Complete Windows Phone 7 Video Walkthrough
Thanks to the crew at Pocketnow we now have a complete (official) video walk-through of Windows Phone 7 with the help of Greg Sullivan, Senior Product Manager for Windows Phone at Microsoft. The video…
MindTouch 2010 Hits a Nerve With Community Curators & the Documentation Crowd
By Nate D'Amico
In startup land, early customer adoption is king. You want to release early, release often, and work towards that sweet spot where you have a captive audience that will jump all over your product…
Tom Parish on Social Media: Don’t Forget to … Organize?
I spoke with Tom Parish yesterday about social media strategy and large companies. Be authentic. Check. Be transparent. Check. Be…organized? Wha? The social media strategy guy at the conference didn’t preach that on stage…
Intel’s Photonic Processors Capable of up to One Terabit per Second
By Tom Foremski
On the 50th anniversary of the invention of the laser, Intel has demonstrated a breakthrough photonics chip set that offers 50 gigabits per second built using standard chip making techniques. Justin Rattner, VP and…
CloudMade Gets $12.3M to Grow Crowd-Sourced Maps
User-generated mapping tool CloudMade has raised $12.3 million in a Series B investment round, led by new investor Greyock Partners. Existing investor Sunstone Capital also participated in the round. The funding will be used…
Will “The Pillars” Amplified Edition Take the iPad eBook to the Next Level?
Everyone from book publishers to magazine concerns to TV networks have been trying to figure out their tablet and iPad strategies. And now the premium cable network Starz partnered with book publisher Penguin in…
Ask.com Launches Community-Driven Search. You Are Now Jeeves.
Ask.com is furthering its trek back to its Q&A roots, announcing a new product today. Launching in private beta (request an invite here), Ask.com is testing the new version of its site. Participants will…
BuzzLogic Gets $8.8M for New CEO, New Real-Time Ad Unit
Some life has been brought back to BuzzLogic, with an $8.8 million investment infusion from return backers Ackerley Partners. This second round of funding was led by Adams Capital Management. BuzzLogic raised about $12…
Yahoo Japan Stocks Rise After New Alliance with Google
Yahoo Japan has announced a deal with Google at its first-quarter earnings press conference (earnings report to be released today). Google algorithms will be powering its search engine, dissing Microsoft Bing’s search technology as…
Workstreamer Lands $3.5M in Series A Round, Going Up Against Salesforce Chatter+Jigsaw
Real-time listening and tracking platform Workstreamer has announced a $3.5 million Series A round of funding, from Austin Ventures. The round comes more than a year after Workstreamer launched with $1.5 million in seed…