Rebtel considers itself to be one of the biggest threats to the Skype empire, so I was interested in learning from the company’s CEO, Andreas Bernstrom, how they felt about Microsoft acquiring their main rival for $8.5 billion in cash. Unsurprisingly, Bernstrom said the acquisition ‘validated the market’ but he also had some more...
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Image: Business Insider What is the best business school in the world? Businessweek and The Economist say it’s the University of Chicago. U.S. News says it’s Stanford. Unfortunately they both got it wrong. Over the past month, we’ve conducted a survey to find out the true ranking of the top 50 schools. Harvard Business...
Consumers may be turning to Wi-Fi in the face of capped data plans, but that isn’t stopping the growth of the HSPA cellular network subscribers. The GSMA, a wireless trade organization, today noted that HSPA subscriptions will hit 500 million globally this month, and it expects that number to hit 1 billion by the...
It’s beyond question that Twitter is an absolutely dominant force in online social networks. along with Facebook, it has emerged as one of the clear winners of the race to capture users and mindshare. With its deep integration into Apple’s iOS 5 software, announced Monday, it has cemented its lead while simultaneously ensuring that...
This really is the stuff of Sci-Fi movies: Build a computer program that can see as the human eye does. Based on the principles of the human visual cortex, Cortexica Vision Systems claims to have done just that. The London startup, which was spun out of Imperial College London in February 2009 after six...
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The iPad is quickly transforming itself into the photographer’s smorgasbord for quick photo editing. The list of free and paid photo editing apps keeps getting longer and longer, and if you’re anything like me, you’re probably grateful that more developers are coming up with new and exciting apps to edit your photos on the...
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With over 24 million views for a single episode, there’s every chance you’re already discovered Simon’s Cat. You might, however, be less familiar with Simon Tofield, the eponymous owner responsible for bringing his pet’s animated adventures to YouTube. Unlike many online video producers who struggle to monitize even huge audiences, Simon has built an...
Private mobile content sharing for groups is something no one has really nailed yet, but feels like it could be a very big deal. Rising from the tragic ashes of the consumer RSS reader market, a new team that includes NetNewsWire creator Brent Simmons, FeedDemon creator Nick Bradbury and Newsgator’s VP of Mobile and...