1. Inspired by Twitter, Blip.fm Tunes Into Customized Stations 1 hour ago permalinkBlip.fm’s edge on other Twitter/music mashups is about to grow, as the service is set to introduce a set of features based on familiar Twitter attributes -- hashtags and trending topics -- that can be used as filters to create customizable radio stations.
2. Broadcom to Buy Dune Networks in a Bid for Scale 2 hours ago permalinkBroadcom today agreed to acquire Dune Networks, a chip firm that enables hyper-scale computing, for $178 million. The deal is a response to the changes that virtualization and cloud computing have created in the IT environment. 3. UPDATE 2-Samsung set to beat 2009 handset sales target 4 hours ago permalinkSEOUL, Nov 30 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics (005930.KS), the world's No. 2 mobile phone maker, gave an upbeat forecast for 2009 mobile phone sales due to sharp growth in touchscreen models, but surging sales may not guarantee higher margins.
4. For Nokia’s Ovi, the World Is Enough 4 hours ago permalinkDespite a slow and troubling start, Nokia is finding some success for its Ovi Store and Services, especially in its traditional strongholds: Europe, Asia and Latin America. Nokia wants to chart a new course by focusing on messaging, music and mapping. An Ovi Update. 5. Earth2Tech Map: Where the Next Green Cars Will Be Born 5 hours ago permalinkWith car companies gearing up to launch a new generation of plug-in hybrid and electric cars over the next five years, the time has come to pick sites for manufacturing the vehicles. Given that many of these factories come with promises to create hundreds or thousands of jobs in the surrounding area, stakes have been high in the competition among ... 6. Playmesh Tops the Charts with #1 Game on the iPhone: iFarm downloaded 1 million times in 10 days 7 hours ago permalinkYou might find this suprising, but the top social gaming companies on the iPhone are not the same ones you know of from Facebook and MySpace. Zynga, despite $54.2M in funding, has hardly made a dent on the iPhone. Neither has Playfish, which was recently bought for $300M. Playdom hasn’t done squat, either. Although “the big three” 7. Spotify Heads Towards TVs, Consoles And China 7 hours ago permalinkA round-up from Shakil Khan, effectively Spotify's consigliari today in London opened the kimono a little on where it's at. Speaking at the new NOAH Conference in London, the headline points from his talk were that we can, as we expected, see a U.S. launch in Q1 2010 as well as a launch in Germany and China in Q1/2 (so no pressure then). Spotify ... 8. “We f**cked it up” – Europe’s Media Companies Don’t Get Startups 7 hours ago permalinkThere were some interesting panel discussion today at the NOAH conference - a new event in London aimed at presented tech companies to the private equity and banking sector - but the plethora of suited and booted attendees were shocked out of their chairs a little when Klaus Hommels, (one of the first angel investors in Skype, QXL and XING and ... 9. Goodbye CrunchPad, We Hardly Knew You 7 hours ago permalinkIf you had any hopes of buying a CrunchPad, they’ve just been dashed. The 12″ capacitive slate tablet won’t be sold after all, due to a falling out between parties. According to TechCrunch, their CrunchPad partnership with FusionGarage took a turn for the worse — FusionGarage allegedly wanted to cut the CrunchPad company ... 10. The Smothers Brothers: A 'Dangerously Funny' Pair 8 hours ago permalinkIn the late 1960s, Tommy and Dick Smothers challenged those who tried to tame their wildly popular show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. TV critic David Bianculli joins host Terry Gross to talk about the legendary comedy duo who tackled political issues and censorship. 11. Hal Holbrook, Basking In 'That Evening Sun' 8 hours ago permalinkAfter a lifetime of acting, the 84-year-old Hal Holbrook is still racking up new accomplishments. Last year, he received his first Oscar nomination for best supporting actor for his performance in Into The Wild. This year, he stars in a new film, That Evening Sun. 12. ‘Godfather of spam’ Ralsky gets 4+ years in prison 1 day ago permalinkThe last time we checked in on spammer Alan Ralsky was in October 2005 where I said to let him have his day in court. Well, he did and it didn’t go so well for him – even after he cooperated fully with the prosecution: Ralsky and Bradley were charged for conspiring to commit wire and [...] |
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