The Fire Hose
This section shares a short list of some of our favorite news and information sites. Click on the links below and read for yourself.
» http://techcrunch.com
- Lovefilm, The Netflix-Of-Europe, Signs Deal With Widevine For Multi-Platform Play
- Motorola Shipped 2.7 Million Smartphones Last Quarter, Phone Sales Down 6% YoY
- Lost In Val Sinestra: A Mesmerizing Movie Trailer Featuring Your Facebook Friends
- HTC Beefs Up Management Team But Loses A Top Executive
- Zynga Confirms Softbank Investment. They’ll Confirm Google Investment Later
- Postcards Go Virtual With SwingVine Gallery For The iPhone
- Bezos On iPad: “You are not going to improve Hemingway by adding video snippets.”
- Groupon Launches Deal Personalization, Opens Door To (More) Explosive Growth
- Hacker Proves Facebook’s Public Data Is Public
- So Is The iPhone An “iPhone Killer” Killer?
» http://www.mobilemarketer.com/
- Calvin Klein activates billboards with QR codes pushing mobile video ad
- Apple encourages developers to advertise apps across iAd
- UPS, Verizon, Cisco tap Borders WiFi to run location-based ads
- Chili’s distributes location-based mobile coupons to drive foot traffic - Mobile Commerce Daily
- More iPhone than Android apps can access sensitive user information
- Vans Warped Tour connects with fans via daily mobile videos
- Entertainment vertical leads the pack in mobile ad campaigns: study
- Why location-based mobile advertising is the next big thing
» http://www.moconews.net
- O2 UK Improves In Telefonica's Year-To-Date
- New Kindle Is Lighter, Faster, Smaller, Cheaper And Built For Mass Market
- How Google's Android Business Gets To $10 Billion In Annual Revenues
- Sprint Added Subs For The First Time In Three Years—No Thanks To Nextel
- It Doesn't Take An iPhone To Consume A Lot Of Data, Study Finds
- Three Of Sprint's Prepaid Execs Exit; Schulman Hired By American Express
- A Standards-Based App Store Is Still Mostly A Work In Progress
- CloudMade Raises $12.3 Million For Do-It-Yourself Mobile Maps
- Clear Channel's Free Apps Are A Money-Maker
- And The Percentage Of People Who Would Pay To Use Twitter Is ...
» http://www.gigaom.com
- Enole: It’s Like OpenID for Your Phone
- Google or Baidu? Whose Search Will Power HTC Android Phones in China?
- Nintendo 3DS – A Broken Business Model
- Memo to Startups: Speed and Scale Are Not the Same Thing
- Green IT: Follow the Savings, Not the Jargon
- Facebook Goes (Very) Public With Questions Product
- UPDATED: 3 Ways Nokia Could Use an Ovi Browser
- From Hot to Not: How Component Shortages Will Stifle the Smartphone Market
- Will the Kin Hurt Windows Phone 7?
- White iPhone Delays Blamed on the Display
» http://www.venturebeat.com
- Roundup: Google, CIA invest in web monitoring, RIM to launch touchscreen Blackberry and more
- Nintendo reports a quarterly loss as Wii game sales tumble
- Zynga confirms $150M SoftBank investment and Japan expansion
- Biometric startup Validity Sensors locks up $12.6M to keep PCs safe
- Amazon unveils new Kindle: $139 WiFi-only model, $189 with 3G, available August 27th
- Search-engine marketing tool Kenshoo raises new funds to fuel growth
- Android wallpaper app that steals your data was downloaded by millions
- Online payments startup eWise raises $12.1M
- Chevy Volt: No $5K rebate, carpool-lane access for CA buyers
- More money for TV check-ins: Philo raises funding
» http://www.fiercewireless.com/
- Satellite backhaul is on the rise; T-Mobile's G1 is no longer for sale
- Report: 4G to fuel infrastructure spending in 2011
- Rumor Mill: AT&T will sell Dell Streak for $300
- Will LightSquared succeed with its LTE ambitions?
- Motorola's 'Family Room' trademark hints at media sharing
- LG's smartphone struggles continue in Q2
- Sprint gets back to positive subscriber growth in Q2
- AT&T debuts new Sharp phone; Verizon suffers outage in Manhattan
- WAC develops app business model, joins with JIL
- Rumor Mill: Motorola will launch Android tablet in November