Daily Archives: December 2, 2012

Tiny PengPod Thumbs Its Nose At Google With A $120 Tablet

December 2, 2012
Tiny PengPod Thumbs Its Nose At Google With A $120 Tablet

PengPod PengPod’s tablets and PengStick See Also A Look At The Epic Battle Between Google, Apple, Amazon, And Facebook BII REPORT: Why Mobile Commerce Is Set To Explode Introducing The $20 Android Tablet Android/Linux lovers are whooping it up now that a startup called PengPod reached its crowdfunding goal. PengPod promised to ship affordable...

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20 Years Of Texting: The Rise And Fall Of LOL

December 2, 2012
20 Years Of Texting: The Rise And Fall Of LOL

Flickr/Matthew Rogers Pier Luigi Bersani to be centre-left candidate in Italy’s general election Amazon, Google and Starbucks attacked by MPs over tax avoidance Hospitals ‘full to bursting’ as bed shortage hits danger level Osborne prepares for climbdown on failure of fiscal goals New police commissioners to press Theresa May for cuts rethink See Also...

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New Rumors Swirl That Nokia Is Working On An Android Phone (NOK, MSFT)

December 2, 2012
New Rumors Swirl That Nokia Is Working On An Android Phone (NOK, MSFT)

Illustration: Ellis Hamburger Nokia CEO Stephen Elop See Also The Truth About Microsoft’s Windows Phone Sales BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: A Guide To Mobile Web Design Best Practices HTC Has Decided Not To Sell One Of Its Signature Windows Phones In The U.S. Nokia is looking to hire a Linux expert. Linux is at the...

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The valley vs. the rest: The state of the venture capital industry

December 2, 2012
The valley vs. the rest: The state of the venture capital industry

The prominence of technology is riding high, with billion dollar initial public offerings (IPOs), news of large acquisitions, and a seemingly egalitarian spree in mobile applications pushing the profile of the industry up among the public; you can’t open a newspaper today without seeing story after story not just profiling firms, but even fashion...

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A slippery slope: UK ISPs block The Promo Bay, a completely legal site separate from The Pirate Bay

December 2, 2012
A slippery slope: UK ISPs block The Promo Bay, a completely legal site separate from The Pirate Bay

Internet censorship can be a very slippery slope. The latest example comes to us from the UK, where ISPs have started blocking The Promo Bay, a completely legal site launched by The Pirate Bay which has since been spun off to a separate domain. Back in April 2012, the UK High Court ruled that...

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Open Data Institute to open this week, highlighting big data innovation in the UK

December 2, 2012
Open Data Institute to open this week, highlighting big data innovation in the UK

The offices of the ODI are based in Shoreditch, so it’s well placed to be a touch-point for local tech startups that are also interested in open data. Shadbolt and Berners-Lee predicted the opening of UK government data and how it could be used to the advantage of the public. They were right on...

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Why the critics are wrong about mobile advertising

December 2, 2012

There’s no disputing we’re hurtling towards a true multi-screen society, and mobile is invariably cited as a problem child in this channel family. The standard argument goes that advertisers won’t invest as heavily in mobile as they do online because mobile ads are simply not as effective. After all, people don’t see mobile ads, or...

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The demise of yet another thin film solar maker

December 2, 2012
The demise of yet another thin film solar maker

The lights are apparently out for yet another thin film solar startup. Global Solar Energy, which was building a business around flexible solar panels, is laying off nearly all of its employees and stopping its manufacturing operation, according to Inside Tucson Business. The Arizona-based company developed ultra-thin solar panels using the materials copper, indium,...

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Pinterest, Flipboard and Yelp tell how to save big bucks in the cloud

December 2, 2012
Pinterest, Flipboard and Yelp tell how to save big bucks in the cloud

Amazon Web Services can be a great platform for startups when they’re small, but costs can outpace revenue growth pretty quick — especially if you’re offering a a free consumer service. At AWS’s Re: Invent user conference last week, engineers from Pinterest, Flipboard and Yelp shared their impressive and sometimes ingenious techniques for keeping...

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The Death Of Paper

December 2, 2012
The Death Of Paper

I entered a movie a few weeks ago by flashing a Passbook receipt. It was my first time doing so, and the process went about as seamlessly as one would hope. I just opened up the Passbook entry, showed it to the ticket checker and voila! Access was approved! That movie theater experience is...

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