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Kno Plans to Launch a Tablet-Based Digital Textbook
Kno has raised $55M in their bid to make the market for digital textbooks with their eponymous e-textbook product the Kno. An article posted at GigaOM says, This is Kno founder Osman Rashid’s second crack at revolutionizing the textbook market: he is also the founder and former CEO of Chegg, a startup that rents access ...
Oracle Hires Hewlett-Packard’s Ex-CEO Mark Hurd as New Co-President
As previously reported here by Kristen Nicole, Hewlett-Packard’s Mark Hurd has made his way over to Oracle. As written currently byReuters, Hurd, a close friend of Oracle CEO Larry Ellison, will join as president, replacing Charles Phillips, who has resigned. Phillips was co-president alongside Safra Catz, who remains in her role. While he left his ...
Hands-on Review with Samsung Fascinate
When Engadget reviews a mobile product they don’t pull any punches. Still, the Samsung Fascinate came out with few bruises from its handling—but bruises nonetheless. It looks like a solid Android phone that didn’t do much to make itself stand out in looks or design—but held the day in technology. In the Engadget review Joshua ...
Menlo Ventures Planning $800M Fund
As the biggest investor in 3PAR Inc., Menlo Ventures is already slated for a huge windfall this year so it looks like they’re getting ready to jump into the game once again. From an article at Bloomberg, if the group manages their $800 million, they’ll be able to produce the largest fund this year. But ...
iTunes Ping Not Playing Well with Facebook
As previously reported by SiliconAngle, Apple has recently released Ping, a social networking enhancement along with iTunes 10. And it looks like it’s already run into its first apparent snag, according to an article at Engadget, …the company was making a last-second change to its new Ping social-network-for-music: the removal of Facebook Connect for finding ...
Twitter for iPad Introduces Us to Panes
While up until this point Twitter has been hands-off with the iPad they have decided to build a first-party app: Twitter for iPad. And it looks like it has all the trappings to become the Twitter iPad killer app. From the hands-on article at PCMag, The free Twitter for iPad app expands the functionality of ...
Cisco Extends Smart-Metering with Arch Rock Acquisition Announcement
Today, Cisco announced their intent to acquire San Francisco based Arch Rock. With this acquisition, Cisco will be able to extend their reach into smart-metering systems that buttress smart-grid applications. Smart-grid appliances are capable of communicating with power distribution centers in order to regulate their power intake, save money, and reduce waste electricity. From Cisco’s ...
TV OS Scrap, Who Will Come Out On Top?
It’s all about the screens, baby. With PC desktop and mobile screens locked down already by major OS developers, we’ve still got one huge screen looming on the horizon: TV screens. And, in light of today’s big announcement by Apple—which might include information about Apple TV—the various OS giants appear to be circling, girding for ...
Mobile Acquisitions: Alcatel-Lucent Buys OpenPlug, VeriFone Buys WAY Systems
Today brings us a small slew of mobile related acquisitions. Starting with atel-Lucent who look to extend their range of mobile applications through an acquisition of OpenPlug through the company’s ELIPS Studio. This product is a developer tool, which allows developers to write an application once and have it translated automatically across multiple platforms. From ...
Scoreloop Makes Android Gaming Social: New App, Updated SDK
With the Android gaming market still living in the shadow of the iPhone it’s important to stand up and take notice of those businesses who are working to bring it into the light. One such company happens to be Scoreloop who hope to revolutionize the Android social gaming landscape. Scoreloop’s offering to the market is ...