American wireless carrier ATT has pulled its bid for rival T-Mobile USA, reports the NYT. The company is expecting a pre-tax hit of $4B, which it promised in the incident that the deal did not go through. ATT released this statement about the deal going south: The actions by the Federal Communications Commission and...
Daily Archives: December 19, 2011
How Sao Paulo almost spent US$7,500 per tablet – for rental that is
Sao Paulo’s authorities almost spent US$75 million to rent 10,000 tablets for its staff – around US$7,500 per device. But the influential Brazilian newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo revealed the story a few days ago, pushing the mayor Gilberto Kassab to put the suspicious project to a halt. Equipping civil servants with tablets...
Blueseed: Will the new Silicon Valley be on a ship? [video]
For everyone one of us foreigners who gets a visa to live and work in the USA, there are thousands who go through a terrible, lengthly process with US Immigration and may never get their visa credentials. There was even a film made about the chronic visa issues entrepreneurs face when trying to get...
Inside the great Windows Phone brain drain
Take heed: the Windows Phone team is suffering from some very serious internal turbulence. A new report in ZDNet adds yet another name to the list of the departed from the Windows Phone team, and the person is, again, high level and perhaps what one might call ‘mission critical.’ This time around it was Matt...
What’s black and white and wood all over again?
Why, it’s NewspaperWood of course! This stuff is created by crafting literal logs from newspaper and, presumably, glue. The logs are then cut, carved and shaped into planks and blocks, like regular wood, and used to make furnishings. I think that this is one of the coolest reconstituted materials that I have ever seen....
10 cool Pinterest accounts you should be following
Pinterest is a great source of inspiration, a great place to share your favourite photos, products, designs and more. The site, founded last year, is still invite-only and yet has racked up over 4 million active users, according to its Facebook page. All of this with only 7 team members to its name. Pinterest’s success has...
You Don’t Have To Use Twitter To Invest $300M In Twitter
The $300 million secondary investment Twitter confirmed Monday morning comes from a key figure in a region where Twitter is experiencing some of its fastest growth. Never mind that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi investor whose Kingdom Holding investment firm has stakes in Apple, Citigroup, and now, 3% ownership of Twitter, isn’t a...
Kred launch ‘Wishes’ with influencer Brian Solis [Video]
PeopleBrowsr, the creator of social analytics influence tool Kred, launched its latest product ‘Kred Wishes’ last week – an influence marketplace for connecting people’s wishes on Twitter. A Kred Wish begins with a personal request for a product or service at http://kred.ly/wishes. Upon submission, the Wisher’s community of followers and peers can then support the...
Dumbest Moves of the Year in Web Enterprise Services
It was quite a year of mistakes, with Carol Bartz leaving Yahoo, HP trying once again to re-orient itself and hiring ex-California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman. On top of this comes various reports that once again email is dead or dying (this could be a tedious repetition of the “year of the LAN” that...
Social Music Community Beatrobo Makes Sharing And Listening To Songs With Friends Easy, Asynchronous
Most online music services have a common problem: it takes too much time and effort to get started and engage with other people. Users usually need to create playlists after registration, look for existing friends using the service or invite new ones, hope that friends really add the songs and bands they like, etc....