OpenTable Crosses the Pond with TopTable Acquisition at $55 million
As part of Opentable's global expansion, this US real-time online reservation network announced that it agreed to buy toptable.com, a UK restaurant reservation website.
OpenFeint On Android Brings Social Games, Marketing and Revenue
Today, OpenFeint, a social gaming platform, has finally released the long-awaited Android version. Here are some of the reported features of the android version of OpenFeint: For now, OpenFeint for Android will offer leaderboards,…
PayNearMe Changes the Prepaid Model for the Everyday Cash Customer
By Kyt Dotson
According to PayNearMe’s own website, over 24% of all households in the United States don’t have credit or debit cards and they intend to exploit this untapped cash-only consumer base. PayNearMe combines a modified…
Early Reviews of IE9: It’s Pretty, Very Pretty
By Kyt Dotson
Internet Explorer has become the much maligned whipping-child of the Internet browser wars, even if they still hold a majority of the market due to its entanglement with the Windows OS. Their most recent…
Like + Bing? Microsoft and Facebook Engaged in Search Talks
By Kyt Dotson
All Things Digital has exclusive news that Microsoft is in talks with Facebook about deepening their search entanglement. The deal hinges around Microsoft’s access to data acquired from Facebook’s famous Like button. While the…
Hewlett-Packard’s Eyes on ArcSight Brings Lawsuits and Another Bidding War?
By Kyt Dotson
Stock market traders are watching Hewlett-Packard right now, wondering if their current involvement in an auction for the cybersecurity company, ArcSight, will result in a lucrative bidding tug-of-war. This expectation comes right on the…
Avaya Flare IPad Clone Video Offering Looking To Competing With Cisco and Apple – Android The Secret Weapon?
By John Furrier
Today, Avaya, announced a set of enterprise video products and services. They are calling it Avaya Flare Experience. It was unclear from the company’s messaging on the pricing but the positioning is clear –…
GoogleMe Nears, with Ramping Efforts Around Web Presence & Acquisitions
Google has been planning to add more extensive social-networking aspects to its core set of products this fall for quite some time now. Turns out, the probability they’re going to pull off something much,…
Juniper Networks Confirm Latest Microsoft Vulnerability Solutions
Juniper Networks announced a new supported security solution for Microsoft vulnerabilities today, confirming its Intrusion Detection and prevention system, as well as the Integrated Security Gateway. Par of Juniper Network’s J-Security Center, the updates…
The New Twitter and the Current Facebook: Facebook Still Wins
By chrissaad
Jeremiah and I wrote an analysis of the New Twitter vs. Current Facebook. Here’s a snippet: Situation: Twitter’s new redesign advances their user experience Twitter has announced a new redesign today, yet by looking…