Well, what is this we have popping up all over the place? It’s pretty familiar with that Windows logo in the center, but shouldn’t it be bundled nicely in a circle? Nope. Not anymore.
According to Japanese Windows Phone evangelist Takahashi, that little glowing Windows Phone circle is no more — the revolutionary and innovative shape called “square” will now represent Windows… → Read More
G’day, mates. At least, it’s a good Monday for us. Australians, on the other hand, have just been excluded from all the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 fun as a result of the continuing patent battle between Samsung and Apple.
During a break in the hearing, both parties reached an agreement whereby Samsung would stop advertising the Tab 10.1 in Australia and not sell the device until Samsung wins… → Read More
In its third acquisition this year, Autodesk, maker of design, engineering and entertainment software, has acquired San Francisco-based Instructables, a popular online community where people can upload, discuss, rate and collaborate on a wide variety of do-it-yourself projects.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. → Read More
As we wrote earlier this year, Amazon joined the flash sales market with the launch of MyHabit, a private sales site for discounted items from designers and boutique brands. Similar to Gilt, Ideeli and others; MyHabit holds daily events featuring up to 60 percent off a selection of styles. In Amazon-like style, the flash sales site also includes free four-day shipping shipping. Today, Amazon is … → Read More
Nasdaq-listed IncrediMail, which develops and markets email and other desktop software products, is to acquire Smilebox, a U.S. company that develops consumer-focused photo sharing and scrapbook creation tools.
Under the terms of the agreement, IncrediMail will pay $25 million, mostly in cash, with additional payments of up to $15 million in earn-out fees if certain milestones and performance… → Read More
BabbaCo, a startup that develops products that make parenting easier, has raised $1.2 million in funding led by Lightbank with SV Angel participating in the round. BabbaCo is actually one of the first collaborative investments between Lightbank and SV Angel.
Founded by entrepreneur Jessica Kim, BabbaCo essentially creates and sells unique, educational products for children. The company’s soon… → Read More
Kimbia, an Austin, Texas-based developer of a Web-based fundraising and event management software solution, has secured over $4 million in a Series B round of financing led by S3 Ventures.
Kimbia provides fundraisers, event organizers and social advocates with a Web-based ‘control panel’ they can use to set up and distribute online credit card donation and registration forms. → Read More
Horace Dediu notes that Nokia and RIM are on a precipitous decline and that it is now, in short, a two horse race: Apple v. Android. The age of the smartphone – an era where anyone with a keyboard and some apps could make it in the world marketplace – is over.
I’d call this, now, the Age of Fragmentation – new devices are overlapping each other from both sides of the fence as users wait for new… → Read More
While many would call buyers of the 3DS who picked up their console prior to the $80 price cut expected on August 12 “suckers,” Nintendo is calling them “Ambassadors” and they’e offering them special updates to upcoming downloadable titles. These updates will include multi-player support and improved gameplay. → Read More
Foxconn is planning on replacing many of it’s hard-working human manufacturers with about 1 million robots, a number that, if you think about it, is a very telling comment on the current state of electronics manufacturing.
There are apparently 10,000 robots at the factory now and that number will increase by 300,000 next year. Foxconn CEO Terry Gou plans another million robots by 2014. The… → Read More
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Insignia, Best Buy’s in-house tech brand, has just released a TV with a TiVo UI built-in. Why? I suppose people didn’t want to have a separate TiVo on their CE shelves. Two great tastes that taste great together, right? → Read More
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