Biggest Tech Surprise of 2011: Google’s Chrome OS
We hear a lot about the impact of Apple’s iPad 2 these days, and we will surely hear as much about the expected iPhone 5 in June. Estimates of annual shipments for these products…
Searching for Search Tools Around SXSW
There’s nothing new under the sun, however, search has gotten a lot of twists for SXSW and hyperlocal has taken over. Twitter has no break out competitors for the event this year but we’ve…
Japan and the World: Dealing with Quake’s Communication Crisis in the Cloud
The earthquake that hit Japan on the 11th of March will have a considerable impact on the world economy at large, given the fact the Japan is one of leading players in the world’s…
AudioDraft: Bringing Crowdsourcing to Audio Production
By Kyt Dotson
What do music, contests, and crowds have to do with one another? They’re all integral components of the business model that AudioDraft uses to connect the work of audio professionals with interested consumers. The…
Bing not Matching Donations through RT’s is a Loss, not a Win
By holdenpage
I get it. Corporations are big, bad, and horrendously evil. They either do too much, or simply not enough. The latest example of such corporate greed and self-serving was supposedly demonstrated by Bing with…
NetApp and Engenio – Part 2 – A Hypothesis
By Jay Livens
In my previous post, I discussed why I thought that NetApp’s acquisition of Engenio was a difficult one and why I question the value of the combined entity. Simply put, there seems to be…
The Insignificance of a 250 GB Usage Cap
By George Ou
Now that AT&T is following the footsteps of Comcast by instituting a 250 GB per month usage cap on their broadband service (150 GB for slower DSL customers), some of the concern that we are…
MobyNow: Real-Time Tracking Of Tweets, Photos And More At SWSXi
By Tom Foremski
I’m not at South By South West interactive this year but the Austin, Texas based event is hosting a lot of the digerati from around the world but especially from SF/Silicon Valley. Keeping track…
Google Circle’s Rumors and Eventual Dismissal Stirs Thoughts about Privacy
By Kyt Dotson
Over the weekend a rumor cropped up that Google would be releasing a new social-networking tool, Google Circles, at SXSW—but with the dawn today we quickly discovered that there is no Google Circles and…
Twitter’s Biz Stone Becomes Strategic Adviser for AOL-HuffPo
By Isha Suri
As Internet Company AOL has joined hands with online news site, The Huffington Post, it has appointed Twitter’s Co-Founder Biz Stone as its strategic adviser. Biz is a renowned name in the Silicon Valley…