Huffington Post Nabs $25 Million in Funding-Here's a BoomTown Interview with Oak Investment's Fred Harman
The Huffington Post will announce this morning that it has raised $25 million, in a single investment from Oak Investment Partners. — The large round by Oak, which was led by Palo Alto …
BlackBerry Storm OS 4.7.0.76, other versions left dead in their tracks
What's that? You somehow got a hold of the 4.7.0.75 OS for the BlackBerry Storm? Well, in this heavily-connected world we call BG Land, you're already rockin' something old. We're running 4.7.0.76 ...
Open Source: The Model Is Broken
The open-source business model that relies solely on support and service revenue streams is failing to meet the expectations of investors — For anyone who hasn't been paying attention to the softwar...
CNN Pitches a Cheaper Wire Service to Newspapers
CNN, in the afterglow of an election season of record ratings for cable news, is elbowing in on a new line of business: catering to financially strained newspapers looking for an alternative to The As...
Nokia's touchiest week
We've arrived in Barcelona, Spain for Nokia World, a week where Nokia talks to its top customers. — When we got here a Nokia executive met me and bragged that the Internet has no clue what they will...
Trutap decimates headcount, keeps skeleton staff, looks for sale
Trutap, a leading UK mobile startup, is to let go almost 80% of its staff after failing to hit its window for a second round of funding. The blow comes only a month after the launch of its latest sof...
The Inbox, Part Two: Facebook Has An Ambient Awareness Problem
I do this too much - post something short, as a note to myself and all of you that there is way more to say, then end with “I'll say more in the next post.” Then I get busy and forget about that “nex...
Redstone sells Midway Games to ease debt: report
(Reuters) - Media mogul Sumner Redstone has sold his controlling stake in video game company Midway Games Inc (MWY.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) to a private investor to ease his debt load,...
Vista SP2 to land in April 2009-ish?
RTM date leaked on interwebs — Windows Vista Service Pack 2 (SP2) looks set to hit manufacturers in April next year. — According to Malaysian website TechARP.com, which has been rather good at pla...
FCC Head Pushes Free Web Plan
Outgoing Federal Communications Commission Chairman Kevin Martin is pushing for action in December on a plan to offer free, pornography-free wireless Internet service to all Americans, despite objecti...