Angie’s List is looking to file for an IPO in August, with BofA as its bankers. Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/ys4CWcbRv20/angies-list-is-looking-to-file-for-an-ipo-in-august-with-bofa-as-its-bankers-2011-6
Daily Archives: June 19, 2011
The New York Post Is Blocking iPad Users From Reading Its Website, Forcing Them To Buy The Post’s App (AAPL, NWS)
The New York Post has a new twist on the idea of a paywall for iPad users. If you go to the Post’s website through Apple’s Safari browser on the iPad, it tells you you can only read the Post by downloading its iPad app. A subscription to the iPad app costs $6.99 per...
Could You Quit The Internet?
Before you read this, take a couple of minutes to assess the things that you do or the products that you use that require you to use the Internet to either function or even exist. If you, like me, suddenly realise how much you rely on the Internet, would you be able to be...
AOL Mobile Team Rips Yahoo In Funny Parody Video (AOL, YHOO)
Here’s something you don’t get to see everyday in the we’re-all-just-trying-our-best-nobody-hates-anybody-at-least-not-in-public world of tech. It’s a satirical video from AOL’s mobile team making fun of Yahoo’s mobile team over Yahoo’s latest Android music app called Play by Yahoo. If that name sounds familiar it’s because AOL has an Android music app called Play by...
Google Acquires Slingbox-Style Tech Company Sage TV (GOOG)
Image: Associated Press See Also: You’ll Never Guess What The Most Googled University Is LEAK: Details On Google’s Next Massively Powerful Nexus Phone 5 Little Known Secrets About Google Hires Google has acquired Sage TV, which offers DVR and Slingbox-like features, according to 9to5 Google. Sage TV will likely be used in Google TV...
Samasource links poor people around the world with jobs in Silicon Valley
To Samasource Founder, Leila Chiriyath Janah, the future of poverty alleviation around the world is “microwork.” Through microwork, poor people around the world can do simple computer based tasks for technology companies such as Google, LinkedIn and Intuit for a fee thus helping lift them out of poverty. “We’re creating an entirely new type of...
Google code could have been hiding Google Circles, +1 buttons for Buzz and more
Earlier this year reports of a new social service from Google called Circles emerged. Circles would supposedly allow users to share photos, videos and messages to user-defined social groups (or ‘circles’) rather than having to post everything to everyone. Google is yet to actually confirm Circles, but it may have been hiding in plain...
What does the convergence of iOS and OS X mean for the Mac?
With the announcement of a computer-free iOS experience, application sandboxing, saved application states and a refined launchpad that looks incredibly similar to the home screen of the iPad or iPhone, Apple has made a statement about where OS X is heading. It’s clearly the beginning of a series of changes that will codify the...
The Next Web at Nokia HQ, Helsinki
Nokia has been synonymous with bad news of late. This past week alone, the Finnish communications giant lost a 3G patent case to IPCom, and news emerged that Nokia is closing many of its online stores across Europe. Throw into the mix other news that may have missed your radar such as losing key...
Does the Middle East need a curated web?
Some might argue that Middle Eastern culture, with its more conservative approach simply does not lend itself to the vast openness that is the World Wide Web. Examples exist of social networks, websites and online communities that aim to provide not only an Arabic interface where Middle Easterners can feel more at home in their...