When considering a new purchase, one of the first things I do is open up Google and search for comparisons on a few similar products. More often than not, I come up empty handed, unless its something popular like the comparison of an Android phone with the iPhone. GetComparisons, the brainchild of Akshay Arabolu,...
App Annie, a Hong Kong-based provider of app store analytics and marketing intelligence for Apple’s App Store, has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A funding round led by IDG Capital Partners, the China-focused VC fund backed by IDG and Accel. First launched in March 2010, App Annie lets app developers and publishers...
Through the mists of time, the elders tell of a website that could jailbreak and iPhone in seconds, allowing users to free their devices from the shackles of Apple’s all-seeing eye. They spoke of a great war between Apple and the warriors of justice and how the warriors, for a time, were vanquished. And...
UK ISP and television provider Virgin Media has finally confirmed the details of its partnership with Sweden-based music streaming service Spotify, offering unlimited music streaming over broadband, mobile and TV starting at £4.99 per month. MusicAlly obtained details of the deal, which indicates Spotify streams will be streamed via Virgin Media customers televisions via...
The Next Web Conference 2011 is now behind us. We’ve had a great time and met a lot of interesting people. Behind the scenes we are already hard at work organizing TNW2012. More on that later. Check out all the blogposts we wrote at The Next Web blog or check out our backchannel. Want...
Image: AP Steve Jobs is co-writing his official, authorized biography with best-selling biographer Walter Isaacson. For a long time, the title was “iSteve: The Book of Jobs”, which was pretty much the worst title imaginable. But it appears the title was the publisher’s idea and, Fortune says, the book’s title has changed and is...
Welcome to the future of DIY clean power and electric vehicles. Solyndra engineer Michael Ahern (no, not that Michael Ahearn) electrified a Volvo 240 that he bought on Craigslist for $150 and has been charging it up with Solyndra tube-shaped solar panels that he and a friend installed on his roof in San Jose,...
Image: Screenshot Game designers and developers are in such insane demand, their impact so great and the industry so competitive right now that they have their own agents, a la Ari Gold and Jerry Maguire, who set up deals for them to work with games studios, just like a star might work with a...