If record labels were the canaries in the coal mine for digital entertainment, newspapers are bearing the brunt of digital disruption in news and information. With print circulation declining and ad rates collapsing, when and how will those proverbial “digital dimes” become dollars? There have been spots of success in getting customers to pay...
Facebook is growing pretty fast — the company has booked more than $1.6 billion in sales in the first half of 2011, and is likely to reach $4 billion by the end of the year. But Google grew a lot faster in its first seven years. Facebook is doing way better than Yahoo, though....
Dell-bashing is a fairly common pastime these days as servers become a near no-margin business and as its consumer business flounders (along with HP’s) at the hands of Apple, but dire predictions about Dell’s prospects might be overkill. A more fair assessment might be to say that Dell is stuck “between an Apple and...
One of my personal “must have” free travel apps, Tripit, gained both an Android upgrade and a paid version that removes ads on Thursday. Along with that news comes some interesting travel data from Tripit’s mobile user base. For those not familiar with the app, here’s a quick summary. After booking online travel, you simply...
Known for its themed startup exhibits (past participants include Facebook, Xobni and Justin.tv), perennially sold-out crowds and sightings of (often rather drunk) VCs, SF Beta has attracted thousands of Silicon Valley’s movers and shakers to its signature evening mixers for more than half a decade. Now its parent company, Beta Ltd., led by Executive Producer...
Israeli mobile chat startup fring has just taken a swing at Google Plus with Playgrounds, a group video chat tool for iOS and Android devices. Playgrounds are four-way open video chat discussions organized around topics. Users can browse open Playgrounds or create their own. Sounds like a four-person Hangout, doesn’t it? But the Google...
I’m just returning from VMworld and walking the show floor you couldn’t miss how virtualization was having an impact all across the IT landscape. We’ve long be a leader in covering the trends behind Cloud Computing and Virtualization on our ReadWriteCloud channel. However, I’m also excited to announce our ReadWriteWeb Solution Series is returning...
Locu launched Wednesday morning with $600,000 in funding to help small businesses put their data online so people can search for local information. A few hours later, newly rebranded Loku pitched at the Capital Factory Demo Day in Austin, Texas helping people discover local businesses based on what others say about them. Are the...
Locu launched Wednesday morning with $600,000 in funding to help small businesses put their data online so people can search for local information. A few hours later, newly rebranded Loku pitched at the Capital Factory Demo Day in Austin, Texas helping people discover local businesses based on what others say about them. Are the...
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