Internet Gambling In USA To Be Legalized?
Posted on July 29th, 2010 | 0 CommentsA report on The New York Times indicates that the United States Congress may be rethinking its decision on the ban imposed on internet gambling four years ago. According to the report, the House Financial Services Committe has approved a bill in this regard that would mandate the United States Treasury to commence licensing and [...]
Add Chat Room To Your Blog Or Website With Envolve
Posted on July 15th, 2010 | 0 CommentsThere are some services that you love simply at first sight and Envolve is definitely one of them. The concept of Envolve is simple – Add a Facebook-like Chat service to your own website or blog. To get started, publishers merely have to sign up for the service and insert a tiny piece of code [...]
Were Foxconn Employees Beaten To Death?
Posted on June 9th, 2010 | 0 CommentsFoxconn has received a lot of negative press in the past few weeks owing to a spate of employee suicides. The suicides were blamed on the bad working conditions which led Foxconn to announce a substantial pay-hike to its employees last week. But are these suicides actually homicides? A blogger who claims to be a [...]
Mobile Patent Lawsuits – Who’s Suing Who
Posted on May 14th, 2010 | 0 CommentsEarlier this week, HTC filed a lawsuit seeking damages against Apple’s use of HTC proprietary technology in its iDevices. If you hadn’t noticed, this was merely a retaliatory suit following Apple’s lawsuit against the Taiwanese handset manufacturer. Patent lawsuits are a common business ploy to either force companies into surrendering their innovation or gain a [...]
Disney Collaborative Work Platform To Work Like Google Wave?
Posted on March 29th, 2010 | 2 CommentsIt is not clear where Disney Enterprises intends to use such a platform but a recent patent application filed by the company appears strikingly close to the recently launched Google Wave collaborative development platform. There are of course a few functional variations in Disney’s ideas. Nevertheless, the objective appears to be the same. The patent [...]
WePad Tech Specs And Features
Posted on March 26th, 2010 | 0 CommentsThe WePad has come a long way from being ridiculed as the plural form for iPad. Folks at Ubergizmo have dug out some pretty interesting information on the WePad’s technical specifications. One striking observation is that the WePad appears to be much better than the iPad, but for its battery life. Display : 11.6″ diagonally [...]
AT&T To Enter Wireless Dog-Collar Business?
Posted on March 25th, 2010 | 1 CommentThe American mobile market is pretty much saturated with almost everyone owning a cellphone. While other major carriers are thinking of ways to expand overseas to grow their business, AT&T sees things differently. The company wants to target the small gizmo market for things like wireless dog collars and pallet tracking for shipping companies. Citing [...]
Dell Moving Out Of China?
Posted on March 25th, 2010 | 0 CommentsDell has recently started its operations at its new India plant. On the sidelines of it, Indian Prime Minister hinted at Dell’s statements that implied that the popular hardware manufacturer could be pulling out of China owing to legal and political uncertainties. Mr. Singh is quoted as saying, “This morning I met the chairman of [...]
AOL To Make Videos Search Engine Friendly
Posted on March 22nd, 2010 | 0 CommentsOnline videos have been a challenge on so many fronts – Not only do they consume more bandwidth (and cost more to maintain), they do not monetize well and are not search engine friendly. While there have been reports of companies such as Google working on scanning online videos to understand the context (and thus [...]
T-Mobile USA Joint Venture With Clearwire
Posted on March 19th, 2010 | 0 CommentsT-Mobile, the fourth largest carrier in the US may be contemplating a joint venture partnership with Kirkland based Clearwire, a leading provider of wireless broadband and ISP solutions. The rumors itself is not new. However this time, the speculations have been fueled by statements from T-Mobile USA CEO, Robert Dotson. In an interview, Dotson had [...]