Flipboard Flips Oprah Effect – Raises $50M
Talk show sensation Oprah Winfrey is going to be a part of world’s first social magazine solely for the iPad , Flipboard. This marks the first time that Flipboard is allocating a section on…
U.K. government says ‘no thanks’ to free data analytics services
It’s hard to believe that a cash-strapped government would refuse free data analytics services that could potentially help it save significant taxpayer money and improve its credibility with the public. But that’s just what…
Check-Ins Are Hot, But Privacy Issues Cool Things Down
Location-based services are dubbed by some to be the next stage in evolution for mobile and social networking, but some fresh research indicates these claims are not backed by user interest. Web marketing agency…
Iron Mountain Shutters Two Services: Impact on Cloud?
This week the news trickled out that Iron Mountain, the big records management company, is apparently planning to close two of its cloud-based services, Virtual File Storage and Archive Services Platform. The company reportedly…
Is Ad-Supported Music A Lost Dream? Spotify Limits Free Streams
When Spotify entered the market it offered the classic music streaming services as any other player in the domain without charging listeners, gaining tremendous popularity on the European continent. Last year, the company decided…
Easter Serves a Treat for Online Retailers, but What’s Next?
Easter is predicated to generate $14.6 billion in retail sales, and a online retailers account for a very big chunk of that revenue. More and more people are shopping g online, but apparently, customers…
Android Market Outshines iOS, But Still Needs Work
Based on data from a network of 3.9 billion monthly mobile advertising impressions to over 220 million consumers, Inmobi today announced the result of its Mobile Insights Report: Global Edition March 2011. Figures reveal…
The World Bank Bets on Apps: Winners in Big Data Development
By Cherr Aira
More than 10,000 votes were casted. 100 young developers. Raw ideas. One winner—and it came from the Land Down Under. The World Bank’s “Apps for Development” competition concluded today, the victors celebrating with a…
Microsoft Gives Augmented Reality a Booster Shot with Windows Phone OS and Kinect Updates
By Kyt Dotson
Executives from Microsoft Corp. at MIX11, the 2011 Microsoft developers conference in Las Vegas, took their keynote and multiple panels to speak about augmented reality developments in their devices. Specifically, I’m interested in covering…
Old Habits Continue: No Links In Traditional Media…or PR
By Tom Foremski
Anthony DeRosa is Media Product Manager at Reuters. He writes: Blogger ethics tend to be better than traditional journalism ethics when it comes to linking to sources. It’s actually far more likely you won’t…