Can a Kubrick Film Stop Apple’s Fight Against Samsung?
Just a day before Apple and Samsung are set to meet back in a German court over tablet infringement issues, Samsung was issued a preliminary injunction by a Dutch court in The Hague that…
Google’s Vic Gundotra: 4 Billion Hits to the +1 Button Every Day
The +1 button on Web sites has been hit four billion times, according to a blog post today by Google Senior Vice President Vic Gundotra. In July, the +1 button crossed 2 billion daily views.…
Tradehill Brightens the Bitcoin Market with E-Wallet Beta
By Kyt Dotson
Everyone involved in the Bitcoin market wants it to become something more than it currently is—something of an obscure cryptocurrency that’s popular mostly among geeks, although it’s recently gotten some notice in more mainstream…
What Are Companies’ Top Priorities for Application Integration?
By Klint Finley
Business intelligence/analytics and productivity/collaboration applications are most companies’ top integration priorities according to a report published by SnapLogic. SnapLogic conducted a survey of executives with 110 respondents. It’s a small number, but sheds some light…
HubPages CEO on Google’s Panda: SEO Doesn’t Work
By Tom Foremski
I met with Paul Edmondson, CEO of HubPages, and Jason Menayan Director of Marketing to talk about how the publishing site is dealing with the aftermath of Google’s major update to its algorithm, Panda,…
Chinese Documentary Highlights Suspicions over Chinese Hacking
It’s China vs. the US in the cyber realm. A Chinese military show aired sometime mid-July spilled shots from a computer screen flaunting a Chinese university using an American university IP to launch an…
Monday’s MP3tunes Court Decision Breathes Life into the Musical Cloud
By Kyt Dotson
An interesting legal decision Monday takes some weight off the hard drives of the still-infantile music cloud industry. A federal judge has ruled that the MP3tunes cloud music service doesn’t violate copyright infringement statues…
Brightcove Goes Public, Files $50 Million IPO Despite Net Loss
By Val Galin
Last year, Kit Dotson reported a possible Brightcove IPO in the first half of this year. Well, close enough, as the online video platform company just filed this morning for a $50 million IPO.…
The Future of Mobile Gaming Goes Beyond the Screen
By Maria Pila
In the summer of 2011, Latitude research surveyed a few hundred gamers and interviewed some forward-thinking game makers and game enthusiasts to understand what the future might hold for the gaming scene. The stereotype…
Taptera Lands $2M As Mobile Enterprise Gains Popularity
Taptera, the mobile enterprise apps maker for Apple iPads and iPhones, has just taken in $2 million in a Series A funding round led by Terence Garnett, a notable Silicon Valley investor, who will…