Daily Archives: August 2, 2011

FCC Analysis Reveals ISP Speed Winners And Losers

August 2, 2011
FCC Analysis Reveals ISP Speed Winners And Losers

So let’s say you walk into a Best Buy looking for a new tablet. You walk up to the guy in the blue polo and tell him what you’re looking for. After taking you to the tablet section, he whips out a handkerchief and blindfolds you. “They’re all really good!” he promises. “The one...

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Microsoft releases new Zune HD apps. We don’t know why

August 2, 2011

Despite killing off the Zune HD line (effectively) and telling people to buy Windows Phones instead, Microsoft today released a spate of new applications for its old music player line. Why would it do that? We have no idea. Oddly, the company is already planning to port Zune HD apps to Windows Phone (again,...

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9 Experimental Google Chrome Features You Should Tinker With (GOOG)

August 2, 2011
9 Experimental Google Chrome Features You Should Tinker With (GOOG)

A made scientist Googler, hard at work. Image: Illustration: Ellis Hamburger See Also: This Is The Fastest Way To Fire Off An Email Using Google Chrome This Clever Chrome Extension Makes Google+ Even Better Google’s Chrome Team Is Hard At Work On The OS X Lion Touch Gestures Everyone’s Begging For Google is famous...

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Facebook Buys E-book Maker Push Pop Press, Plans to Integrate its Tech

August 2, 2011
Facebook Buys E-book Maker Push Pop Press, Plans to Integrate its Tech

Push Pop Press, the digital book software company known for creating the highly interactive iOS version of Al Gore’s book Our Choice, has been acquired by Facebook. The social networking giant assures us it’s not getting into the e-book publishing business, but rather snatched up the startup so that it can allow “some of...

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FlixMaster: Interactive, immersive HTML5 video is finally on the Internet

August 2, 2011
FlixMaster: Interactive, immersive HTML5 video is finally on the Internet

Video on the Internet has held a lot of promises and with those promises it has been given a lot of responsibility. I’ve heard it said more than once that the integration of video is what will be the defining difference between the Web 2.0 world that we’re in now and the live-action, self-directed...

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Bummer! Push Pop we hardly knew ya!

August 2, 2011
Bummer! Push Pop we hardly knew ya!

Just when you think a startup stuffed with talent is destined for big things, they Pull a Patzer (a move where a very promising company sells too early to a bigger, cash-rich suitor.) I had such high hopes for Push Pop Press and I thought they could redefine the idea of publishing. Anyone who saw...

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CoverCake Launches Analytics Dashboard for Book Industry

August 2, 2011
CoverCake Launches Analytics Dashboard for Book Industry

CoverCake, a service that tracks online conversations about books, is launching a new Web-based dashboard app tomorrow, turning its vast library of data into an analytics tool for publishers, authors and fans alike. The new analytics features will enable publishers and authors to measure the impact of promotion, publicity and social media campaigns by...

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A growing market for cleantech: data centers

August 2, 2011
A growing market for cleantech: data centers

Data centers might not be the energy hogs anticipated in 2010, but they’re still offering a growing market for both energy efficiency technology and clean power. In 2010 data centers accounted for about 1.1 percent to 1.5 percent of total global electricity, and between 1.7 percent and 2.2 percent of electricity use in the...

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What The NYC Startup World Needs (And Doesn’t Need)

August 2, 2011
What The NYC Startup World Needs (And Doesn’t Need)

Chris Dixon What the NYC startup world needs (and doesn’t need) Pivoting into a new corporate structure The downside of accelerated investment decisions Here’s what I think NYC needs to become a serious, long-term startup hub: 1) Some extremely successful startups. We need PayPals – companies that spin out boatloads of talented entrepreneurs and...

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Here’s The World’s First 3D-Printed Airplane, And Yeah, It Can Fly

August 2, 2011
Here’s The World’s First 3D-Printed Airplane, And Yeah, It Can Fly

See Also: Check Out These Hilarious Models Of Stephen Colbert’s Head His Fans Made With A 3D Printer This Glorified Sticker Makes A 2D Screen Into A 3D Screen 3D Printing With Chocolate — It’s Possible And Delicious Engineers at the University of Southampton recently flew the world’s first 3-D printed aircraft. For the...

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