Daily Archives: July 5, 2011

Amazon Appstore, Not so Amazing

July 5, 2011
Amazon Appstore, Not so Amazing

Running a successful app store isn’t trivial. Building out the necessary features and services and making it appealing to both consumers and developers can be hard work, something Amazon is learning. The company has been taken to task by an independent developer who is pulling its game app from the Amazon Appstore for Android,...

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The iPad Is Already Over 2% Of Total US Web Traffic (AAPL)

July 5, 2011
The iPad Is Already Over 2% Of Total US Web Traffic (AAPL)

The iPad represents 2.1% of US web traffic, and 1% of global web traffic, according to a Net Applications report highlighted by AllThingsD. 2.1% may not sound like much but it’s actually very impressive for a new category of device introduced little over a year ago.  In fact it’s stunning.  Traffic percentages are also...

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This Stationary Bike Simulates The Tour De France With Help From Google Maps

July 5, 2011
This Stationary Bike Simulates The Tour De France With Help From Google Maps

Image: ProForm See Also: Look At This Cardboard Vacuum Cleaner! Today Is GSM’s 20th Birthday — Here’s A Video Of The First GSM Phone Call Are You A Ridiculous Person? Are You Hot? Then Attach This To Your iPhone Ever wanted to see how your cycling skills might stack up against Lance Armstrong’s? Now...

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A Woman’s Place: Can Sheryl Sandberg Upend Silicon Valley’s Male-Dominated Culture?

July 5, 2011

In 2007, the founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, knew that he needed help. His social-network site was growing fast, but, at the age of twenty-three, he felt ill-equipped to run it. That December, he went to a Christmas party at the home of Dan Rosensweig, a Silicon Valley executive, and as he approached the...

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What Should RIM do With its $3 Billion?

July 5, 2011
What Should RIM do With its $3 Billion?

Visit the Qwest resource center for relevant briefs and reports to help you better manage your enterprise. Learn how smart businesses harness the power of customer data to improve satisfaction and sales: Unleashing the Power of Customer Data. We have covered the story last week about the RIM open letters and my colleague’s Klint...

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Skype 5.2 for Mac adds group screen sharing and new video controls

July 5, 2011
Skype 5.2 for Mac adds group screen sharing and new video controls

Skype has today released an update for the Mac version popular voice calling application, launching Skype 5.2 for Mac with group screen sharing functionality and new call control features during calls. TechCrunch spotted the update, which follows the release of Skype 5.5 for Windows, which incorporated deeper Facebook integration. Skype 5.2 for Mac also...

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LightSquared gets $265M as the FCC weighs its fate

July 5, 2011
LightSquared gets $265M as the FCC weighs its fate

LightSquared, the company betting it all on a wholesale 4G wireless broadband network, said Tuesday it has raised $265 million from existing and new investors. None of the investors were named, but it brings LightSquared’s total funding and debt to $2.3 billion just in the last year. Hey, it takes a lot of cash...

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The Google+ Survey: The Next Web Wants Your Opinions.

July 5, 2011

I would really love Google+ to replace Facebook, but not twitter, as I use twitter for something differently than Facebook. I’m hoping Google+ turns out to be a success, unlike Buzz and Wave. Article source: TNW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNextWeb/~3/2pqeOx1Rl04/

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Skype 5.2 For Mac Has Arrived, Comes With Group Screen Sharing And Video Calls

July 5, 2011
Skype 5.2 For Mac Has Arrived, Comes With Group Screen Sharing And Video Calls

Right on the heels of releasing Skype 5.5 for Windows, featuring deep Facebook integration, the company has just rolled out a new version of its voice and video calling software solution for Mac. Skype 5.2 for Mac is available now and is much more worth the download than the 5.1 updated version of the...

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HootSuite hits 2 million users, doubles signups in seven months

July 5, 2011
HootSuite hits 2 million users, doubles signups in seven months

Social sharing tool HootSuite today announced it had hit a new milestone, registering its 2 millionth signup just seven months after it had reached one million users in November 2010. Signups are likely to have been helped by the companies decision to adopt a Freemium model, crafting package tiers to provide an extensive range of...

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