Daily Digest from John & Todd for 05/13/2011
Who needs Skype? Eight top apps for chatting, messaging and calling on iPhone and Android
May 13, 2011 09:50 am | Scott Blanksteen With the announced mega-acquisition of Skype by Microsoft, the world of VoIP, group messaging, and chat apps has been brought into focus. Aside from Skype, which is the uncontested king of the category, there are a bunch of other great apps that can also do chat, group messaging, and video or voice calling. At AppStoreHQ,... Read More...
Entrepreneurs: Born or made?
May 13, 2011 09:22 am | John Cook Can you actually teach people to be entrepreneurs? That question is open to debate. But a recent Zogby survey indicates that educational institutions need to do more to support entrepreneurial programs, and the best way to do that is to encourage students to actually create new businesses or take internships at startups. In other words,... Read More...
SEOMoz CEO Rand Fishkin on Google's Panda update: It's been 'great for our business'
May 13, 2011 08:19 am | John Cook At the Seattle 2.0 Awards last week, Team GeekWire had the chance to chat with SEOMoz founder Rand Fishkin about his signature yellow Pumas and what it’s like to start a business with your mom. But we also drilled into some more weighty topics, including Google’s recent alterations to its search algorithm. Known as Panda,... Read More...
A Twitter crime thriller, and why laptop tracking could save you some heartache
May 12, 2011 10:09 pm | John Cook I got hooked tonight on an amazing Twitter drama, watching in real time as Sean Power live Tweeted about his attempts to recover his stolen laptop from a guy in a bar in New York City. Using software called Prey, Power was able to track the whereabouts of the stolen laptop, even capturing photos of... Read More...
Microsoft apologizes for Online Services glitches, massive email delays
May 12, 2011 09:32 pm | Todd Bishop Microsoft tonight detailed and apologized for a series of glitches that caused a huge email backlog in its cloud-based Microsoft Exchange Online subscription service — in some cases delaying messages for as long as three to nine hours. The company’s Business Productivity Online Services (BPOS) team, which runs the service, also acknowledged a separate problem... Read More...
Pressure mounts on Western Washington University to preserve computer science department
May 12, 2011 05:35 pm | John Cook The Washington Technology Industry Association and the Technology Alliance — two of the largest technology member organizations in the state — have joined the fight to preserve the computer science department at Western Washington University. In a letter to Western Washington University president Bruce Shepard, WTIA president Susan Sigl makes the case that computer science... Read More...
Tech moves: EVO Media, Nintendo, Puzzazz and more
May 12, 2011 05:08 pm | John Cook Our latest roundup of key hires and executive changes in the Pacific Northwest technology industry. EVO Media Group, maker of DevHub and YearlyLeaf.com, has promoted co-founders Daniel Rust and Mark Michael to the positions of co-presidents. They should be OK juggling those roles together, since they’ve known each other since the age of 16. Geoffrey... Read More...
Xbox 360 leads in U.S. again; Microsoft says Kinect games will triple this year
May 12, 2011 04:19 pm | Todd Bishop Microsoft’s Xbox 360 continued its reign atop the U.S. console market in April, according to data from the NPD Group market research firm cited by the Redmond company this afternoon. Microsoft also released internal sales numbers for two key games for its Kinect motion controller, and said the number of games made to work with... Read More...
Rhapsody to Google and Amazon: We've been doing music lockers since you were little kids
May 12, 2011 02:57 pm | John Cook Cloud-based music lockers are all of the rage these days, with Google and Amazon.com recently launching new services and Apple reportedly planning to roll out its own offering in the coming weeks. But Rhapsody has a message for those “upstarts,” and it goes something like this: You’re about 10 years behind the curve. Rhapsody today... Read More...
Nordstrom testing iPods, other devices for checkout
May 12, 2011 12:46 pm | Todd Bishop Seattle-based retailer Nordstrom mentioned during its annual shareholders meeting yesterday that it has been testing mobile point-of-sale devices at its Bellevue and Seattle stores, to reduce wait times for customers checking out with credit cards. It’s not a new concept in retailing, of course, but when the customer-service icon adopts a new technology, it’s worth... Read More...
Apple 'app store' trademark challenged in Europe by Microsoft, HTC, Nokia, Sony Ericsson
May 12, 2011 12:27 pm | Todd Bishop Microsoft and three of its key mobile partners — HTC, Nokia and Sony Ericsson — filed a challenge in Europe today seeking to invalidate Apple’s trademarks on the phrases “App Store” and “Appstore.” It’s the latest move in a struggle over rights to a phrase at the center of the booming mobile economy. The Redmond... Read More...
DOJ: Microsoft antitrust deal worked, just look at the company now
May 12, 2011 11:46 am | Todd Bishop As we noted a couple weeks ago, Microsoft’s landmark U.S. antitrust settlement expires today. Much has changed in the decade since the settlement was reached and there’s no question that the Redmond company isn’t in the same position it was. The rise of Google and Facebook, the resurgence of Apple, and Microsoft’s mobile struggles are... Read More...
The Spotlight: ZippyCart reviews e-commerce shopping carts
May 12, 2011 11:29 am | John Cook You can find online reviews these days for just about anything, from restaurants to lawyers to new gadgets. But what about e-commerce shopping carts? That’s the idea behind ZippyCart, a bootstrapped Ballard startup that’s trying to transform the way people discover and learn about shopping carts and other e-commerce tools. We chatted with CEO Nick Grant,... Read More...
The Beatles help boost digital music sales, but is it a one-time surge?
May 12, 2011 11:11 am | John Cook If there were one song from The Beatles that represented the state of the music industry in 2011, it would likely be “Help!” Revenues have been slumping for years as the industry grapples with new digital distribution models. But has the industry started to bounce off the bottom? The Beatles themselves may have just provided... Read More...
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