TNW: Please talk about your experience with Microsoft’s Live Labs, Yahoo Research, and Overture Research, and what you’ve learned about browser interaction on the web. Gary Flake: In each of my three previous jobs I was hired to build teams that could create new opportunities, but outside of traditional structure and processes of the...
Daily Archives: October 19, 2011
Stealthy Qwilt has raised $24m to ‘cache in’ on IP video
With nearly two years of development under its belt, stealthy startup Qwilt is ready to launch, with a product it says can help network operators manage the huge amounts of video traveling over their networks. And it’s doing so with some serious backing from big-name investors: The startup, which was founded by networking execs...
Accel, Redpoint Put $24M Into Online Video Network Infrastructure Startup Qwilt
Qwilt, the provider of network video-infrastructure technology, has raised $24 million in two rounds of funding from Accel Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Crescent Point Group, RealNetworks founder Rob Glaser and other investors. The company, which was founded in 2010 by veterans of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks, helps Internet-service providers more efficiently and cost-effectively deliver...
Why Facebook Won’t Lose Its Core Power Users
At the last day of the Web 2.0 Summit 2011, Facebook CTO Bret Taylor took the stage for a brief 15 minute interview and talked about the social network’s underlying principles, how it compares to Google Plus and whether users really know how much they’re sharing. “I think the people who use Facebook a...
Hands-On With The Gingerbread-Powered E Fun Nextbook Premium9 Tablet
E Fun has launched the third in its line of Nextbook Premium Tablets, a nine-incher to round out its size offerings. Almost identical to the 7- and 8-inch models (save for a lack of camera on the Premium7), the Nextbook Premium9 tablet rocks a 9-inch capacitive display, a silver back panel and an added...
ASUS shows off next generation quad-core Transformer tablet
ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih the Chinese company’s next generation of Transformer tablet during an interview with Walt Mossberg at AllThingsD’s AsiaD event today. The new device, which Shih insists is just on sneak preview at the show, is 8.3-milimeters thin and boasts a 10-inch screen with a plug-in keyboard. Under the hood the Android-based device...
Is SoundCloud The Next YouTube? [Interview]
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Why did Mary Meeker say that sound would be bigger than video on the Web? Alex Ljung told me there are two reasons: the increasing penetration of smart phones that have microphones; and audio being something that can be consumed “in parallel” with other activities (unlike video), for example listening to SoundCloud in your...
The Future of the Web: Mobile, Data Rich Apps Built by Everyday People?
Cabana, a do-it-yourself mobile web app creation platform first seen at the Launch conference in February, today announced the Cabana Exchange, an API marketplace that allows app builders to incorporate powerful 3rd party data and functionality. I’m not sure what to think of HTML5 mobile web app authoring tools in general, I love the...
If Google searches decided the World Series, the Cardinals would win
Google blogged about baseball search trends to get us ready for this seasons World Series matchup between the Texas Rangers and the St. Louis Cardinals. If the number of Google searches on each team decided the winner, St. Louis would be crowned champion. The company said: Let’s start with the teams themselves. The Cardinals...
Nearing 1 Million Users, Path Stays The Course
Founded by Dave Morin, the co-inventor of Facebook Connect, Sean Fanning, the co-inventor of Napster, and Dustin Mierau, the co-inventor of Macster, Path has some serious street cred when it comes to social and sharing. What’s more, there was the impressive list of investors backing the photo-sharing app in November of last year, and...