Our B5 Media Investment
Today we've closed a financing round with our co-lead, Brightspark Ventures into B5 media. At first, I really wanted to just sit back and let the rocks fly and blogosphere go nuts with the who/what/w...
You've got to see it to believe it
The new AOL OpenRide™ Beta software helps you do what you want online in fewer clicks and fewer hassles. No more jumping from one window to the next - everything you need is right there the moment yo...
Replacing my home backup server with Amazon's S3
Not too long ago, Amazon released their Simple Storage Service (or "S3" for short). It provides a hosted storage platform which developers can build all sorts of applications on top of. Smugmug, a p...
WalMart's MySpace Clone Dead on Arrival
TheHub, WalMart's ill-fated attempt at building a social network for kool kidz who just happen to like shopping at Walmart, has gone offline. The site, which was up for 10 weeks, tried to keep conten...
Will Low-Power Wibree Spec Replace Bluetooth?
Do we need yet another short-range wireless specification? Apparently, yes. — The new "Wibree" specification may end up being adopted as essentially a low-power version of the Bluetooth specificati...
Sony plans its own battery recall
Sony is planning to announce a massive battery recall of its own, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) confirmed. — The recall, expected this month, will encompass all possibly defective ba...
iPhoto 6.0.5 shows evidence of Google collaboration
In the middle of preparing an article speculating what Apple and Google are up to with Google CEO Eric Schmidt recently joining Apple's board, I decided to poke around iPhoto to see if one of my suspi...
Pirates Claim US Final Fantasy XII Leaked
Torrent site users saying files are completely legit. — UPDATE: Since filing our original report, it appears Square Enix has started asserting legal control. One popular torrent site, where many ot...
Microsoft's Software Protection Platform: Protecting Software and Customers from Counterfeiters
The company announces innovative technology in Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" to reduce the risk of piracy and software tampering while improving software licensing.
The Internet Empowers Small Business
At the Longworth Ventures conference today and there is a panel about empowering small business, something near and dear to me for reasons that will be further revealed next week. — On the panel are...
Amie Street Takes Innovative Music Model Into Beta
DRM-free music marketplace Amie Street is announcing its beta launch this morning. We wrote about the company's alpha launch and interesting demand-driven pricing model here in July. Songs uploaded ...
D-LINK ANNOUNCES ENTRY INTO MOBILE PHONE MARKET WITH V-CLICK™, AN UNLOCKED, DUAL-MODE GSM / WI-FI® PHONE
V-CLICK Makes It Easy to Switch from GSM and Wi-Fi® Modes with a Single Click — D-Link, the end-to-end networking solutions provider for consumers and business …
Back in Black! Or rather, back OUT black!
Just a quick blog post to update you on an issue near and dear to the hearts of some people. Well, at least the 1300 or so people so far who have contacted me about this issue. — Background — In ...
Introducing SlideShare: Power Point + YouTube
SlideShare is a new service launching this morning that lets users upload PowerPoint or Open Office presentationi files and share them online through a You Tube-like interface. — Power Point documen...
Engagement Is a Euphemism For Measuring the ROI of Brand Advertising
Last week I attended the Consumer Engagement Conference, put on by the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF) and the American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA), where I discovered that the wo...
We've got Lenovo X60s Tablet PC specs
An anonymous GottaBeMobile.com reader sent us the specs on the yet to be announced Lenovo X60s Tablet PC. We have every reason to believe that these are accurate and believable; however, official spe...
Yahoo! Sponsored Search Comes to the Mobile Web
Beta Launch Extends Leadership in Sponsored Search to the — SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Yahoo! today announced the beta launch of sponsored search results on the company's Mobile Web service i...
Web-Video Spots Present Dilemma For Advertisers
Web video is a regular part of Dima Abelsky's routine. The 19-year-old University of Georgia sophomore enjoys looking at sports reports and entertainment news, watching as many as seven to eight vide...