Earlier today when I interviewed Mozilla CEO John Lilly onstage at the Play conference, an annual confab organized by the students of Haas School of Business at the University of Berkeley, he hinted that Mozilla was going to launch a brand new application for the iPhone, though he declined to reveal any details. “Mozilla will [...]
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last week sent analysis data to the FCC that put the cost of installing fiber networks in 80 percent of the anchor institutions (hospitals, medical facilities, schools) in the U.S. at $5 billion–$10 billion. But while the FCC quickly issued a public request for comment (PDF) to validate the [...]
Everything today is connected. And that may be bad news for that PC sitting on your desk or the high-powered laptop that you tote around on business trips. In an increasingly connected world, where data is just a server request away, the PC needs an overhaul to stay relevant, so that it isn’t merely [...]
Google said this week it might buy a big company “every year or two,” targeting “some accelerant that it would provide for revenue, some major, major user base that we did not currently have access to.” What’s surprising isn’t that Google is thinking this way, but that it’s admitting it so publicly. In the sometimes [...]
Android news is getting hotter every week, as the platform becomes poised to take off. This is due to new handsets being released now through the end of the year. And the ability to search across a phone’s content and the web for that desired nugget of information is a highly desirable feature for consumers. [...]
An avalanche of comments has so far poured into the Federal Communications Commission regarding plans to codify the principles of net neutrality, with folks arguing that it will destroy the Internet as we know it to those who believe it will usher in an era of competition that results in low broadband price and access for [...]
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The number of people accessing social networks on their mobile phones at least once a month in the U.S. has doubled since the beginning of the year, to 10 percent in the third quarter from 5 percent in the first quarter, according to Forrester Research, in line with stats Facebook released last month. The number [...]
On Monday, Oct. 19th, today’s leading web entrepreneurs, thinkers and scientists will gather at the GigaOM office here in San Francisco for a special event that we will stream live: a discussion about what comes next for the web. Attendees will include Caterina Fake (co-founder, Flickr & Hunch), Tom Coates (Yahoo), Bret Taylor (Facebook & [...]
Time to stop procrastinating and reserve your ticket to NewTeeVee Live! Today, Oct. 16th, is your final chance to buy a discounted pass to the conference. For just $395 (a sliver of other industry conferences, and $200 less than our walk-in ticket), you’ll get a jam-packed day of interviews with industry heavyweights, demos of the [...]
Despite rumblings from some iPhone users about how Apple’s exclusive contract with AT&T as service provider for the iPhone should end, respondents in PCMag.com’s 2009 Cell Phone Service & Reliability study have crowned it king of the mobile market.As many of you already know, I joined GigaOM after many years as an editor for PC [...]
Businesses large and small face new challenges from the current global economic slowdown. Whether you are an advertiser, web site owner, online retailer, social applications developer, or an entrepreneur preparing to launch a new Internet company, you need to know what shifts are underway in the world of online advertising and social media marketing. TiE’s [...]
Do you have a tough time finding reruns of your favorite TV shows online? Then head over to NewTeeVee, where you can snag a beta invite to Clicker, an online channel guide that helps you find TV shows, movies, web originals or music that you want to watch online. To read more on Clicker [...]
Twitter yesterday launched a mobile version of its popular micromessaging service in Japan, making it the first country to get its own local language version. To boost its presence abroad, the fledgling San Francisco-based company has been tapping into the mobile industry, unveiling a partnership this week with Bharti Airtel, India’s largest mobile operator, in [...]
