The extraordinary graph above, from Meeker’s slides and sourced from web traffic monitoring company Statcounter, shows that mobile Internet traffic in India was almost zero in 2009 and the Desktop Internet close to 100%. Just three short years later, mobile traffic edged past desktop traffic. Or at least it did during parts of May...
Google has begun allowing users to add subtitles and captions to videos on the social network, as it looks to expand the reach of multimedia content there. The move will help video become more relevant to larger audience bases by translating content into other languages and making ‘audio’ available for those who are deaf...
The end is in sight for Churn Labs, the startup generator created by AdMob founder Omar Hamoui and AdMob’s first engineer Mike Rowehl. Two new companies will be spinning out in mid-July, Hamoui tells me, and they’ll be taking the Churn team with them. This doesn’t mean Churn Labs has failed, he says. In...
As colleges and universities strain their resources to accomodate an ever-growing, diverse student body, it becomes increasingly difficult to track the progress of individual students and figure out what’s working in their curricula, coursework, testing, and teaching styles. An appalling number of students in the U.S. are still dropping out before they earn a...
Intel Capital, the computer giant’s global investment organization, has revealed that it has invest a combined $17 million in two Internet companies in Southeast Asia, taking its total region spend to $95 million since 1991. The funds have been invested in Singapore-based Reebonz.com, an e-commerce group that sells luxury goods across Asia, and Vietnamese Internet content...
Today’s release, with its improvements to Start screen customizability, shows that Microsoft is at least slightly aware of users’ chief complaints about the two previous Windows 8 previews. The big customizability option revealed today is a wider range of color scheme choices for the Start Screen. Now, users may choose a variety of different...
Engineers are working overtime at Facebook’s new HQ Facebook isn’t having a good May. First its IPO didn’t “pop” and then the stock traded down the week after it went public. And on Thursday night the social network experienced a substantial outage, going dark for up to 80 minutes for some people. The site...
Arianna Huffington carries four BlackBerry phones with her everywhere she goes. But, why does she prefer a BlackBerry over an iPhone or Android device? “Come on guys, you have to admit: typing on the iPhone is painful,” said Arianna at Startup 2012 earlier this month. Arianna has, in fact, become so addicted to BlackBerrys that...
Oracle has been dealt a final blow in its court case over the use of Java in Android. U.S. District Judge William Alsup dismissed Oracle’s copyright infringement claim, bringing to an end a dramatic court case that saw Google win in nearly every single important aspect. Oracle has said it will appeal. Article source:...
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