Google is trying in so many ways to catch up on the sharing front. It wants you to share more links through Google properties such as Gmail, Google Reader, Google News, and Google Buzz. Today, it is adding a new sharing feature to Google Bookmarks. You can now organize bookmarks into lists [...]
Tags: Bookmarks, Buzz, China, Email, Google, Google News, Google Toolbar, Last Time, New Approach, New Sections, News Today, Organize, People
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Wed, March 24 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Today, during his keynote address at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek had a big revelation: “On certain days, we’re consuming more Internet capacity than Sweden has as a country.”
Ek made the statement when asked why Spotify chose to use a P2P model, rather than centrally store all of its music [...]
Tags: Apple, Austin Texas, Backend, Bandwidth, Beta, Ceo, Dollar Question, Ek, Internet Capacity, Keynote Address, Labels, Largest Music Store, Last Time, Leverage, Music Rights, Native Application, Revelation, Subscribers, Subscription Model, Sxsw Festival
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Wed, March 17 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Last time I was in India I wrote about the amazing business model innovation that had allowed telecom operators to make money on a paltry $6 a month per average user. That compares to a desired average monthly payment of $50 or more in the U.S.
The results have been phenomenal—550 million people in India have [...]
Tags: Business Model Innovation, Footprints, Fraction, Gulfs, High Speed Internet, Household, Infrastructure, Invisible Thread, Language Literacy, Last Time, Low Maintenance, Millionaire, Mobile Phones, Penetration, Rajiv Mehrotra, Service Economy, Slums, Telecom Operators, When Rajiv, Worst Case
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Sun, March 14 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Have you ever encountered the embarrassment with the unexpected incoming phone calls when you are attending a meeting or have you ever felt extremely regretful for missing a incoming phone call because you had put your phone in the bag,Bluetooth Bracelet will help you to resolve all [...]
Tags: 0000, Bluetooth, Brand New, Cellphone, Embarrassment, Incoming Phone, Initiative, Last Time, Lcd Screen, Long Time, Match, Phone Call, Scren, Telephone Number, Vibration
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Thu, March 4 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Alright, lets pat the pockets and run through the mental checklist one last time before security: Passport? Check, front pocket. Headphones? Definitely in your backpack. Boarding pass? Uh oh. Where’d that boarding pass go?
Oh, that’s right! It’s on your phone – because you, like a rapidly increasing number of other people, opted to have it [...]
Tags: Backpack, Barcode, Headphones, Last Time, Leading Companies, Mental Checklist, Mobile One, Offerings, Passport, Pockets, Trinity, Uh Oh
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Wed, March 3 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Good news, Palm fans! If you’ve taken a break from jamming on the “Update” button, it’s time to go tap it one last time: the rollout of webOS 1.4 has just begun. The catch: it seems that it’s only for Sprint handsets right now, with the Verizon Pre Plus and Pixi Plus still reporting that [...]
Tags: Break, Ces, False Hopes, Handsets, Last Time, Palm Fans, Pixi, Rollout, Rumor Mill, Sprint, Verizon, Webos
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Sat, February 27 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Movie ratings site Flixster raised issued $12.5 million in new shares funding, according to an SEC filing. The last time Flixster raised money was a $5 million Series B in April, 2008. The new round brings the company’s total capital raised to $19.5 million.
Flixster operates both a Web site and a companion [...]
Tags: 30 Million, 5 Million, Acquisition, Android, Blackberry, Companion, December 31, Flixster, Iphone, Joe Greenstein, Last Time, Many Different Ways, Mobile Applications, Movie Ratings, Movie Review, New Money, News Corp, Rotten Tomatoes, Stock Transaction, Undisclosed Sum
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Mon, February 8 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Israeli genealogy site MyHeritage has completed its third acquisition, buying Germany’s OSN. OSN operates seven genealogy sites including Verwandt.de in Germany, Moikrewni.pl in Poland and Dynastree.com in the US. It was launched in 2007 just after LA-based Geni and, at first, it was just your typical German clone. But it added features and grew fast [...]
Tags: Algorithm, Bits And Pieces, Clone, Emerging Markets, European Markets, Existing Users, Family Tree Connections, Family Trees, Genealogy Sites, Geni, Influx, Information Profiles, Last Time, Merger, Myheritage, New Features, Patience, Rarity, Smart Deal, Talented Individuals
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Tue, February 2 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments