview with Extole: How to turn your customers into social marketers

June 6, 2011
Interview with Extole: How to turn your customers into social marketers

The digital world is rapidly opening up different ways marketers can interact with their customers. You’ve heard terms like “brand evangelists” and “tapping into social graphs,” but how do these terms apply to you and your company? Due to its pace and newness, this new wave of marketing can feel like an overwhelming tsunami of variables....

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Sorry, There’s Just No Good Excuse For The Amount Of Insider Selling Going On At Groupon (GRPN, ECHO)

June 6, 2011
Sorry, There’s Just No Good Excuse For The Amount Of Insider Selling Going On At Groupon (GRPN, ECHO)

The first thing we noticed when Groupon filed to go public was the simply astounding amount of insider selling going on.  This raises obvious questions for dullards like us who pay attention to things like corporate governance and behavioral economics: asymmetrical information and agency problems.  Yipit’s Vin Vacanti, perhaps one of the top experts...

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Waze Launches Its Social Sat-nav App For Traffic-Mad UK Drivers

June 6, 2011
Waze Launches Its Social Sat-nav App For Traffic-Mad UK Drivers

In December last year Waze, the social traffic and navigation app for smartphones, raised a hefty $25 million Series B round of funding. With growth doubling from 2 million users worldwide in December last year to four million users in 45 countries now, Waze clearly knew it was on a roll. And today it...

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Sina Is Going To Try To Kill Twitter (SINA)

June 6, 2011
Sina Is Going To Try To Kill Twitter (SINA)

Image: Ellis Hamburger Sina, the Chinese portal that owns Sina Weibo, the wildly popular microblogging platform, is planning an English-language version of its service to compete directly to Twitter, according to sources of TechWeb, via TheNextWeb. Sina Weibo is, for all intents and purposes, the Twitter of China, and is as wildly popular there...

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Stealthy chip startup’s technology is a big power play

June 6, 2011
Stealthy chip startup’s technology is a big power play

Stealthy startup SuVolta has invented a a way to improve the chip manufacturing process that will help cut the power usage of semiconductors by half, while maintaining their performance. The company plans to license the chip making process, according to the company’s CEO and President Bruce McWilliams. Lowering the power consumption of chips has...

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