Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been bragging about how many Twitter followers he has: 1.3 million followers to the bookmakers’ favorite Mitt Romney, who has less than 63,000. Gawker wrote citing an unnamed staffer saying Gingrich bought most of these followers and that they’re fake accounts. It seems highly unlikely, however, that someone...
If you needed more proof that the venture capital industry here in Europe is struggling to keep up, here are some new facts and figures from Dow Jones VentureSource to prove there’s most certainly no bubble in these parts. According to DJV, European venture-backed companies have raised 2.2 billion euros through 447 deals in...
SendGrid CEO Jim Franklin Image: Jim Franklin “Email deliverability” might not sound sexy. But it’s important. And it’s big money, as SendGrid is proving. SendGrid works with tons of startups to make sure their automated emails (things like “So-and-So is now following you”) get to their users’ inbox in a timely way, without getting...
This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. Read the white paper about how Intel Xeon processors help organizations get unprecedented levels of performance. If you own a scanner, chances are you are using Nuance’s Windows-based PaperPort...
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. Citrix announced today an add-on to its GoToMeeting service called HDFaces, a video conferencing feature that...
Come Dine With Me was launched in the UK in 2005, and the popular Channel 4 TV show has spawned over twenty international versions, such as Dinner Takes All in the US. In a nutshell, the show brings together amateur chefs to compete against each other through hosting dinner parties, with the contestants voting...
Cloud computing startup CumuLogic is making its Platform-as-a-Service software available for beta users that want to deploy it on their own infrastructure. Until now, CumuLogic’s PaaS software had only been available for beta users running it atop the Amazon Web Servicescloud. Turning PaaS technology, which traditionally was a hosted-only option, into downloadable software is...
The official Skype application for iPad has landed in the iTunes App Store and is now available to download. The app works over both WiFi and 3G and takes advantage of the front-facing camera included on the iPad 2 by offering one-on-one video chat. Until now, iPad owners had to settle for the iPhone...