The Windows 7 trumpets are blasting with gusto, with Steve Felice, president of the small and medium-sized business (SMB) division of Dell, claiming that Microsoft’s new operating system is fueling a surge in demand for PCs, according to Computerworld. “As soon as Oct. 22 hit, both our consumer business and our SMB business had a [...] Full story...
Twilio is launching an SMS service that allows web app developers to add SMS-based functionality into their web apps for about 3 cents a message.
Foursquare is working with Zagat, HBO and other high-profile media brands to get a leg up on competitors like Gowalla and Yelp.
GIPS, a San Francisco-based company that licenses intellectual property including codecs for audio and video says it has come up with a technology that would allow third party developers to embed video chat in their iPhone-related applications.
Cisco forecasts that by 2014 we will be using 3.6 exabytes per month on mobile networks worldwide, according to its Visual Networking Index figures released today.
Peter Warden analyzed the user profile data and friend settings from more than 200 million Facebook profiles, and found that they naturally segmented themselves into seven regional groups, based on the number of connections between users and those from other states.
I’m amazed at the play being given to this iPad price cuts story. People seem to be overlooking the fact that Apple’s business model is in transition, in that in addition to being a hardware and software company, it’s becoming a “transactions” company.
Silicon Valley's gender problem boils down to babies -- as in, those who have them can't be a startup CEO too.
As vehicles and the power grid increasingly cross over to the digital realm, and get connected with networks, expect fear and anxiety to emerge.
A growing number of authors are signing exclusive e-book deals with Amazon for the Kindle, attracted in part by the higher royalty rates the electronic retailer is offering.
Google reportedly plans to add a stream of recent status messages and media from users' contacts to Gmail.