Sprint’s Nextel network may have plenty of limitations, but its walkie-talkie push-to-talk (PTT) service isn’t one of them. For more than a decade Direct Connect has been the gold standard for PTT services popular with blue collar workers and teenagers alike. That’s why when Sprint decided to shut down its Nextel iDEN network starting...
Daily Archives: September 18, 2012
Despite complaints, fresh calls for the President to act on cybersecurity mount
TNW’s coverage of the cybersecurity debacle has been a wide-ranging series on the issues, merits, dangers, and setbacks of the issue. It’s also been a bit more political in nature than our usual fare, frankly. I’m taking this aside to say that the very instant Congress unsticks its gears and finishes being jammed, we...
New Internet Explorer Security Bug Could Affect Millions
Microsoft said it was investigating a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that could affect millions of users, running the latest versions of Internet Explorer on Microsoft’s most popular operating systems. Specifically, Microsoft warned that the bug could affect users running Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, and 9, using the Windows XP, Vista, and...
New Internet Explorer Security Bug Could Affect Millions
Microsoft said it was investigating a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that could affect millions of users, running the latest versions of Internet Explorer on Microsoft’s most popular operating systems. Specifically, Microsoft warned that the bug could affect users running Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, and 9, using the Windows XP, Vista, and...
CHART: Facebook’s Sponsored Stories Are Way More Effective Than Display Ads (FB)
We keep hearing that Facebook’s Sponsored Stories ads — the posts from advertisers that appear in your News Feed — are much more effective than Facebook’s regular display (or “MarketPlace”) ads. Sponsored Stories are the only ads that appear on Facebook’s mobile apps, where most of its users are, too. AdParlor CEO Hussein Fazal,...
Sneakpeeq Brings Social Shopping Platform To The iPad
Sneakpeeq, a social shopping startup that debuted at TechCrunch Disrupt last year, is launching its iPad app today. The company has also hit the one million members mark. You can download the iPad app here. The startup aims to replicate the experience of shopping for items in a retail store with a social twist....
20th Century Fox Puts Movies Online First With A Big Push Behind “Digital HD”
Don’t call it electronic sell-through. Call it “Digital HD.” 20th Century Fox, the studio behind hits like Prometheus has got a whole new type of movie to sell you online. And while the actual product isn’t that different than what you might have bought before, there are a few key differences in Fox’s approach...
In-Q-Tel stakes a claim in MongoDB, invests in 10gen
The world just can’t seem to get enough of MongoDB, the popular NoSQL database. On Monday afternoon, its primary commercial developer 10gen announced a strategic investment from In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the U.S. intelligence community. Terms of the deal were undisclosed, although they do include a technology development deal as well as...
POLL: Are You Going To Leave AT&T For Verizon With The iPhone 5? (T, VZ, AAPL, S)
Screenshot When the iPhone 5 comes out this weekend, a lot of people who have been with ATT because it was the only carrier that had the iPhone will be off their contracts and free to switch to a new carrier. I’m one of those people. Even though I have an old, unlimited plan...
Hot mobile payments startup BOKU loses co-founder and CTO to … American Express?
Well, this is a surprise. Erich Ringewald, co-founder and former CTO of promising international mobile payments startup BOKU has quit the company to join American Express as VP of Software Product Management for the U.S. Consumer Services business. At AmEx, Ringewald will help design software-based consumer products. It seems to be a rather sudden...