‘Content’ Archives
Google helps you find a parking spot, maybe not!
Over the years a number of companies have tried, most unsuccessfully and so m e with limited success, to provide services that will help you locate a parking spot on the street. Well, the folks at Google, you know the ones with access to all of our data, are now trying their hand at it. The application has the original name of "Open [...]
Getting the word out about your start up!!!
So you have just started you business or you just signed you first major client. How do you get the word out and spread the news. Well unless that client just dumped big bucks on you, you are probably under a tight budget and can not afford a major press release service. So what do you do? Well you might try some of these sites, the following [...]
NAVTEQ: The content and services behind navigation and GPS (video overviews)
These videos give a short overview of NAVTEQ, new spatial content and the location based services. Have you thought about how the map and spatial content for navigation devices and location based services is collected? Do you know what company provides the services behind the leading brands on the market (e.g. BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Honda, Ford, [...]
Friday Blurbs…..
Cisco's New Router: Trouble for Hollywood - Time: Cisco's CRS-3 router made a bit of a splash when it was announced on March 9, but the power of this new device hasn't yet sunk in. Consider: The CRS-3, a network routing system, is able to stream every film ever made, from Hollywood to Bombay, in under four minutes. That's right — the whole [...]
The Best Way to find that 2 Pound Killer Burito!!!
Let's say you are out and about looking for a great fish shack in Tallahassee FL that has the best cat fish around. Or a great Mexican restaurant in West Chicago IL, maybe a really great Po Boy Sandwich (with a side of pecan pie) in Mobile AL. And once you find this place of culinary wet dreams you want to share it with your friends, the [...]
Alpine Electronics Announces Strategic Partnership with Nokia and NAVTEQ to Integrate Smartphones Into Car Infotainment Systems
Fast changing mobile technology and services to be made accessible through in-car systems! Geneva Auto Show, -Mar 3rd, 2010 - Alpine Electronics, the leading automotive and systems and audio specialist, announced today together with Nokia and NAVTEQ a strategic partnership to bring a new connected technology called Terminal Mode to car [...]
Weakness Discovered in Common Digital Security System
ScienceDaily (Mar. 4, 2010) — The most common digital security technique used to protect both media copyright and Internet communications has a major weakness, University of Michigan computer scientists have discovered. RSA authentication is a popular encryption method used in media players, laptop computers, smartphones, servers and other [...]
Clemson researchers develop hands-free texting application
CLEMSON University — Clemson University researchers have developed a hands-free alternative to cell phone texting while driving. “If you can’t keep people from doing it, make it safer,” said Juan Gilbert, professor and chairman of the human-centered computing division of Clemson’s School of Computing. He said one problem with [...]
Yelp Says No IPO in 2010 – “Why Rush”
In a recent WSJ Blog post, Jeremy Stoppelman, the co-founder and chief executive of Yelp, said that it is unlikely to issue an initial public offering for “several years.” Yelp “will definitely not go public this year,” he said. “2011, who knows? But why rush out the door if I can avoid it?” Rumors last year flews around about [...]
Open Text to Acquire Nstein Technologies
WATERLOO, ON and MONTREAL, Feb. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Open Text Corporation (NASDAQ:OTEX) (TSX: OTC), the preeminent provider of Enterprise Content Management (ECM) capabilities, and Nstein Technologies Inc. (TSX-V: EIN), a leader in digital content management solutions for information-rich organizations, today announced that they have [...]
EveryScape Raises Another $6 Million
Waltham Massachusetts: EveryScape, a start up which has built out an impressive set of 3D images for 20 cities, raised an additional $6 million in funding.
Think big with a gig: Google experimental fiber network
Google Plans Gigabit Fiber Internet for 50000 to 500000 homes Imagine sitting in a rural health clinic, streaming three-dimensional medical imaging over the web and discussing a unique condition with a specialist in New York. Or downloading a high-definition, full-length feature film in less than five minutes. Or collaborating with [...]
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition Partners With JAGTAG to Deliver First of Its Kind 2D Barcode Initiative
JAGTAG TO DELIVER MODEL'S VIDEOS IMMEDIATELY TO READERS' MOBILE PHONES NEW YORK, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Sports Illustrated expanded their partnership with JAGTAG to change the way readers enjoy America's largest print media event, the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition. The issue hits newsstands today and will feature JAGTAGs throughout the [...]
Survey Finds Mobile Content Owners Struggled To Grow Revenues In 2009
The Mobile Entertainment Forum has conducted a survey of 100 people from 80 different U.S. companies to gauge how confident they are about the mobile content industry. While the survey mostly indicates signs of a recovery with 42 percent of respondents expecting revenues to grow by 28 percent last year, content owners and application developers [...]
Top Digital Trends for 2010
The drive for content at scale ranks among the developments set to make waves ... What lies ahead? Adweek identifies 10 trends that are sure to make waves in 2010. 1. Content at Scale 2. The End of the Digital Agency 3. Social Gaming 4. Demand-Side Platforms 5. Engagement Pricing 6. Augmented Reality Grows Up 7. Social Media Morphs [...]
