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NYT’s Editor’s Choice iPad App Extends Features, Releases Free Subscription
It looks like the New York Times is looking out for their mobile consumer base by extending the features and reach of their iPad app, Editors’ Choice. It will include a lot more content, streaming news, and other enticements to get users to join in—and, for the moment, it’s free. However, that will probably change ...
Facebook Co-Founder Unfortunately More Boring than Portrayed in “The Social Network”
Possibly the most intriguing blockbuster of this year, “The Social Network,” provides a fictional-historical hindsight view of the creation of Facebook. It’s characters strut their stage, spin a drama that spans billions of dollars and billions of people in the real world, but after watching himself portrayed on screen he doesn’t really have that much ...
Skyfire Hires Two Across Hybrid Lines of Flash and Movie Delivery
Skyfire, the company that wowed us with the smartphone browser that ran videos better than anyone else, has gone on a hiring spree. According to a TechCrunch exclusive, they’ve snapped up Vinay Ramani from Adobe’s Flash team and they’ve also hired John Metzger, now ex-senior director of engineering for Akamai. From Adobe comes Vinay Ramani, ...
Sugar Inc. Acquires MyPerfectSale, Building International Empire
Looks like the family of women’s online media is about to get a little smarter, Sugar Inc. has bought MyPerfectSale. Sugar Inc. is a leading international online media company—emphasis on the international when it comes to MyPerfectSale. The buy certainly dovetails nicely with Sugar Inc.’s current ties to the industry by giving viewers access to ...
Eventbrite Releases a Report on the Impact of Social Networking on eCommerce
Eventbrite has released a report based on how engagement with social networks drives eCommerce. The report provides a quantification for a great deal of data. They’re also in an excellent position to collect this sort of data as one of the world’s largest event ticketing companies. The name of the report is Social Commerce: A ...
Mozilla Finds a New Chief Executive With SAP’s Gary Kovacs
The maker of the open-source Firefox web browser, Mozilla, has been on the hunt for a new CEO for almost six months since the announcement by John Lilly that he’d be seeking other employment. It appears that their search has ended with Gary Kovacs. But who is Gary Kovacs and what does his appointment mean ...
Windows Messenger Connect Comes out of Beta
Not to be left out of the social bookmarking and sharing scene, Microsoft Inc. has developed a tool that allows web page administrators and developers to connect up to Windows Live Messenger (amid myriad other services). The recently golden Windows Messenger Connect provides a set of APIs that allow users to “communicate via Windows Live ...
TweetDeck’s Android App is Official
Twitter aficionados with Google Android phones are about to get a new friend, TweetDeck just came out of beta and is available on the Android Market: For those of you who haven’t had the chance to test the beta, Android TweetDeck is a completely reworked UI for managing your social media empire. With the app ...
4G Wireless Gets a Boost as Broadcom Acquires Beceem Communications
Broadcom Corporation just announced their acquisition of Beceem Communications amidst some fanfare from the wireless community. Broadcom is already a powerful player and innovator in the telecommunications industry and their acquisition of Beceem bring them even more leverage to innovate with. Hopefully, they’ll also pump a lot of new life into the next generation of ...
Drowning in Java: Oracle, IBM Deal Takes Aim At Android
At the heart of every Android phone is a platform that runs on a specialized form of Java. In fact, it’s at the core of the success of Google’s smart phone line, which is why the news from InfoWorld of Oracle and IBM making a pact comes as a potential blow to the search giant’s ...