Apple Purchases Land for Data Center, Replacing People with Clouds
Apple Inc. is serious about their plan of a billion-dollar extension data center as it purchased a land of less than an acre from a couple for $1.7 million.
New Media Minute: Do You Look Good on Mobile Phones?
Is your business or brand accessible on mobile phones? If it’s not it should be because consumers are increasingly accessing information and content on their cell phones. Google has said about 20 percent of…
Amazon May Be Adding Cloud Encoding to Web Services
Amazon is on the verge of competing with some of its customers, like HD Cloud, Zencoder and Encoding.com, with the plan of adding a new cloud encoding services to its Web Services.
Syncplicity’s Launches All-in-One Business Edition for the Cloud
The long-time file management solutions provider Syncplicity launches today’s its significantly improved and featured-pack new Business Edition. This introduces numerous and notable concepts, highlighted and realized, as well as the extremely time-saving and simplifying…
David Ko Leaves Yahoo to Become Zynga’s SVP of Mobile
Yahoo's head of U.S. Audience unit David Ko, who just announced that he is leaving Yahoo, assumes a position in heading mobile efforts at social gaming start up Zynga.
Nokia Loses Another VP, Meego Still On Track
Nokia was already having a rough time with it’s rebranding efforts, as its new N8 phones met luke warm reviews. And today another VP leaves; Ari Jaaksi resigned from Nokia last week. On the…
Viewdle Gets $10M to Add Facial Recognition to Your Smartphone
Image recognition is going to be an important part of technology in the coming years, especially when it comes to recognizing faces. Viewdle, an image recognition service, has announced a $10 million round of…
Skype Finally Comes to Android
Skype has finally made its way to Android OS, following the Apple iOS launch earlier this year. The VoIP app will work over WiFi and 3G, for Android devices 2.1 and higher. This marks…
TabbedOut Nabs $2M for Check-Outs
TabbedOut, the mobile tool that lets you pay bar and restaurant tabs, has landed a $2.05 million Series A round of funding, from New Enterprise Associates, Inc. (NEA). The Austin startup began with a…
Qualcomm Shuts Down FLO TV, Promotes Augmented Reality Apps with Android Contest
When one door shuts, another opens. It looks like Qualcomm is shutting down its direct-to-consumer television service, FLO TV, according to reports at Engadget. The subscription service came with its own device, which was…