A Brief History of Search Engines: the Last 20 Years
How will the web search look in a few years time? Hard to find a pertinent answer when the last decade offered puzzled situations. The search engines’ debut started at the beginning of the…
OneRiot’s Topsy Takeover
Topsy declared today that OneRiot, the realtime search engine, has switched search partners to Topsy.com, a very popular search engine for social web. Topsy’s now making profits via OneRiot’s online advertisements. Vipul Ved Prakash,…
Viacom Storms High-Profile Appellate Lawyer on Google
There’s nothing like Court TV, but when it comes to the real deal, Viacom and particularly YouTube star at the top of the list. In its efforts to overturn an NY judge’s ruling of…
Smartphone Ownership in United States- Who wins the Gadget Census 2010?
By Isha Suri
Just a few months back, an online gadget census was conducted by Retrovo in which the votes were calculated on the basis of the per capita Smartphone ownership across the United States. Retrovo’s 2010…
More Facebook Privacy Issues That Won’t Make Users Happy at All
Privacy, privacy, privacy – Facebook has seen all too many complaints, lawsuits and privacy concerns lately, but according to this, it’s only getting worst. As a poll by Microsoft’s Saikat Guha and Max Planck…
VMware and Google Match Made in Heaven for Cloud Portability
By Kyt Dotson
VMware Inc. and Google have announced together the upcoming release of a suite of tools that will enable developers to rapidly produce cloud portable applications. The collaborative projects should become available over the next…
New Mac App Store Guidelines Look Like iTunes Rules
Posted at web-based clipboard pastie.org by an unknown person, Apple's Guidelines of what you can't sell in their yet to be released Mac App Store was revealed.
L.A. Startup Unsubscribe Raises $2.1M to Rescue You from Email Marketing
Unsubscribe, founded by the James Siminoff behind PhoneTag/Simulscribe has just raised an impressive $2.1 million in Series A financing – the round was led by Charles River Ventures. The start-up, which offers a quick…
ShoreTel acquires Agito Networks, Empowering the New Age Mobile Worker
By Isha Suri
ShoreTel, one of the leading service providers of IP-based phone systems, has successfully acquired the Agito Networks, another leader in the platform-agnostic enterprise mobility. Through this $11.4 million deal, ShoreTel is all set to…
The sFund Calls in Social Kings, Flush with $250M to Start
By Kyt Dotson
There’s news pouring in from all corners about the announcement at Facebook Headquarters. While the announcement/event hasn’t started yet, there is a series of chairs set up and a backdrop that reads: sFund. Also…