Boxee 1.5 releases as final version for desktop
Boxee’s newest 1.5 update today essentially marks the company’s transition from focusing their media-streaming service on the desktop, to that of devices. With that said, the app comes with a newly revamped interface, that provides faster access to the browser and the menu appearing as an
Eight Ways To Go Viral
What do Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, Dropbox and Skype have in common? Except for being ridiculously successful, they all enjoyed a strong viral effect that helped accelerate their growth.
How did they do that? Here’s the thing; most people assume that these companies grew by pure word of mouth. Well,
NTT Docomo, Panasonic, Samsung and more team up to take on Qualcomm over cellphone chips
Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo just announced it’s forming a joint venture with five partners — Samsung, Panasonic, Fujitsu Limited, Fujitsu Semiconductor and NEC — to develop and sell chips for mobile devices. According to the press release the fabless JV will get started once all involved finish
Apple’s kicks off 12 Days of Christmas giveaway in Europe and Canada
It’s the time of the year when Apple fires up its 12 Days of Christmas app once again, to mark the start of its annual holiday promotion that gives away free songs, music videos, apps, and books to Canadian and most European residents all around the world. Although the promotion does not run to
Intel’s Thunderbolt I/O reportedly broadening beyond Mac in 2012
It’s the day after Christmas eve, and we’ve just found out that Intel has reportedly told company partners that a full release of their Thunderbolt I/O technology is slated in April 2012. Intel is prepping to go beyond just Macs (Apple’s the only company w/Thunderbolt support on its
Is Video The New Software?
VC (TechCrunch contributor) Mark Suster published an article on his personal blog about one of his portfolio companies, Maker Studios. Other players in that space include The Collective and Fullscreen.
While Mark is clearly rationalizing his investment, his reasoning is worth understanding. However,
¿Quién acuñó el término ‘Computación en Nube’?
Ahora que parece que todas las empresas tecnológicas están vendiendo computación en nube, descubrimos dónde empezó todo.
Un chip con dos núcleos distintos podría darnos smartphones aún más inteligentes
El nuevo diseño incluye dos procesadores, uno de alto rendimiento y otro de alta eficacia.
JXD releases S7100 Android-based gaming tablet, manages to steal from everyone
If you’re going to steal, steal from the best. JXD has just released its S7100, a fairly conspicuous 7-inch Android-powered gaming tablet marketed towards playing old-school arcade games. The device features a D-pad, face buttons, an 800 x 480 capacitive touchsceen, ARM Cortex A9 CPU, Mail 400 GPU, 512MB
Today In Wishful Thinking: Dogbnb
Like most people, I love dogs. But also like most people I am completely irresponsible — Like, I can’t even keep my iPhone charged let alone take care of another creature (Yeah I know, I’d be a great mother, we’ve already discussed this).