What Keeps Springpad’s CEO Up at Night?
This is the first in a series we’ll be doing as we take a closer look at some of the thought leaders and influencers that affect our space. These snapshot profiles uncover some of…
Public Cloud Firm Joyent Raises $5M in Funding
Joyent, a San Francisco tech firm that offers several cloud products and is sponsoring the Node.js project, raised $5 million in fresh funding according to an SEC filing picked up by TechCrunch. To date the…
Samsung Goes After iPod Touch with Galaxy Player US Release
Samsung finally announced that its Wi-Fi Galaxy Player is hitting the US shores on October 16. Galaxy Player is the iPod Touch of the Korean mobile giant to compete head to head with that…
Skype Released iOS Update, New Products and Fan Base
Skype is one of the most popular communication tools used on the planet. Since it was launched in 2003, it’s already been downloaded over a billion times. And it is also a very popular…
Windows 8 tablets Take Aim at Choice, not Competition
One of the more irritating traits about tech punditry are the seemingly endless opinions on how the new Product A is going to kill the older Product B, or not, depending on the writer’s…
Zynga Suffers 90% Profit Decline, IPO Not Looking Good
With yesterday’s news of Zynga’s latest partnership with Google +, it was mentioned that Zynga suffered a 90% profit decline in their second quarter net income and their profit fell to $1.4 million in the quarter…
Google Just Wants to Be #3… Here’s Why
By Tom Foremski
My son told me about a breakthrough ad strategy he stumbled upon for his affiliate businesses: reduce your Google AdWords spend, yes, you drop down from #1 in the Google advertising order to #3…
Bitcoin 0.4.0 Will Secure Your Wallet With Native Encrpytion
By Kyt Dotson
This major release to the Bitcoin client hit the digital stacks September 23, 2011 and it includes a long-awaited security feature: encrypted wallets. Of late, users of the cryptocurrency have suffered increased attempts by…
All Systems Go! Apple Sends Invites for Oct. 4 Event
By Val Galin
Apple finally confirmed the much rumored Oct. 4 event, as it handed out its official invitations to selected guests today. The event will be held at Apple’s Cupertino campus on Tuesday, 10am PST and…
Box Announces Mobile Enterprise Development Contest Winners
By Klint Finley
Box announced the winners of its Mobile Dev Challenge this morning, a contest I helped judge. Participants were tasked with creating a mobile enterprise app that integrates with Box’s service. Bizmo, an accounting application…