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 case study about how Intel Xeon processors and VMware deliver unprecedented reliability in the face of RAM errors. What was the most compelling reason that you used...
The attorneys general of seven states today joined the Justice Department’s suit to block ATT’s proposed buy of T-Mobile, citing worries about competition. California, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington joined the DoJ suit, apparently agreeing that the deal stymies competition. Together, these state represent a third of the American population. The...
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 case study about how Intel Xeon processors and VMware deliver unprecedented reliability in the face of RAM errors. Heroku is claiming the fastest and easiest way to...
But each of them also connects to third-party services as well — for instance, you can get your Gmail or Exchange email in the Mail app, and you can use the new People app to pull in data from all your social networks, including Facebook and LinkedIn. All the apps look like their equivalents...
We meet the most interesting people in the strangest places. After a long day at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2011 bouncing from meeting to meeting, I was on my way out to catch a cab home when Abie Katz stopped me to ask for directions to the Disrupt after party. Not being one to act...
This fellow is Jeb Corliss. Apparently, what he’s doing is called “grinding the crack.” Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/hlZzGE45BL8/wingsuit-flying-through-trees-2011-9
When Apple introduced iTunes Match for the iCloud platform it seemed to be the answer to a question that many of us have been asking for a very long time. We have loads of music, we have it stored in different locations with fragmented libraries. What we really want is a way to listen...
Mobile is turning travel on its head, and much like it’s changing the way thousands of other web companies do business, it’s also changing how Expedia builds apps and thinks about its product. Instead of searching and booking travel, the business on a mobile device is about providing a concierge-like level of service for...
Pearson, the world’s largest education publisher, acquired Connections Education, one of the country’s largest online learning providers, last night for $400 million in cash. The bid for Connections, which has been growing at 30% year-over-year, shows that online learning is being driven by the private sector. Article source: RRW http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/readwriteweb/~3/e2t5G-Fr5ok/pearson_buys_connections_academy_signals_boost_in.php
This chart shows quarterly sales figures for each phone since the iPhone was introduced. They were neck in neck for a while, but the iPhone 4 release in June 2010 changed everything — iPhone sales took off while Blackberry sales leveled off, then started to dive. See also: All The Delusional And Arrogant Things...