Partner in Attention Management startup Particls Ashley Angell decided that his better half wasn’t getting the attention she deserved, so in good web fashion he teamed with business partner Chris Saad to launch Spouse 2.0 Day. Spouse 2.0 is Friday December 7 and has the tagline of “the day to think about those running your other startup.” Participants are encouraged to buy their… → Read More
Yahoo has long had visions of owning a successful live finance video show. They launched Finance Vision in March 2000, a streaming finance news show that was closed down in June 2002 (here’s the first show, and here’s the last show). More recently, it is rumored that ex-Yahooer Lloyd Braun personally championed a streaming news site that would be hosted by puppets (I’m not… → Read More
We heard a rumor that Google was going to launch a new interface for users accessing the site via an iPhone in the next few days. But an anonymous tip let us know it actually launched without any warning or announcement this evening. If you visit Google.com from an iPhone, you now get a menu of services to choose from – home (search box), Gmail, Calendar, Reader and More (docs, sms… → Read More
Buzzwire is a Denver based mobile startup that streams multimedia content (mostly podcasts) to your mobile phone. They’ve just closed an $8 million series B from Sequel Venture Partners, and exiting investors Matrix Partners and Spark Capital. Earlier they raised an undisclosed A round. Buzzwire is using the round to deploy the service on major carriers in the U.S. and overseas, although the… → Read More
ahem) you can send it back without regret. Product Page → Read More
Telecom executives can be as clueless as a guy who think it is attractive to wear a Bluetooth headset on a date. According to a new telecom industry survey conducted by IBM, industry execs know that change is coming but they cannot bring themselves to discard their old ways. A full 69 percent “expect business model transformation to be the primary source of value over the next five… → Read More
Actually, they ran out of girlies during the pre-order period. Sorry. But they still have laptops, and they’re nice little machines. It’s got lots of fixin’s: 2.4GHz Core 2 duo, 2GB of RAM, a 256MB 8600M video card, and built-in camera and HDMI. It’s pretty dang light at 3.5lb(1.6kg), and certainly the screen will be nice, what with the LEDs and all. Two things, though: it… → Read More
Just a quick note for AT&T Treo 750 users: we’ve been led to believe an update to Windows Mobile 6 would be available today, and it didn’t happen, so we didn’t post it. But for some reason, it’s available now, in the evening, and we’re not sure why. Point is, you can point your desktop’s browser to the link below, download the official update, copy it to… → Read More
We’ve previously covered the psychological reasoning behind anonymous blog trolls, but a new case in Wisconsin may cause some trolls to think twice prior to hitting the “Submit Comment” button. Suburban Milwaukee high school chemistry teacher James Buss was arrested last week after leaving an anonymous comment on the Boots And Sabers political blog as part of a discussion on… → Read More
Yeah, I don’t know what to make of this either, but if you’re into the pork and love the smoke, head on over to Senor Puerco Pantalones’ website and feast your eyes on Bacon Lunch Boxes, Bacon Air Fresheners, and the Patron Saint of Bacon. Bacon Lovers Gift Guide [MrBaconPants] → Read More
So the latest ad from Durex for the Performa condoms is meant to show your ability to last longer, but a few of the commenters have pointed out that the ad is inaccurate and that it shows a span of seven seconds. I’m no sound engineer so maybe someone in the audience can clarify this silly little ad. Durex Performa: Sound waves [Ads of the World] → Read More
We’ve been loving multitouch since Apple made it splash with the iPhone and now the iPod Touch. And we’re shepherding rumors lately that the new Apple sub-notebooks that are rumored will feature mutlitouch. When the new iMacs were announced a couple months ago, we figured they’d have the technology, but we were foiled. TrollTouch, however, has hacked the iMac to include… → Read More
http://embed.break.com/NDA5MDYyhttp://view.break.com/409062 – Watch more free videos At least, I imagine this is what Nicholas will do when he reaches level 60. via Krunker → Read More
Helio, the MVNO to all that is hip, is partnering with Quincy Jones’s QD3 to launch mobile “urban” channels. “Urban” meaning “for black people and white people who want to be black people”, of course. Look for exclusive videos, songs, ringtones, and other content, and you’ll find it under the Media Mix portion of the built-in Web portal when it… → Read More
Look at that! The Xbox 360 HD DVD player, which I recommended earlier today along with the Elite is at the low, low price of $129.98. Act now before they sell out. Update: Amazon also has the HD DVD player for $130. Toys “R” Us Amazon → Read More
Verizon appears to be turning over a new leaf. Formerly, the monster mobile company has been criticized for being overly restrictive with its hardware, network, and even pricing. When Google revealed Android, I figured that Verizon would be the last one to want a piece of it – but lo and behold, after Verizon announced their new, open stance last week, they have also shown an interest in… → Read More
Tomorrow Salesforce will launch a new service called Salesforce to Salesforce (S2S) that facilitates the sharing of data between companies that use Salesforce’s software as a service (SaaS). Companies have heretofore been able to manage their organizational data, whether CRM-related or not, with Salesforce applications provided by AppExchange or built on Force.com. However, their data was… → Read More
The ghosts of Web 1.0 have risen from the dead and are being acquired. Beliefnet was acquired by News Corp yesterday and now Dun & Bradstreet has acquired another Web 1.0 survivor, AllBusiness.com, for $55 million. AllBusiness.com was founded in 1999 as a business information service targeted primarily at small businesses. The original company was acquired by NBCi in March of 2000 for $225… → Read More
So its been a little more than a year since Sony dropped its big mother of a console on the world; what does SCEA’s CEO have to say about it? Well, “the biggest disappointment” was the launch, when Tretton says they were only able to tap about a fifth of the demand at the launch date with their 200,000 consoles. He maintains that they are looking at an extremely long (10 year)… → Read More
Flickr today launched photo editing tools via a previously announced partnership with Picnik. Details are on the Flickr blog, but its pretty straightforward. Click the “edit photo” button above any of your stored photos, and Flickr launches the Picnik editor without forcing you to leave the site. When you are done editing you can save the photo or, if you are a Flickr Pro user, replace… → Read More
Asus thinks it’s going to sell 3.8 Million Eee PCs next year. While that’s a grand notion, it might actually have some substance. According to an anonymous leak, Asus is in talks with Microsoft on adding official Windows support to the sub-sub-laptops, and Intel wants in on the action as well. But even with the “help” of Windows, is 3.8 Million a likely number? No. A lofty… → Read More
. Peter has one as well, and he’s just as nuts for his. I’ve said before “screw the iPhone”, and I mean it: it’s not there yet. But the Ocean is. It has all the phone features of the iPhone, but does them all better. Google maps, just like the iPhone, but with GPS. Do you know how handy that is? A great weather app via Accuweather, a decent built-in Web browser, and a… → Read More
At Google, the algorithm rules. Don’t question the algorithm. It knows what you want better than you do. That goes for advertisers as well. Case in point: Google is dropping a feature on AdSense that places an “Advertise on this site” link in the ads that Google spreads across the Web. You’d think: Who better to pick which sites to advertise on than the advertiser himself? → Read More
Or, at least, an adult approximation. Some of my fondest memories from childhood are from birthday parties at places like this – if not Chuck E Cheese then Funtasia, Funplex, or later Gameworks. Nothing to do but cruise around, waste money on games, drink Dr. Pepper, and listen to terrible music. Of course, in my private Chuck E Cheese, things would be a little different. → Read More
The bald SEO agent strikes again! Do a search for your name in Google. What comes up? I’m a lucky duck and I only share my name with a Tasmanian “writer” and a London Assembly Member, neither of whom have much Google juice. Matthew Creamer, on the other had, had a problem. He shared his name with a bunch of people who were not Ad Age editors and they definitely got more juice… → Read More
The LA Times has taken a stake in social news voting site Mixx. Virginia based Mixx launched into private beta in September and has been gaining positive reviews, with Michael Arrington noting recently that the site had been gaining “refugees” from Digg. The company has a strong pedigree with founder Chris McGill having previously been the General Manager of Yahoo News and more… → Read More
I guess people can’t be having that hard of a time inputting web addresses on that fiddly keyboard, because the total people browsing with an iPhone has passed up the years-old WinMo for an impressive 0.09 percent of the browser market. Just below the iPhone, Windows CE accounts for 0.06 percent, and just above it is Windows ME, amazingly enough, with 0.43 percent. This could change, though… → Read More
Hulu, the joint online video venture between NBC and News Corp, has given private beta testers a sneak peak at the high definition video that should soon be available on the net more ubiquitously now that Flash supports the H.264 video codec. Hulu currently provides only nine trailers in high definition as a sampler, including ones for Jumper, 27 Dresses, Hitman, American Gangster, and Definitely… → Read More
Is it just me or has Linens ‘n Things really been getting aggressive with gadgets and whatnot? I mean aggressive in a good way, too. Take this "full size" Konami arcade game, for instance. Why not forgo the car payment this month and pick this thing up instead? I put "full size" in quotes because the cabinet stands at just over five feet tall and the size of that screen… → Read More
On What.cd? yesterday, a freeleech torrent was uploaded containing a bunch of I-Doser FLACs. Now, call me ignorant or whatever, but how do I get these things to work reliably? I tried following the directions as best as I could—turn the lights out, relax, have a good pair of headphones, etc.—but I simply couldn’t get anything to happen. I tried the Lucid Dream and Hand of God (in… → Read More
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