Amit Chowdhry | April 21, 2010 | 786 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Android, Apple App Store, Apple Inc., Google, Google Android, Google Android Market, Matthew Browing, Steve Jobs

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) CEO Steve Jobs made a jab at Android phones recently. “we do believe we have a moral responsibility to keep porn off the iPhone.” Better, is what he said next: “Folks who want porn can buy and [sic] Android phone.“ Jobs wrote the e-mail to Matthew Browing (original e-mail pasted below).

Amit Chowdhry | April 21, 2010 | 488 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Scott Griffith, Streetcar, Zipcar

Zipcar, the car-sharing company based in Cambridge, MA has acquired Streetcar, a U.K. car company that has a similar business model. “When considered along with our investment in the largest car sharing company in Spain in late 2009, this transaction gives us a very strong base from which to expand to additional European markets,” stated Zipcar chairman and CEO Scott Griffith. No word on how much the financial details were, but rumor has it that Zipcar spent about $50 million. [Xconomy]
Amit Chowdhry | April 21, 2010 | 925 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Agnilux, Amarjeet Gill, Apple Inc., Google, Mark Hayer, Olaf Johansson, PA Semi, Todd Broch

Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has acquired Agnilux, a server company. “We’re pleased to welcome the Agnilux team to Google, but we don’t have any additional information to share right now,” stated a Google spokesperson.

Amit Chowdhry | April 21, 2010 | 1,548 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under DreamBox Learning, Netflix, Reed Hastings, The Charter Fund

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) CEO Reed Hastings has bought DreamBox Learning, an e-learning company. The acquisition was made through a partnership between Hastings and The Charter Fund. The acquisition includes a $10 million investment designed for promoting the growth of the company. Before Hastings was the CEO of Netflix, he was a math teacher. DreamBox has online games designed to make learning fun. Below is the full press release [paidContent].

Amit Chowdhry | April 21, 2010 | 1,094 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Apple Inc., Eastman Kodak Company

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is countersuing Eastman Kodak Company (NYSE:EK) over patent issues. Apple is accusing Kodak for infringing upon patent 6,031,964 — “a system and method for using a unified memory architecture to implement a digital camera device” and patent RE38,911, “a modular digital image processing via an image processing chain with modifiable parameter controls.” The court case is being filed in the State of California. Apple is in a similar court case over patents with Nokia and HTC too. [Patently Apple]
Amit Chowdhry | April 21, 2010 | 888 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under BlackBerry, BlackBerry OS 6.0, Research In Motion, RIM

Here are some screenshots of the BlackBerry OS 6.0. 6.0 has tab switching, multitouch support, new favorites, and a touched up media player. RIM has added system-wide kinetic scrolling with rubberbanding to make it easier to navigate through websites, emails, lists, etc. The homescreen is completely customizable too. There is also pinch to zoom and universal search on the new OS. 6.0 will be available between June and July. [BGR]

Amit Chowdhry | April 21, 2010 | 541 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Twitter

Several hashtags have been extremely useful for those who have been stranded across several parts in the world because of the Iceland volcano. This could have been useful for a friend of mine that was planning to go to Paris, but his flight was cancelled.

Amit Chowdhry | April 21, 2010 | 1,352 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under AliBaba, Alibaba Group, Alibaba.com, Jack Ma, Target Media Holdings Ltd., Yu Feng, Yun Feng Capital

Jack Ma, the chairman of B2B trading website Alibaba.com Ltd. (1688.HK) and Target Media Holdings Ltd. founder Yu Feng have teamed up to start a private equity firm to invest in Chinese IT companies. Yun Feng Capital, the name of the new venture company, will have a value of about CNY10 billion ($1.48 billion). Ma is making the investments personally. Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) owns 39% of Alibaba Group.