Archives
-
Joost Starts Second Life Under The Adconion Flag

Joost , the failed video venture started by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström, was put out of its misery in November 2009 when Adconion Media Group decided to pick up the remains of the company for an undisclosed sum. Today, the international audience and content network operator is launching a suite of online video advertising products and services, targeting agencies and brand marketers who might be interested in running in-banner and in-stream video advertising on the Joost Video Network
Mar 4th, 2010 | Filed under Tech News Review, Uncategorized -
India’s Twitter SMS GupShup Gets An App Store

Fresh off a $12 million investment, SMS GupShup , a Twitter-like service in India that is primarily accessed via SMS, is launching an App Store.
Mar 3rd, 2010 | Filed under Tech News Review, Uncategorized -
Microsoft Tells Google To Face The Antitrust Music

Earlier this week, news broke that the EU was opening an antitrust investigation into Google — and Microsoft’s fingerprints were all over it. One of the three companies filing complaints about Google is owned by Microsoft, while another is a member of a group that’s partially funded by them. Google promptly responded to the inquiry with a blog post called “Committed to competing fairly” that gave a brief overview of how its search rankings work.
Feb 26th, 2010 | Filed under Tech News Review, Uncategorized -
Location Will Be This Year’s Twitter At SXSW

We’re two weeks away from the SXSW Interactive, a drinking festival with a side of tech that takes place each year in Austin, Texas (before the larger SXSW film and music portions). While the conference itself is interesting, more interesting is usually the “next big thing” that comes out of it
Feb 26th, 2010 | Filed under Tech News Review, Uncategorized -
91% Of iPhone Users Would Recommend Device Vs. 69% Of webOS Users: AdMob

AdMob , the mobile advertising network currently being acquired by Google , this morning featured the latest results of its monthly analysis of consumer usage and attitudes across the Android, iPhone and webOS application platforms in its January 2010 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report . Among the most interesting things the survey found is the conclusion that 91 percent of iPhone users would recommend their device, compared to 84 percent of Android users and only 69 percent of webOS users. That 22% difference has got to hurt for Palm.
-
Foursquare’s First Television Commercial Airs Tonight On Bravo [Video]
Feb 24th, 2010 | Filed under Tech News Review, Uncategorized

