Daily Archives: December 20, 2011

Apple Takes One Small Step Against HTC, One Giant Leap Against Android

December 20, 2011
Apple Takes One Small Step Against HTC, One Giant Leap Against Android

Apple has been duking it out with Android manufacturers for the past couple years, and very few are safe. Samsung has already suffered some big losses with the banning of its Galaxy Tab in Germany and Australia. HTC, however, has remained mostly safe from Apple’s wrath. In July the Taiwanese manufacturer had a close...

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Google Decides To Keep Firefox In Business: Signs A Three Year Search Deal With Mozilla (GOOG)

December 20, 2011
Google Decides To Keep Firefox In Business: Signs A Three Year Search Deal With Mozilla (GOOG)

Image: AP “Don’t be evil.” Google just cut a deal to be the default search engine in Mozilla’s Firefox web browser for the next three years. The deal is a life-saver for Mozilla—84% of the company’s revenue has come directly from a previous deal with Google that did the same thing. Had Google decided...

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The Best Free Microsoft Office Alternative Will Be Back Next Year (MSFT)

December 20, 2011
The Best Free Microsoft Office Alternative Will Be Back Next Year (MSFT)

See Also: Microsoft’s Secret Plan For Office 365 Domination May Pass Through Parallels Jive Jumps 25% On Its First Day Of Trading VMware Is Trying To Steal Some Of Microsoft’s Most Loyal Customers With This Move The people responsible for the most popular free alternative to Microsoft Office are back. The Apache Foundation plans...

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Why the Super Bowl is finally ready to come online

December 20, 2011
Why the Super Bowl is finally ready to come online

For years, viewers have asked how long it would be before we’d see major televised events come online. When it comes to live sporting events, or live events in general, nothing is bigger than the Super Bowl, which every year draws record audiences to its TV broadcasts. Next February, that event will finally be...

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How The Failed T-Mobile Deal Could Cripple AT&T For Years To Come (T)

December 20, 2011
How The Failed T-Mobile Deal Could Cripple AT&T For Years To Come (T)

Image: Matt Rosoff Business Insider See Also: ATT’s Failure to Buy T-Mobile Is Good News For This Former Topless Model The Year’s Biggest And Ugliest Lawsuits In The Tech Industry Here’s Who Lost $150 Million In Fees When ATT Dropped Its Bid For T-Mobile ATT didn’t decide it needed to spend $39 billion to...

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KORE Telematics’ Alex Brisbourne: The Existing Internet of Things

December 20, 2011

Brisbourne is not a naysayer. He does indeed believe in the potential for future applications on a next-generation wireless network layer for M2M, enhancing the capacity for the types of real-world applications that KORE Telematics provides – which, by the way, include cross-country shipping vehicle tracking, mobile payment processing, and industrial equipment monitoring. What...

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ScaleArc Raises $5.33 Million In Series B Funding, Hires COO

December 20, 2011
ScaleArc Raises $5.33 Million In Series B Funding, Hires COO

Silicon Valley-based database infrastructure software maker ScaleArc has secured $5.33 million in its second round of institutional funding, which was led by Trinity Ventures, with earlier backer Nexus Venture Partners participating. In addition, ScaleArc announced the appointment of Justin Barney, who previously ran sales divisions at companies like Citrix and Juniper Networks, as president...

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Allmyapps Hits 2.5 million Windows Apps Users, Now Plans For Android

December 20, 2011
Allmyapps Hits 2.5 million Windows Apps Users, Now Plans For Android

Allmyapps has grown a lot since we last covered them. They had 100,000 users back in April, but recently hit 2.5 million. But with the news that Miscrosoft will develop its own Windows Apps store, they will have to “pivot”, as they say. Thus they are repositioning as a “Personal App Manager” to go...

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App Recommendation Service BestVendor Snags $3 Million Series A Financing From RRE and Softbank

December 20, 2011
App Recommendation Service BestVendor Snags $3 Million Series A Financing From RRE and Softbank

See Also: How To Raise Millions From VCs With 12 Slides And No Prototype Another Startup Just Raised A Massive $30 Million+ Round Here’s What The Average Tech Startup Looks Like There are so many apps now, it’s getting hard to separate the great ones from the duds. BestVendor wants to solve this problem...

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IBM Just Made 5 Wild Predictions About The Future (IBM)

December 20, 2011
IBM Just Made 5 Wild Predictions About The Future (IBM)

Image: IBM Each year, IBM takes a look at trends in technology and makes predictions on what we can expect to see materialize over the next five years. It’s called the “5 in 5,” and this year’s predictions are out. From computers reading our minds to us never needing to type another password again, IBM...

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