February 2011
We’ve talked about pico projectors quite a bit. Right now, there’s nothing terribly exciting about them; the images are dim and projectors themselves aren’t small enough to be super useful.…
I posted a slick pair of Audi-designed skis a couple weeks ago, but unfortunately the pictures weren’t very big — a tragedy when the whole point of the post was…
Warmest congratulations to the Egyptian people, whose truly grassroots revolution has reminded the world what political action is supposed to look like. Although the work is far from done, and…
There’s much to be said in favor of a successor to iTunes. Not just the application itself, though I’d love to see it disappear, but the whole service. Things move…
There’s nothing quite like flying; it amazes me that it used to take 30 years to travel from east coast to west. Now, after a magazine and a quick snooze,…
BGR has word from a source that the TouchPad will be launching in June for $699. Sounds about right to me — any later, and their goose is cooked. I’m…
UberMedia, Indeed. Bill Gross' Twitter Ecosystem Empire Just Acquired TweetDeck
The number of companies in the Twitter ecosystem keeps contracting. But not for a necessarily bad reason, but because they keep getting purchased. And what’s crazy is that it’s largely…
Telogis Raises $2.9 Million More To Help Companies Manage Fleets, Reduce Emissions
Telogis, a location-based technology firm in Aliso Viejo, Calif. has raised another $2.9 million, according to a new SEC filing, to help businesses track and manage their fleets of vehicles,…
Nokia Microsoft is like Yahoo Bing – Nokia's days as innovator are over
As I was plugging in to power my iPhone to live stream today’s Nokia press conference, I overheard someone lean over and say “This is the most important day of…
Engadget has what they say are some of the first shots of Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 concept. Right now this is just a conceptual device to show just what the…
AT&T Trying To Keep Their Customers, Show They're Cool Too By Gifting Free Minutes
Hey AT&T, you’re trying too hard. At least that’s what they think they aren’t doing. Just to be nice — and probably make friends of enemies — AT&T is gifting…
Chinese Hackers Break Into Big Oil's Computer Systems, Sensitive Documents Taken
Chinese hackers are at it again. This time they went after five multinational oil and gas companies and got some very sensitive information including bidding contracts, proprietary industrial processes and…
Duke Nukem Forever "Balls Of Steel Edition" Is Swag-Excessive
If you’re one of the rabid Duke Nukem fanboys who has truly been looking forward to Duke Nukem Forever these last 10 years, this may be the special edition for…
In A Step Back Towards V3, Digg Ending RSS Submissions For Publishers
In a step back towards the old Digg, Digg Product manager Mike Cieri just sent out an email to partner publishers stating the intent to remove the RSS submitted stories…
The Internet Scores Its Second Victory Of The Day, Borders Nears Bankruptcy
A while back a Seeing Interactive post entitled “You’ve Got Mail Is Ripe For A Sequel” went popular on Hacker News. In You’ve Got Mail the movie, which is a…
Engadget has what they say are some of the first shots of Nokia’s Windows Phone 7 concept. Right now this is just a conceptual device to show just what the…
People, Not Things, Are The Tools Of Revolution
Warmest congratulations to the Egyptian people, whose truly grassroots revolution has reminded the world what political action is supposed to look like. Although the work is far from done, and…
TechCrunch's Laura Boychenko Infiltrates Google Ventures
We’re never happy when a TechCruncher leaves, but it’s always nice when they end up somewhere awesome and can feed us lots of confidential information. Ben Meyer at Facebook and…
There’s an interesting history of Nikon’s electronic division over at NikonWeb.com, and among other things, it mentions a fact I didn’t know about Photoshop: before it was bought by Adobe,…
Vodafone Releases Webbox $100 Web-Surfing Keyboard For Emerging Markets
Emerging markets need the Internet. Whether they’re looking up commodity prices or contacting loved ones overseas, users in developing countries like South Africa and Ghana need a way to get…
With 80 Million Users, Pandora Files To Go Public
Music streaming service Pandora has filed to go public. It could end up raising as much as $100 million. Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan are co-managing the deal. The filing…
Smartphones And Tablets Continue To Consume All The Mobile DRAM
In 2011, the market for mobile DRAM is expected to increase by 71% according to IHS. It’s projected that we will see 2.9 billion gigabits shipped in 2011; quite a…
My grandfather was a mortarman in WWII and he used to tell us how he planned trajectories in the heat of battle. Now, however, soldiers can punch in some coordinates…
Aspyr Updates Civilization V For Mac With Downloadable Content
Aspyr Media has updated the Mac version of Civilization 5 to fix a few bugs and include support for all of the various DLC packs. The downloadable content includes various…
Mubarak Shut Down The Internet, And The Internet Paid Him In Kind
Yesterday, after 17 days of protests, former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak gave a speech to the Egyptian government that made it seem like he would not be stepping down. This…
Siine lands £550,000, aims to change the way we type on touch-screen keyboards
Siine, a Spain/UK-based developer of software that aims to change the way we communicate using touch-screen phones and tablets, has raised £550,000 (roughly $880,000) in seed funding from Atomico Ventures,…
Xavi Hernandez: To Be As Good As Barcelona You Have To Think 'Like PlayStation'
What’s the secret to FC Barcelona and Spain’s Xavi Hernández’s success? Simple: think “like PlayStation.” If only it were that easy, Xavi. (El Mundo Deportivo’d)
"I Love The Petting Zoo Guy": The Curious Characters Sarah Lacy Met While Writing Her New Book [TCTV]
For the past few days, it seems the whole world has been reviewing Sarah Lacy’s new book, Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos…
England Rugby Captain Tracks Down Missing iPad, Narrates Ordeal Via Twitter
This is a fantastically fun story. Former England Rugby captain Will Carling’s iPad was stolen, yeah, but he had tracking software on there. What followed was a gripping tale, told…
Funny Or Die Explains The AOL-HuffPo Deal: "Bringing The Future Back To 1996"
Ever since AOL announced its $315 million acquisition of the Huffington Post, pundits have been asking what does it mean? Well, look no further. Funny or Die created the faux…