Daily Archives: January 4, 2012

Crazy Rumor: Google Is Working On A 7-Inch Tablet Priced To Beat The Kindle Fire (GOOG)

January 4, 2012
Crazy Rumor: Google Is Working On A 7-Inch Tablet Priced To Beat The Kindle Fire (GOOG)

Image: Photo Illustration By Steve Kovach See Also: Check Out These 12 Incredible Smartphones And Tablets That Will Be Unveiled Next Week This $40 Tablet Has Already Sold 1.4 Million Units In Just Two Weeks Android Ice Cream Sandwich’s Pitiful Numbers So Far A few weeks ago, Google chairman Eric Schmidt let it slip...

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What history teaches us about startup incubators

January 4, 2012

“During the past couple of months, the number of new Internet incubators has shot up dramatically. The latest being Camp 6, a San Francisco-based incubator started by David Wamsley, the founder of Ad-Auction, an online advertising marketplace. At last count there were a dozen or so incubators that had cropped up in places as...

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Ray Ozzie starts to emerge from stealth mode

January 4, 2012
Ray Ozzie starts to emerge from stealth mode

Ray Ozzie’s new software effort is starting to emerge. Ozzie, the former chief software architect for Microsoft — and the force behind Windows Azure — is looking for a lead UX/UI designer according to a job posting spotted on Facebook Wednesday night. Candidates are asked to send their information to [email protected]. Details are slim,...

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You are what you curate: Why Pinterest is hawt

January 4, 2012
You are what you curate: Why Pinterest is hawt

Evolution of social media by Elad Gill (graphic courtesy of Elad Gill) Updated: The new hot social thing on the web these days is a Palo Alto, Calif.-based company started  Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp . (I incorrectly described this group as ex-Facebookers. My apologies for the error.) It is called Pinterest and it...

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The Android-based HDTV: Higher Bandwidth, 6x Streaming, Built-in Sling Media

January 4, 2012
The Android-based HDTV: Higher Bandwidth, 6x Streaming, Built-in Sling Media

The segment of the media delivery industry that may yet take off for consumers consists of programming and services that are delivered to newer HDTVs “over-the-top” (OTT) – meaning, outside of the cable or satellite provider’s pipeline. Naturally, the Internet is the delivery medium here. In prior years, analysts have wondered how (or whether)...

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Dear Time Warner Cable: You Lose. Please Put The Knicks Back On My TV Now

January 4, 2012
Dear Time Warner Cable: You Lose. Please Put The Knicks Back On My TV Now

Image: AP See Also: Ron Paul May Have Secretly Won The Iowa Caucuses WELCOME TO THE PARANORMAL: Bill Gross Warns Of Financial Market Implosion And The End Of Economic Life As We Know It The Guys Behind The Verge Just Went On Another Huge Talent Raid For A New Gaming Site Time Warner Cable...

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Someday, Writing Code Could Be As Common As Farming Or Factory Work

January 4, 2012
Someday, Writing Code Could Be As Common As Farming Or Factory Work

Image: Wikimedia Commons See Also: 15 Growing Israeli Startups To Watch In 2012 After Three Years Of Bootstrapping, RJMetrics Raises $1.2 Million From Fab’s CEO And SoftTech OpenSky Hits 1 Million Users And More Than $1.5 Million In Monthly Sales Yes, engineers in Silicon Valley are well sought after. But in the future knowing...

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Comcast Will No Longer Block Customers From Watching ESPN On Their iPads (CMCSA, DIS)

January 4, 2012
Comcast Will No Longer Block Customers From Watching ESPN On Their iPads (CMCSA, DIS)

Image: ESPN See Also: Wait A Second … Did Amazon’s Kindle Fire Sales Totally Blow? THE APPLE INVESTOR: 2011 Is The Year That Changed Everything WATCH: An ESPN Camera Fell From The Sky And Nearly Took Out A Player During The Insight Bowl Comcast and Disney announced a new 10 year deal today that...

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This designer shows off the future of responsive web design

January 4, 2012
This designer shows off the future of responsive web design

These days, everyone is consuming content differently. My mom has a netbook, I have a laptop, my friend has a 27″ iMac, my girlfriend and I have smartphones and her mom has an iPad. The growing connectivity in our society leads to some amazing results, keeping information flowing at an astounding rate, while bringing...

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Daily Wrap: Google+ Is Breaking the Web and More

January 4, 2012
Daily Wrap: Google+ Is Breaking the Web and More

Google+ Is Going To Mess Up The Internet Jon Mitchell details the problems he’s found with Google’s social offering, Google+. Beyond a few little things that may make the site a pain to use for some, he takes issue with the heavy search integration and the way Google+ posts are prioritized, often above links...

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