Must Read for Windows Designers: MetroUI Definitively Explained
I am an unabashed fan of the whole concept of the Metro UI, which is the basis for Windows Phone 7 and the Zune Desktop. So when I saw this post by Scott…
GroupOn on the Superbowl Ad: “My Bad.”
By Jeff Nolan
From what we’ve heard, the Chicago-based company doesn’t believe the commercials were misguided, but rather that it made a mistake by not directing folks to a Web site, where it was raising money for…
Gluster Takes on AWS and VMware, Public Cloud Preps for Connector
Today we’ve seen two major cloud updates, with open-source storage platform Gluster taking the spotlight. Today the company announced Gluster Virtual Storage Appliances for VMware and Amazon Web Services, hitting general availability as of…
FreshBooks Adopts SaaS Model, Launches Add-on Store For Partners
By Cherr Aira
FreshBooks is now gearing up to make a detour to SaaS model via its Add-on Store. This online invoicing company has launched Add-on store with the goal of benefiting both their business partners and…
Virtual Goods Turn In High and Real Revenues
On the occasion of the International Toy Fair, Stardoll, the online fashion game for teenagers, announced a multi-year licensing agreement with Mattel that will materialize into the first product line coming out in the autumn…
Kindle Updates Keep this eReader Ahead of the Curve
Amazon is aware of its tough competitors such as the Nook, the iPad, Google’s eBooks and eBookstore, thus making continuous efforts to keep a fresh look for its customers. Amazon announced today its latest…
ShoutEm Launches No-Coding App Builder into Beta
Mobile company ShoutEm was launched back in ‘08 as a white label mobile social networking service which enabled customers to develop custom mobile communities. Growing beyond the 20,000 community mark, ShoutEm has announced it…
Play Angry Birds with this Kinect Hack Provided by KinEmote
By Kyt Dotson
A homebrew hacker named Joel Griffin Dodd has gone and done the possible—but still amazing—and combined the smartphone phenomenon Angry Birds with the Xbox Kinect motion capture peripheral. Now you too can freely use…
Meebo Evolution Turns to Social Ad Targeting, Acquires Mindset Media
Last November Meebo, a noteworthy conversational tool, managed to raise the last $25 million as an investment, mounting up to $60 million received in 2010. Meebo is now using these finances to buy Mindset…
HTC Pushes Forward with Invests in Mobile Content Delivery, Gaming
HTC announced two mobile investments as a part of a push to further anchor its turf in the mobile market. The first is the acquisition of multimedia delivery platform Saffron Digital for $48.6 million,…