According to Gartner analyst Ken Dulaney, Google’s fledgling Android OS has the potential to become the number two mobile operating system (behind Symbian OS) by 2012. This certainly sounds like a bit of a stretch considering that currently Android is operating on less than 2% of the world’s smartphones. However, in a recent interview with Computerworld , Dulaney said that he sees Google’s open mobile platform expanding to upwards of 14% market penetration over the next 24 months [...more]
Despite a couple large IPOs (LogMein and A123Systems) and a steady but tempered flow of mergers and acquisitions, financial exits for venture-backed companies remained anemic in the third quarter of 2009. Data released by both Dow Jones VentureSource and the National Venture Capital Association /Thomson Reuters show declines in both M&A and IPO dollars. VentureSource counts $2.9 billion in combined M&A exits in the third quarter, 49 percent lower than a year ago [...more]
Housing economist Thomas Lawler on CNBC this morning. "It is virtual certainty that [foreclosure] sales will pick up. Various moratoria has actually diminished the pace of sales, but as people try to see who can qualify for the modification program. [...more]
Our phones are smarter than ever, but figuring out a business’s or personal contact’s phone number can still be a trying task — especially when this data can be scattered across multiple address books, Facebook profiles, and professional contact management tools. CallSpark is a new startup that’s making its debut at DEMO Fall that’s looking to help solve this problem. [...more]
If there's one thing I've learned in my years of tech reporting it's that you should never say Bose makes good products. Bose, like Apple, is a lightning rod for informed and uninformed attacks from both the pro and con camps and to say they do things well - or poorly - is a dangerous proposition [...more]
Like it or not, Windows Mobile is a predominant mobile OS. It rules the roost, along with Symbian, and although Android will shortly beat its butt – I’d expect it to reach parity in about 2012 – we’re still going to have to live with up to 30 million WinMo 6.5 devices by the end of the year. This number also presumably includes the full existing install base, so it’s not like they’re going to sell 25 million of these off the cuff. [...more]
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I always love me some Texas inbreeding. Austin based Dell announced that it will buy its neighbor Perot Systems for 3.9 billion buckaroos. Perot Systems, founded by infamous presidential candidate Ross Perot, is an IT services company that provides technology infrastructure to healthcare, government and other commercial businesses. [...more]
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Unfortunately, the number this giant Palm Pre tells you to dial in to Heroes isn't real, meaning you can't call up and explain how badly Heroes sucks and that Zachary Quinto deserves better. Also, Hiro should die [...more]
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UK-based Tech 21 have devised a real-life, mailable, flubber-esque gel that becomes rigid on impact. This substance dubbed "d30" is used to safeguard an iPhone or iPod Touch from owners with buttery fingers [...more]
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Hardcore photo geeks know that Leica's M9 is supposedly due out on 09/09/09 (exactly one 9 less cool than the Sega Dreamcast's release). Now the company's second digital offering has been captured in several blurry shots from a promo. Live Webcast on 9/9/2009 - The next Generation of Leica Cameras from leica camera on Vimeo [...more]
