Google and Verizon Vs. Net Neutrality: Bad News for SMBs
Lately I have seen a lot of press about how Google has joined Verizon to push a two-tiered Internet system for cellular providers. This is a major reversal for Google, which until this has…
Apple Replacing Quattro this Year, New Focus on iAds
Apple has announced the closing of Quattro Wireless network for advertisements till September 30th, the mobile ad network it acquired within the past year. The purpose of this move is to concentrate on the…
RIM Needs Mobile Ad Network, But Millennial Media Stands Ground
More push back from RIM as the mobile wars continue to heat up. Reports of the BlackBerry maker having entered discussions with Millennial Media for an acquisition of the mobile ad network have highlighted…
Social CRM and the Quickly Expanding Enterprise Sandbox
By Tom Foremski
Wednesday evening BroadVision launched the Clearvale SecondFloor speaker series focused on thought leaders in enterprise 2.0. Clearvale is BroadVision’s name for its collaborative enterprise platform. Charlene Li, founder of the Altimeter consulting group, was…
SaveWave Dances to the Tune of $2.3 Million: Series A Funding
Savewave undertook Upromise's grocery operations and features a mobile application that announces store deals to eliminate the hassle of printed coupons and to further the speed of dissemination.
Sorry, Facebook, But I’m Striking the Gong on Places
Yesterday, Facebook launched Facebook Places. Not only can you broadcast your location to your Facebook friends, but your friends can tag your location for others to see unless you uncheck this setting. It’s strange…
Launch of Facebook Places Raises Privacy Fears
By Kyt Dotson
Facebook already has a long track record of privacy fiascoes, so users should really be wary when approaching applications that give FB more information than before. With the recent release of Facebook Places, the…
Verizon’s Live TV Streaming to iPad: It’s a Start.
By Kyt Dotson
We can get streamed television shows on our computers and iPhones through various services, but Verizon wants to take it to the next level and stream live television. GeekTech over at PCWorld gives us…
Windows 7 is Going to Take Over!
Despite all cynical and unenthusiastic speculations of Windows 7’s failure to compete with XP, and its being another Black Screen issue, a full year of probation has cleared all doubts. Windows 7 is a…
Virtual Goods Turn Profits for Brands: eMarketer Report
By Kyt Dotson
Most online social media present virtual goods to visitors: be they in the form of badges for being part of the community, or gifts in the form of pixilated teddy bears, or plants given…