Amit Chowdhry | October 20, 2010 | 1,305 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Apple FaceTime, Apple Inc., Apple Mac App Store, Apple Mac OS X Lion, Apple MacBook Air, Steve Jobs

There wasn’t much of a delay between Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) announcing some substantial earnings earlier this week and announcing a new line of products. Today at the “Back to the Mac” event Tim Cook said that Mac computers made up 33% of their revenue last year, about $22 billion. Below I have gone into details about what Mac announced today:

Amit Chowdhry | October 20, 2010 | 1,566 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under AllThingsD, CNET, CNET Networks Inc, Ina Fried

Ina Fried was one of my most favorite writers at CNET. In Fried’s description on CNET, it said “During her years at CNET News, Ina Fried has changed beats several times, changed genders once, and covered both of the Pirates of Silicon Valley. These days, most of her attention is focused on Microsoft.” Fried will no longer be working at CNET because AllThingsD poached her. She will be covering mobile at AllThingsD going forward. AllThingsD is also announcing several new journalists next week to complement a new conference series called D: Dive Into Mobile. Fried worked at CNET for 10 years and is a graduate of Miami University in Ohio. AllThingsD is a technology blog that is a spin-off from The Wall Street Journal. [AllThingsD]
Amit Chowdhry | October 20, 2010 | 1,103 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Starbucks Corporation, Yahoo!

As many of you know, Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) introduced free WiFi this year finally. Starbucks is now integrating the Starbucks Digital Network across their 6,800 U.S. operated stores. SDN will showcase content from The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and The New York Times. There will be a News, Entertainment, Wellness, Business, and My Neighborhood section.

Amit Chowdhry | October 20, 2010 | 573 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Lee Williams, Symbian, Tim Holbrow

Lee Williams, the executive director at Symbian has left the company for “personal reasons.” Before Symbian, Williams worked at Motorola and Palm. Williams is being replaced by Symbian CFO Tim Holbrow. Williams’ departure comes at a time when Samsung has ended their support for the mobile operating system and Nokia announced that the N8 will be the last Symbian-powered N Series Device. [Engadget]
Amit Chowdhry | October 20, 2010 | 780 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Christine Chen, Google, Google Street View, Jennifer Stoddart

In a disclosure report released on Street View, Google revealed that they have no plans to resume the collection of information about WiFi network locations. There has been several privacy probes about this. Google Street View cars had unintentionally captured fragments of unencrypted data.

Amit Chowdhry | October 20, 2010 | 616 views | 1 Comment
Categorized under Hawaii.com, Lonely Planet, Rho Ventures, StarVest Partners, Travel Ad Network, Village Ventures

Travel Ad Network is an advertising network that focuses on travel content. Travel Ad Network works with about 300 travel websites including Lonely Planet and Hawaii.com. Their network reaches about 20 million unique U.S. visitors per month. Travel Ad Network’s revenue has increased 30% over this past year. To keep growing their network, the company has raised $15 million in a third round of funding. This round was led by StarVest Partners. Other investors in this round include Rho Venture and Village Ventures. [paidContent]
Amit Chowdhry | October 20, 2010 | 617 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Samsung Electronics Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Verizon Wireless

If you have Verizon and are constantly in an area where your 3G coverage sucks, you now have the option to drop $250 to buy a 3G Network Extender. The Extender is manufactured by Samsung and allows Verizon customers to download apps, send SMS/text messages, make calls, send e-mails, stream videos, and play 3D games using a home Internet connection. Press release after the jump:

Amit Chowdhry | October 20, 2010 | 1,268 views | Add a Comment
Categorized under Edelson McGuire, Facebook, Michael Aschenbrener, Nancy Graf, Zynga

St. Paul, Minnesota resident Nancy Graf has filed a lawsuit against Zynga. Zynga allegedly leaked private user information from Facebook to advertising companies. Law firm Edelson McGuire sent out a press release about the lawsuit. Graf is seeking “monetary relief” for those who feel that their data was wrongly shared. There is no specific amounted. The leak affected about 218 million Facebook users. Below is the press release:
