Daily Archives: August 8, 2012

Boingo Wireless Buys Ex-Googler’s Cloud Nine Media, Digs Further Into Sponsored, Free WiFi And Ads

August 8, 2012
Boingo Wireless Buys Ex-Googler’s Cloud Nine Media, Digs Further Into Sponsored, Free WiFi And Ads

Boingo Wireless may have made its name with paid WiFi hotspot access, but today it is doubling down on free: the public WiFi operator is buying Cloud Nine Media, a startup co-founded by ex-Googler Sebastian Tonkin that specializes in sponsored WiFi services, which in turn cost nothing for consumers to use. Financial terms of...

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Realtime Gets $100 Million To Build “Whole New Era Of The Internet,” AKA The Real-Time Web

August 8, 2012
Realtime Gets $100 Million To Build “Whole New Era Of The Internet,” AKA The Real-Time Web

Realtime, a technology developed by a company which has been around since the Internet’s earliest days with the practically un-Googleable name “Internet Business Technologies,” has just received a massive $100 million investment to help fund its lofty plan to build the real-time web. The company offers a developer framework that now powers 2,000 real-time client...

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Realtime gets $100M to create a real-time overlay for the web

August 8, 2012
Realtime gets $100M to create a real-time overlay for the web

Realtime, a 15-year-old business, is trying to speed up the web and just scored $100 million in investment to make its real-time web platform the gold standard for developers and web sites everywhere. Realtime, a company that was created in 1997 as Internet Business Technologies, said it has raised a whopping chunk of change...

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Google updates Spreadsheets with data locking, enhanced search and more

August 8, 2012
Google updates Spreadsheets with data locking, enhanced search and more

Spreadsheets are traditionally anything but glamorous and innovative, but Google has added a nifty dose of functionality and dab of style to Google Spreadsheets as it looks to help teams and collaborative working groups better use its Web-based Docs services. The company revealed it has added ‘protected ranges’ to the documents, allowing designated sections...

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Pinterest Is Taking Over The Giant Warehouse In San Francisco It’s Already Moved Into

August 8, 2012
Pinterest Is Taking Over The Giant Warehouse In San Francisco It’s Already Moved Into

Owen Thomas, Business Insider Pinteresting! See Also We Found Pinterest’s HUGE New San Francisco Office And Took A Bunch Of Photos Apple Wants To Buy Pinterest Rival, The Fancy Here’s A Look INSIDE Pinterest’s New $9 Million San Francisco Office We were on the scene when Pinterest made its big move from Palo Alto...

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5 Things I Love About Podcasting

August 8, 2012
5 Things I Love About Podcasting

My post about podcasting earlier this week attracted a lot of insightful comments. There were also a few insulting comments, but overall the feedback showcased what makes podcasts worth consuming: passionate voices. Not coincidentally, passion is also what makes blogs a vital part of the media world. So the point of my article wasn’t...

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Hilarious: Samsapple thinks slightly different [Video]

August 8, 2012

While we’ve been on the edge of our seats keeping up with the drama of the Apple v. Samsung trial, Conan O’Brien has been busy making a hilarious parody video of a Samsung vice president vehemently denying infringement. (hat tip to Jim Dalrymple)

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Here Are Three Mysteries Square And Starbucks Just Solved For Us

August 8, 2012
Here Are Three Mysteries Square And Starbucks Just Solved For Us

Jack Dorsey A deal hiding in plain sight. See Also Starbucks Just Invested $25 Million In Square, With Howard Schultz Joining The Board The Top People In Tech Are Freaking Out Over Starbucks’s $100 Million Purchase Of Their Favorite Café Starbucks Is Coming Out With A Store Totally Devoted To Tazo Tea We freely...

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Here’s how Square and foursquare could make payments fun, close the review loop and disrupt – together

August 8, 2012

As we just reported, Square has grabbed its biggest vendor yet, Starbucks. Not only is this a fantastic financial partnership for Square, but it’s also a one that will shove the brand and alternate payment system into the mainstream. When I think about payments, fun isn’t the first word that I think of. After...

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