Archive for June, 2011

Boingo Wireless Partners with Gogo for In-Flight Wi-Fi

Riley Kennysmith | June 27, 2011 | 471 views | Add a Comment
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Boingo Wireless, purveyor of Wi-Fi hotspots on the ground, has partnered up with in-flight internet company Gogo. The union of the two means Boingo Wireless accounts can now go online on airplanes, using their existing account information. Boingo users will still have to pay an additional fee for their in-flight internet, but are now saved the hassle of creating a new user account after braving the TSA lines. Gogo provides Wi-Fi to most major airlines, so mile-high browsing for Boingo users will be as simple as clicking to accept the flight fee. [TechCrunch]

An iPhone App That’s Medically Beneficial?

Riley Kennysmith | June 27, 2011 | 377 views | Add a Comment
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Skin Scan, an iPhone app that claims to be able to check your moles for cancer, has received €50,000 in funding from Seedmoney to develop their software. The app uses an algorithm to assess the development of a mole, as photographed on your phone, based on what TechCrunch calls “the fractal-like shapes which exist in human skin.” The app does not tell you whether you have cancer, but it will suggest whether you should have your doctor check out your new mole. Skin Scan also tracks the locations of its users and updates a map with the data, which could eventually give us an idea of what skin cancer looks like mapped on a global scale.

Social Networking as a Business Strategy

Riley Kennysmith | June 27, 2011 | 649 views | Add a Comment
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The evolution of technology often moves from business use to casual consumers’ daily lives, but social media tends to move in the opposite direction. Social networking is now becoming company policy, reports the New York Times, through internal social networks specific to the workplace. Microscope company Nikon Instruments and computer security company Symantec both have internal social networks, used by employees to handle company business—inter-office memos have entered the 21st century.

Skype Excited About New iPad App

Riley Kennysmith | June 27, 2011 | 607 views | Add a Comment
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After months of testing, Skype confirms that iPad users will have an iPad-specific Skype app on their tablets soon. Skype’s VP of Consumer and Product Design, Rick Osterloh, interviewed with TUAW to talk about the upcoming release. The app will have the expected basic Skype functions, talking to others through chatting, audio and video connections, with a few sacrifices. The app won’t have file sharing because of how iPads handle files, but Skype’s excitement about the release makes it seem like the functionality of Skype with the camera of the iPad 2 will be a welcome addition to the tablet’s abilities.

Nevada Legalizes Google’s Driverless Cars

Riley Kennysmith | June 27, 2011 | 534 views | Add a Comment
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Google’s driverless cars are now legal on roads in Nevada, thanks to the passage of Assembly Bill No 511. The Daily Mail reports that the driverless Prius and driverless Audi TT will hit the streets of Nevada as soon as Nevada’s Department of Motor Vehicles establishes rules for automated cars. The hybrid cars use video cameras and laser range finders to navigate traffic and detailed maps to calculate routes.

Answers.com Loses CEO, CTO and More Thanks to New Owners

Riley Kennysmith | June 27, 2011 | 538 views | Add a Comment
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Answers.com staff are suffering major layoffs at the company at the hands of new owners AFCV Holdings. The company was bought out by AFCV earlier this year, despite shareholders’ complaints. More than half of the company’s Israel offices’ staff were fired, including CEO and founder Bob Rosenschein and CTO Jeff Schneiderman. Other effects of the shakeup include the end of services like 1-Click Answers and the company’s investment in some mobile apps. [TechCrunch]

Google AdWords Uses Behavioral Targeting to Enhance Your Advertising Experience

Riley Kennysmith | June 24, 2011 | 543 views | Add a Comment
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Google’s AdWords advertisers now have more customization options, with the ability to target ads to consumers based on their browsing activity. Google started beta testing the behavioral targeting in 2009, but is now available to all advertisers. The update also gives more options to the users, who can use Google’s Ad Preferences page to see the categories their web browsing has linked them with, and edit them or opt out of the behavioral targeting. There are more than a thousand categories in AdWords’s behavioral targeting program, which means more sales for the advertisers and more relevant ads for the consumers. [Search Engine Land]

Opera Founder Resigns from the Company

Riley Kennysmith | June 24, 2011 | 624 views | Add a Comment
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Jon S. von Tetzchner announced his resignation from Opera in an email to Opera employees. The founder cited differences of opinion with the Board and Management of the company as his reasons for leaving, and TechCrunch reports that he has other projects he is working on.

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