Updated: Rutberg: Mobile Accounted For Over 40% Of All Tech VC In 2011
Some revealing numbers out from the analysts at Rutberg & Co. that point to how big mobile is in terms of tech investments today, and how co… Read more »
Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For Magazine Apps, Cross-Platform Services
Polar Mobile — the Canadian startup that develops apps for big-name publishers like CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS), Conde Nast, Sports Illustr… Read more »
How A Stolen Wallet Made Me A Mobile-Payments Enthusiast
Losing your phone is never fun. But losing your wallet is much worse, and that’s one argument where those trying to roll the mobile-payments… Read more »
What A Facebook Deal With Vevo Could Unleash
Facebook is lagging in the video-streaming race, with YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG), Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) an… Read more »
Social Media Gets Stickier: Twitter/Summify; Facebook/Apps, Video Too?
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This week saw a number of developments at Twitter and Facebook, two of the world’s biggest social networking sites, that are signs of them l… Read more »
Google’s German Engine Is Slowing
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Google’s Q4 UK revenue rose 21 percent from the previous year to $1 billion, though German revenue growth slowed during the quarter, the sea… Read more »
Forget SOPA: Hollywood And Silicon Valley Make Up At Sundance
The legislative battle over SOPA highlights the cultural rift between Hollywood and Silicon Valley but one place where the two tribes seem t… Read more »
Updated: Google Miss Sends Stock Down 9 Percent On Cost-Per-Click Questions
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) missed analyst expectations for earnings per share during the fourth quarter, sending its stock plunging in after-hours… Read more »
ITN Unifying Ad Sales For Multi-Platform Video Syndication
UK TV video news producer ITN is unifying its online ad sales platform as it expands into a burgeoning number of online destinations. Read more »
Tech Industry Breaks Back Of SOPA As Republicans Jump Ship On Black-out Day
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The furor over controversial anti-piracy legislation reached a climax on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers began disavowing the Stop Online… Read more »
Motorola Starts Android 4.0 Rollout To Xoom, But 3G Owners Must Wait
Android tablet makers have been coy about their plans for Android 4.0, the first version of the software to unify the smartphone and tablet… Read more »
Penguin's DK: Goodbye Books, Hello 'Flat' Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere
Dorling Kindersley, the division of Penguin that publishes children, travel and reference titles, made a strong case for how it is moving to… Read more »
Google Finds Way To Get On SOPA Soap Box Without Going Dark
Instead of blacking out for the Jan. 18 SOPA protest, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) instead is using its power — and its most iconic communications t… Read more »
YouTube Fails To Convince Ad Regulator The Web Safeguards Kids Like TV Does
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Two contrary advertising watchdog rulings against the same movie company highlight how video advertising to children is handled differently… Read more »
ComScore Video Rankings: YouTube Usage Spiked 72 Percent Over 2010
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As it seeks to launch nearly 100 new channels featuring professionally produced video, YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) has a key advantage over origina… Read more »
Updated: In-App Purchases To Overtake Sales From Paid Apps By 2013
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The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money fr… Read more »
Microsoft SkyDrive 'Confuses Naked With Nude', Art Account Frozen
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Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has an image police – but an arrest they have made may be mistaken. A blogger using its SkyDrive cloud storage servic… Read more »
YouTube's Lineup Gets A Boost From Two New Entertainment Channels
YouTube’s ambitious — and expensive — original programming push got a little more steam this week with the Monday launch of new Hollywood-… Read more »
The Year Of The Dumb And Dumber, Sub-$100 Smartphone – 500 Million Of Them
We’ve heard about how the boom in smartphone popularity, the dropping cost of components and the rapid rise of Android, a “free” smartphone… Read more »
Sweet Success For Cut The Rope: An Interview With ZeptoLab's CEO
Games rank as the most popular form of mobile content today — 68 percent of tablet and smartphone app users who downloaded an app in the pa… Read more »
paidContent Book Review: How To Fix Copyright
Copyright law can be a dry and wonky subject. Yet it often triggers the raw emotions that come with a debate over immigration policy or Tim… Read more »
Interactive TV Advertising: Not Huge Now, Will This Be The Year It Grows?
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Last week’s CES event brought a clutch of announcements around interactive TV services — specifically around more content getting pushed to… Read more »
Samsung Is Doing Well; Now Raising $1B, Looking To Tizen To Do Better?
Samsung is reportedly getting ready to issue some $1 billion in bonds to expand production facilities. Meanwhile, it is starting to get a bi… Read more »
Illegal Books Available For Free On Google's Android Market
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Dozens of commercial book collections, including the entire Harry Potter series, have been downloaded for free from Google’s official Androi… Read more »
Time Inc. Skips The CES Bins, Sort Of; Offers Free Downloads Of All Titles
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Not too long ago, grazing the magazine bins was a perk of going to a trade show. But consolidation and closures mean fewer publications — a… Read more »
@ CES: No Signature Magic This Year But The Winds Are A-Changing
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Four days spent in Vegas five years after the introduction of the iPhone gives me the sense that the tech industry is at a weird crossroads,… Read more »
Can Facebook Control 5 Percent Of Online Advertising By End Of 2012?
While many of the top Internet companies faced a volatile ad market in the fourth quarter of last year, Facebook saw its share of the overal… Read more »
Motorola Wins A Round In Mobile Patent War Against Apple
Chalk one up for Motorola (NYSE: MMI) and Android: the International Trade Commission has determined that it doesn’t violate any of the pate… Read more »
Has RIM Hired Goldman Sachs To Explore A Merger Or Sale?
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BlackBerry maker RIM’s official line has been that it is not for sale, but this week, persistent rumors that it could get bought anyway got… Read more »
Updated: 'Mortified' Google To Act On Those Who Poached Rival's Clients
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Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has “apologised unreservedly” after its Kenyan outfit poached customers from a rival business directory by systematicall… Read more »
For Google's Ice Cream Sandwich, Style Maketh The Platform
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) today took one more step towards getting its device partners and developers in line when it comes to using its Android o… Read more »
@ CES: YouTube Thinks Web Video Is Big, Also Pretty Sure Sun Rises In East
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YouTube (NSDQ: GOOG) didn’t do a whole lot with a precious hour of airtime at CES 2012 on Thursday, reminding us all that video delivered ov… Read more »
Microsoft Nabs Another Android Patent Licensee With LG Deal
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More than two-thirds of the Android phones sold on the U.S. market are now contributing to Microsoft’s bottom line. The company signed yet a… Read more »
@ CES: Available Now – Android OEM. WLTM Caring, Ambitious, Strong Partner
Unlike its local rival Samsung, the Korean handset maker LG (SEO: 066570) has lately had more of a mixed bag when it’s come to Android devic… Read more »
The CES Lowdown: 1-12-12
Here’s a look at what’s been going on at the giant electronics show that is CES:
» Nokia (NYSE: NOK) Could Sell 37 Million Windo… Read more »
Is It Legal For Google To Shut Competitors Out Of Social Search?
Twitter and some pundits are crying foul over Google’s decision to exclude certain competitors from its new search and social networking hyb… Read more »
@ CES: Unprofitable Motorola Says It Has to Be Different To Make Money
Why do Android phone makers keep pumping out slightly different versions of smartphones with custom user interfaces that frustrate developer… Read more »
@ CES: A Year Later, iPad Competitors Much Quieter
The definitive gadget of CES 2011 was the Android tablet, heralded by more than one company as the answer to the iPad. A train-wreck of a ye… Read more »
What The Burst Of Hollywood A-Listers Will Mean For Online Video
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Tom Hanks. Louis C.K. Lisa Kudrow. Kevin Spacey. David Fincher. Bill Maher. Jennifer Lopez. Judy Greer. Steven Van Zandt. Morgan Spurlock. E… Read more »
Apple Event In New York This Month Will Focus On Education
As expected, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has started to send out invitations to an event in New York, and now we know what it will be about: educatio… Read more »
