In these enlightened times, you may think that the average Internet user is too sophisticated to be suckered in by online scams. But cyber fraud and theft are growing rapidly despite constant efforts to educate users to the danger. A new study suggests why some people, especially the elderly, seem so susceptible. According to...
Daily Archives: September 7, 2012
Joe Tucci to stick with EMC till 2015
Joe Tucci will remain at EMC through at least February of 2015, according to an amended employment contract disclosed in a new SEC filing. But, he may not be CEO for that entire time. In mid-July, Tucci told analysts that he would remain chairman of both VMware and EMC — and CEO of EMC...
Meet Lyft, A Startup Trying To Change San Francisco’s Decades-Old Transportation System
Lyft John Zimmer, cofounder, Lyft See Also What It’s Really Like To Go Through Y Combinator, The Most Important Startup School In The World More Than 50 Million Patients Use Medical Startup Practice Fusion, And It’s Saved At Least One Life New Startup Grouper Sounds Like One Of The Best Ways To Meet New...
Pandora Is Getting Demolished Thanks To A Report Apple Might Clone It (P, AAPL)
Email More The Wall Street Journal reports Apple is working on a Pandora clone and here’s how investors react: Screenshot Recommended For You Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook. Follow Jay Yarow on Twitter. Ask Jay A Question » Tags: Apple, Pandora | Get Alerts for these topics » Advertisement: Article source: SAI...
Sorry, Apple Fans, Amazon Is Sucking The Profit Out Of iPads — iPhones Next?
Consumers around the world rejoice: Free-market capitalism is working the way it’s supposed to. For the past five years, one company, Apple, has been making positively colossal profits on smartphones and tablets, while pretty much every other company in the industry struggles or goes bust. That’s not the way it’s supposed to work. The...
Meet The Commutist, our new weekly podcast
Om has long described GigaOM as not just a media company — but an information company. And part of our job is to get that information to you wherever you may be. As we consume more content on-the-go, we figured it was high time to get into the podcast game. So here we are,...
Lux Digital Pictures acquires radio advertising network RadioLoyalty
RadioLoyalty, a provider of Internet and mobile advertising solutions for online and terrestrial radio broadcasters, was acquired by Lux Digital Pictures, it was announced today, in a move which sees Lux add more platforms to its already vast content network. Lux, who deliver in-stream video advertisements, saw the appeal to acquire RadioLoyalty as an...
Cartoon: Runtime Error
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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About HTML5* (*But Were Afraid To Ask) [Slides]
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The rise of native apps as the primary medium for mobile content is a trend that shows no signs of slowing down at the moment — if anything, it’s growing, with smartphone-wielding consumers in the U.S. recently tipping to using more native apps than mobile web sites for their information/games/video fixes. But that also...
More Evidence For September 21 Ship Date For iPhone 5
Back in August, TechCrunch received word that Verizon was planning a vacation blackout for September 21 to September 30, indicating that would be the release date for the new iPhone 5. Now, new info suggests that’s the right date, based on different sources. MacRumors is reporting that FedEx is preparing for “surge volume” demand...