The gadfly activist group Consumer Watchdog grabbed more headlines this week after a federal judge let it weigh in on Google’s $22.5 million privacy settlement with the Federal Trade Commission. Consumer Watchdog is jumping up and down because the settlement, which punishes Google for hacking shenanigans, doesn’t require the company to admit wrongdoing. “Google...
Daily Archives: August 31, 2012
Qualcomm’s QPrize shows its philosophy on the mobile world
MightyText, an app that lets you text to any phone from any device, won Qualcomm’s $100,000 QPrize on Thursday evening. And while cool, the app and the other finalists also offer a glimpse into the way Qualcomm thinks about how mobility and connectivity will change our apps, our habits and eventually large portions of...
Facebook launches new Notifications API in beta for developers, warns against spamming
Following yesterday’s Graph API update, Facebook has just launched a new Notifications API in beta which allows 3rd parties to send users a custom notification at any time. More than anything else, this API brings unprecedented potential for apps and services to connect directly with users. Simultaneously, it also opens up the door for abuse, as the social giant’s notification...
DARPA Looks To Gamers For A Battlefield Solution
David Rogers via U.S. Marine Corps See Also The Navy SEAL Who Saw Bin Laden Killed Appears On 60 Minutes Russians Occupied NORAD This Week For A Counterterrorism Drill This Air Force Weatherman Received A Bronze Star For Valor Video gamers are lending their hands, in particular their thumbs, to battlefield medics. The Defense...
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Has A Smart Explanation For Why Traffic Lights Drive Everyone Crazy
Owen Thomas, Business Insider Jack Dorsey hates red lights. See Also SPOTTED: Square, One Of Silicon Valley’s Hottest Startups, Is Invading New York Taxis Check Out The Unusual Structure That Lets Square CEO Jack Dorsey Cash Out His Shares How To Read Jack Dorsey’s First-Ever Tweets Technology Review editor-in-chief Jason Pontin interviewed Twitter and...
BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Multi-Screen Media Consumption Is The New Normal
Mobile Insights is the new daily newsletter from BI Intelligence that collects and delivers the top mobile strategy news. It is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up here for a free trial of BI Intelligence today. Mobile Entertainment Consumption Soared 82% in One Year (Mashable)According to Millennial Media and comScore, entertainment consumption on mobile...
Twitter Ads Are About to Get More Relevant
If all goes according to plan, ads on Twitter are about to get a lot more relevant to the people that see them. That’s the idea behind the interest-targeted ad system the company has been testing. Having presumably ironed out the kinks, Twitter has just rolled the feature out to all of its advertisers. Previously, when...
FORGET GOOGLE: The Top 10 Hardest Tech Company Job Interviews
Flickr/Esther Dyson Google CEO Larry Page might be stumped by Thoughtworks’ hiring process. Quick: Name the tech company with the toughest job-interview process. Did Google come to mind? Facebook? Wrong! Both of those companies made Glassdoor’s list of the 25 most difficult companies to interview at but they aren’t at the very top. Among tech...
Amazon Claims It Has 22 Percent Of The U.S. Tablet Market, But What Does That Mean? (AMZN)
This post comes from Business Insider Intelligence, a new research and and analysis service focused on the mobile and Internet industries. Sign up for a free trial here. Amazon put out a press release to let the world know it is sold out of Kindle Fires. The company also has an event scheduled next...
Walmart.com’s Semantic Search Promises Edge Against Amazon
How much of a difference can better search tools make for an e-commerce site? Wal-Mart is betting on a 10% -15% improvement in sales following the launch of its new Polaris search engine on Walmart.com, developed by its @WalmartLabs division. Location, Location, Location In the business of retail, it’s all about location, That’s true...