Let’s just face it — anytime some new start-up comes along and tries to innovate around the idea of music, it is hit by some roadblocks. Latest one to realize that – Turntable.fm. The social music discovery service is now unavailable to International visitors and is now restricted to just the US residents. In a...
Mobile virtualization boasts an array of use cases — from cost savings for mobile device manufacturers to security for “Obamaberries” and other superphones. It also can give mobile devices dual personas. A hot topic today is the use case that’s also of greatest interest to smartphone and tablet users — enterprise mobility – using...
We’re always on the lookout for upcoming Web tech events from around world. Know of something taking place that should appear here? Want to get your event included in the calendar? Let us know in the comments below or email us. Article source: RRW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/_8FEivXA2HQ/readwriteweb_events_guide_june_25_2011.php
The Gillmor Gang — Robert Scoble, Phil Windley, Kevin Marks, and Steve Gillmor — celebrated the news that apps are moving past web sites as the default architecture of the planet. I say celebrate because I think the trend is one that will continue, and even accelerate, as iOS notifications make interoperation between apps...
I put weeks of effort into being one of the top 10 players and running Coding Soundtrack with no prior warning. I don’t like to say this but if anyone’s working on a European alternative I know something about UK music licensing. Article source: TNW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/zo0ZG8gA3eI/
Did we say that? We didn’t mean that. Henry Blodget Google is gearing up to launch its Groupon-killer, Offers, in New York. After talking with merchants who have signed up to provide deals through Offers, we’ve learned that Google’s deals product provides merchants several key advantages relative to Groupon, advantages that could shake up...
Google boss Larry Page Henry Blodget Google launched its Groupon-killer, “Offers,” in Portland, Oregon, about a month ago. And now it’s gearing up to launch in San Francisco and New York. Could Offers become a massive new revenue stream for Google–the “second huge growth engine” that Google has long searched for in vain? Could...
LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman wins big. LinkedIn Founder (and top startup investor and PayPal mafia don) Reid Hoffman just gave an interview to the Journal. Most of it is boilerplate — for example he looks to invest in product visionaries who build products that can have massive scale — but the funny part was when...
Over a year ago on this blog, I posed the question, Can Networking Be Made Cool Again? A lot has changed since then. The pendulum has swung back, and now networking is hot. In the past year Cisco hit a major speed bump, the OpenFlow networking protocol has burst into the popular consciousness and the first...
What’s more impressive than a car that can do over a thousand miles per gallon? One that was designed by school kids. In the UK, students from regional schools and universities took part in the annual Mileage Marathon Challenge near Leicester, England, each team vying to set new gas mileage efficiency records in a...