Microsoft Rik van der Kooi See Also This Software Let’s You Count The Advertisers Tracking Your Web Activity Why Apple Wants To Kill The 2nd Biggest Mobile Ad Business On The Planet This Is How Facebook Is Tracking Your Internet Activity Microsoft’s Rik van Der Kooi says the company will not abandon advertising just...
Have you ever wondered where most of the Kickstarter projects are based? Now you can get your geography nerd fix with ThingsWeStart, a handy interactive website map that lets you filter all of them to your liking. The site launched on Monday, but it’s still in beta. ThingsWeStart has already got some great stuff...
FoundationDB, here at Disrupt San Francisco 2012, is a modern database with features that have been the foundation for databases since the 1970s. The result, they say, is an infinitely scalable database that goes beyond what most NoSQL databases offer. By adopting the inherent strengths of NoSQL and integrating what they call “YesACID,” FoundationDB...
In amongst the 160 Startup Alley companies exhibiting in San Francisco each day of Disrupt there are an enormous variety of companies. It’s possible to switch from a startup aimed at new moms to a new enterprise cloud start-up in the space of just 3 feet. And every time you will find something brand...
The Rural Cellular Association has officially changed its name to the Competitive Carriers Association, embracing the rather awkward reality that distinctly non-rural operators like Sprint, T-Mobile and MetroPCS now make up its membership. The battle lines were drawn a long time ago, but now the lineup is official: it’s ATT and Verizon against the...
Steam’s Big Picture feature is now live in the beta channel, bringing an interface to the application that is designed to be used with a TV and a controller. Valve has bemoaned the state of both PC hardware and console technology, decrying a lack of innovation and openness in these spheres. It has been...
In the first announcement following AMD’s acquisition of low power server startup SeaMicro earlier this year, AMD on Monday announced a new server platform based on the SeaMicro tech that’s optimized for big data and cloud computing. The newly-announced “SM15000″ server tech supports 5 petabytes of storage and brings storage closer to compute, making...
The app discovery tool Appsfire Deals has just introduced an interesting new feature that lets you travel backwards through the history of an app to see past updates, launch dates, promotions and more. The Timeline is what Appsfire calls a ‘living history’ of the app as it exists on the App Store. The Timeline...
Julie Bort/Business Insider Impulse Save cofounders present their idea at Disrupt SF See Also After His First App Flopped, This Entrepreneur Decided To Build A Startup That Shows You How To Actually Make Money Off Your Apps BII REPORT: How HTML5 Will Take Over Mobile Apps Meet Lyft, A Startup Trying To Change San...
The video below has been described as a leaked advertisement for the iPhone 5. It’s on Chinese video site Youku. It’s possibly (probably?) fake. But it incorporates most of the new features and changes that the leaks to date suggest are coming in the iPhone 5. UPDATE: Early reader consensus is that it’s “definitely...