The Chinese government has turned its attention to increase in original and user-generated content on the country’s Web video services to ensure that all videos are ‘closely examined’ and of a suitable nature before they go live to the Internet. The People’s Daily reports that two government agencies – The State Internet Information Office and the...
Daily Archives: July 9, 2012
Next Issue Media, The Netflix For Magazines, Comes To The iPad
Magazine fans, rejoice: Next Issue Media, probably the easiest and most economical way for you to read your favorite titles, is now available on the iPad. It’s not a perfect analogy, but the easiest way to explain the app is, yes, as Netflix for magazines. Next Issue is a joint venture from five big...
FIRST LOOKS: Lady Gaga Opens Her Own Social Network To The Public
The much-anticipated social network just for Lady Gaga fans, Littlemonsters.com, has finally come out private beta. Anyone who wants to see all the latest Gaga buzz and socialize with other Gaga fans is welcome to join. Littlemonsters.com is the first of what will likely be a whole bunch of personal social networks for artists....
Parallel Universe: SpaceBase Will Make For New Matrix-Style MMO Games
Parallel Universe is an Israeli technology company that promises video game companies with the capability to make Matrix-style games through parallel processing that allows for millions of objects to be tracked in real-time. Founder Ron Pressler is a software engineer who has been developing simulated environments for the Israeli Air Force. He is part...
A conduit for content: How an iPad mini could define the small tablet market
If and when Apple releases an 8″ version of its iPad tablet, it will likely define the small tablet market much in the way that its larger sibling has done for ‘regular’ tablets. Unlike the iPad and other theoretically successful larger options, the iPad mini and other small tablets are conduits for content, and...
Google Releases Jelly Bean, The New Version Of Android, And That Means You Can Get It Soon (GOOG)
Steve Kovach, Business Insider See Also 10 Essential Tips And Tricks For Jelly Bean, The New Version Of Android REVIEWED: Google’s Nexus 7 Tablet Steve Wozniak: Microsoft’s Surface Tablet Is Like Something Steve Jobs Would’ve Built Google will release the full, open source Android 4.1 Jelly Bean today, which likely means we’re very close...
Nokia to have 60 day exclusive when Words with Friends and Draw Something hit Windows Phone
Apps. Every smartphone platform needs apps. The more the better. Games. News. Bingo. Reddit. Apps are king on mobile devices, just as content is royalty online. This fact makes it hard for new platforms to emerge in the mobile space – the chicken/egg problem, in this case a user level/developer interest couplet, is a...
Sexy Payments Startup Stripe Swipes $20M From General Catalyst, Sequoia, Thiel And More
White-hot payments startup Stripe has closed a $20 million Series B round of financing, led by General Catalyst with existing A-list investors Sequoia, Peter Thiel (personally) and angels Chris Dixon, Aaron Levie and Elad Gil also following on. Redpoint will be coming on as a new investor. Stripe’s valuation during this Series B was in...
Right Before Raising $100 Million, GitHub Rented San Francisco’s Ferry Building For A Lavish Party
Owen Thomas, Business Insider See Also OFF WITH THEIR HEADS! Forbidden Tweets And Photos From A Tech Mogul’s Lavish Party Holy Cow, There Sure Are A Lot Of Tech Parties In Silicon Valley Right Now My Overwhelming And Amazing SXSW Adventure GitHub, the social coding startup that offers programmers a place to store their...
Latest version of Android, Google’s Jelly Bean 4.1, goes open source
For developers who have been clamoring to get their hands on Google’s latest mobile OS, Jelly Bean 4.1, the day has come. Since announcing Jelly Bean’s existence at Google I/O, we’ve been waiting for this day. Here’s the announcement post from Jean-Baptiste Queru, Technical Lead, Android Open Source Project: We’re releasing Android 4.1 in...