Mobile Travel: An Industry That Doesn’t Yet Know Itself
I’ve been traveling a lot this year. More than just my usual summer road trip, or a holiday reunion with family. And it’s simply because I can. I can pack a weekend bag, throw…
Not Happy with Android Tablet OEMs are Looking to Windows 8
As much as non-iPad tablet makers might like the world to believe that Android ice cream based tablets are selling like hotcakes and looking to give Apple a headache in the tablet market just…
TWO iPhones for September? Users Are Confused.
By Ross LaRocco
There’s a report of Apple releasing two different iPhones at their September event. This means what for iPhone 4 users? There’s a bigger chance for developers to wipe application support for the iPhone 4…
Online Ads Big Data Industry on the Rise
One of the hottest recent industry trends, advertising, is garnering attention from investors and developers lately. From a market of $790 million in 2010, advertising is expected to surge to $4 billion in 2015,…
Microsoft Stirs Rumors around Windows 8, Pushes WP7 Forward
Microsoft has been working a lot around its top ventures lately, and today the latest batch of Windows 8 rumors crossed the wire. It was forecasted that the software maker will launch Windows 8…
Microsoft Bets on Windows Phone as Mobile Gaming Solution
Microsoft has made it quite clear – it doesn’t see any long term market for standalone handheld gaming devices, instead they have been positioning Windows Phone with Xbox sLive integration as the more viable…
Nirvanix Hires Google’s Head of Global Data Center Infrastructure
Nirvanix has hired one of Google’s top data center executives. Paul Froutan will serve as Nirvanix chief technology officer. At Google, Froutan served as head of global data center infrastructure, responsible for designing, building and managing…
CloudFlare Speaks Up on Censorship and LulzSec
By Kyt Dotson
During their criminal hacking rampage, the hacker celebrity group LulzSec ran a webpage to house links to torrents, Pastebin posts, and the distribution of their ill-gotten booty. To protect this webpage from other hackers…
ViVOtech Raises $24M, Drives New NFC Developments
Santa Clara, California-based NFC hardware and software provider, ViVOtech, today announced $24 million series C funding to further its NFC technology development, as well as expand their reach to more countries. This underscores NFC…
Hacker Group Lulzsec Signals Break Up
Hacker group Luzsec finally announced Saturday on Pastebin (linked on its Twitter feeds) that they are disbanding after 50 days of digital mayhem. The group performed various acts of theft, vandalism and exposure of…