Back in 1998, David Cheriton cut Larry Page and Sergey Brin a check for $100,000 to help them get their new company Google off the ground. Now, that early investment in Google is worth more than $1 billion. Cheriton, who still works as a computer science professor at Stanford, opened up to Bloomberg West...
Daily Archives: August 15, 2012
Automated Emails: Are You Launching a Denial-of-Service Attack on Your Own Company?
Did you know that more than half of corporate email traffic may be caused by something other than employees? That matters, because as companies migrate to cloud computing, a flood of misdirected automated messages is starting to break key business applications – and no one may even know about the problem until after it...
Waze nudges its community-powered navigation app up a notch, letting UK drivers find the cheapest fuel
Back in June, community-powered road navigation app Waze rolled out a new feature to let users find the cheapest gas station around them, as well as get discounts when filling up. The initial launch of the real-time fuel price feature was US-only, but starting from two weeks ago the Waze map editor has allowed...
Jailbreak Apple TV? Be Prepared to Pay Up
Apple released its latest, third-generation Apple TV in March, yet demand for the earlier version is through the roof. In fact, the second-gen device sells online for $150 more than its original price. Usually, the price of older Apple products falls when Cupertino releases its latest and greatest. What gives? The market is speaking,...
Sky overhauls its Sky+ iPad app, adds remote control and planning functionality, TV guides and more
Staying true to its word, Sky has released an updated version of its Sky+ iOS app, bringing remote control features, the ability to record, edit and delete recordings on Sky+ boxes and many other aesthetic and navigation improvements. Sky customers that own an iPad will now be able to connect their Sky box via...
China’s Sina Weibo is going for wallets with new social credit card initiative
Chinese micro-blogging service Sina Weibo and China Merchants Bank are teaming up on a new social credit card experiment that will be made available to its verified users later this month, TechRice reports. The new card will be tied in to Sina’s DaRen (达人) user verification program, which launched last year. The credential system...
Funded By Tony Hseih, Ex-Zappos Managers Launch Fandeavor To Turn Everyday Sports Fans Into VIPs
Diehard sports fans will go to great lengths to support their favorite teams. As is evident from the unwavering devotion, the gratuitous loyalty even during “rebuilding years” (sometimes decades), diehard sports fans will do anything to get access to their favorite teams, coaches and players. But, other than tailgating and watching games in the...
Netflix Heads To Scandinavia, With Plans To Launch In Norway, Denmark, Sweden, And Finland Later This Year
Netflix announced during its second-quarter earnings call that it would continue expanding overseas with a new market in the fourth quarter, and now we know where it’s going: The streaming video company just announcing that it will be launching in four Scandinavian countries by the end of the year. As a result, residents of...
There’s more: Pinterest is launching for the Kindle Fire later this week
It’s been quite a week or so for Pinterest. Not only did the social pinning site finally ditch its invite approach last week and makes its debut on the iPad and Android today, but it is also coming to the Kindle Fire later this week. That fact, which was announced on Pinterest’s blog as...
Read-only Launch For Medium & Branch, But Twitter Founders Promise More
Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone have been busy developing two new services, both of which were publicly launched this week by their incubator company The Obvious Corporation. Unfortunately, both products are read-only for most people right now. So first impressions will be muted – perhaps even mystified, since Medium has very little...