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BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: When Will We Be Able To Vote From Smartphones?
Mobile Insights is a new daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.7...
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If You're Tired Of Apple's Buggy Messaging Software, Try Microsoft's GroupMe...
People have many complaints about iMessage, Apple's built-in text-messaging service for iPhones, iPads, and Macs.There's a great solution, and it's from Microsoft, of all companies: GroupMe.GroupMe's...
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Andreessen On Obama's Win: There Will Be Gridlock In D.C., Which Is Great
Venture capitalist and Business Insider investor Marc Andreessen was on CNBC this afternoon talking about Barack Obama's win last night, the state of Silicon Valley, and Facebook.On Obama's win,...
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BII REPORT: Why HTML5 Is Still Not Ready For Prime Time
HTML5 is a new technology that allows developers to build rich web-based apps that run on any device via a standard web browser.Many think it will save the web, rendering native platform-dependent apps...
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General Assembly Raises $9.8 Million Series B From Tony Hsieh And Others To...
General Assembly, a startup school founded by Brad Hargreaves, Jake Schwartz, Adam Pritzker and Matt Brimer early last year, has raised a $9.8 million Series B round of financing.Investors include...
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Here's LinkedIn's Biggest Unsolved Revenue Problem Right Now (LNKD)
LinkedIn bragged in its Q3 2012 earnings disclosures that the potential for growth in its user base came from all over the planet, not just the U.S.: "[we] currently have more than 187Â million members...
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Art.sy Is Changing The Way The World Views Art
Do you like Vincent van Gogh? That means you'll also probably like art by Henri Rousseau, Edouard Vuillard, Maurice Utrillo and even contemporary artists like John Currin and Laurie Simmons—artists you...
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CHART OF THE DAY: A Lot More People Read E-Books On Their Computers Than You...
The Pew Research Group did a survey of people's e-reading habits, and one of the most surprising take aways is how many people read e-books on a desktop or a laptop. For people under 30, it's the most...
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Twitter's New Challenge: Traffic Doesn't Just Peak, It Roars For Hours
Downtime was a major problem for Twitter in its early years. What was remarkable about the information network's performance during Election Day in the US was how stable the service seemed.Now, instead...
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Online Video Piracy Is Fading Away, Thanks To Netflix (NFLX, AMZN)
Remember the threat of digital video piracy, the scourge of Hollywood?A new report suggests that it's dropping fast, thanks to licensed streaming services, chiefly Netflix.Netflix utterly dominates...
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Cisco: Skype Could Cost You Jobs And Healthcare, Our Experts Say (CSCO, MSFT)
Cisco clearly fears that Skype, now in the hands of Microsoft, is going to be the end of its lucrative videoconferencing business.So it's released a study from two world-class economics professors who...
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The Guy Leading Sony's Charge Against Apple And Spotify Is Out (SNE)
Sony executive Tim Schaaff, hired away from Apple in 2005 to help the Japanese electronics giant regain its footing in digital media, is retiring at the end of the year, the company announced.We first...
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How To Protect Your Facebook Account From Hackers
One of the easiest ways for a hacker to gain access to your personal information is to take it off a website you are browsing on that requires a password.Typically, if you are browsing on an unsecured,...
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FORMER TV EXEC: Here's The Incredibly Stupid Way Cable Companies Are Screwing...
I moderated a panel on the future of television this afternoon.I'm a big believer in the future of video-based storytelling (a.k.a., TV), but I think the TV industry as it currently exists is headed...
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Mayor Bloomberg Calls On AirBnB To Help Sandy Victims Find Housing
When apartment rental site AirBnB started making waves across the U.S. last year, New York City officials were quick to draw a line in the sand –– making it illegal and punishable by as much as $5,000...
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Square And Starbucks Just Launched Their Mobile Payment Service In 7,000...
Square, the mobile-payments company, is launching its payments service Thursday morning in 7,000 Starbucks stores, the company announced.In August, Starbucks invested $25 million in Square and...
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OMGPOP CEO: What It's Been Like Selling To Zynga And Watching The Stock Plummet
OMGPOP CEO Dan Porter helped his company get acquired by Zynga for close to $200 million earlier this year.Since then, Zynga's stock has tanked. At a venture-capital industry event in New York...
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BII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Localized Mobile Marketing Is On The Rise
Mobile Insights is a new daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.National...
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HP Warns People Not To Run Windows 7 On PCs Designed For Windows 8 (HPQ, MSFT)
Hewlett-Packard is telling consumers not to put Windows 7 on a new Windows 8 PC.If they do, HP could refuse them technical support beyond fixing broken hardware, reports Computerworld's Gregg Keizer....
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AT&T Reverses Decision, Now Lets You Use FaceTime Over LTE On Both Tiered And...
AT&T decided today to reverse its controversial decision blocking FaceTime calls over LTE data networks from customers who don't subscribe to one of the carrier's shared data plans.However, the...
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