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Verizon developing Android Tablet

by Matt Bowman, May 12, 2010 | Comments

Carrier takes aim at AT&T's lead in new market. Google less involved than headlines suggest.

If you read the headlines this morning, you might think The GooglePad is coming soon.Verizon, Google Developing iPad Rival Google, Verizon in Talks About a Rival to Apple's iPadThere's a big dollop of yellow in that journalism. The truth is there is no GooglePad in the works. Verizon will carry Android tablets just like it carries Android phones. That's much ...

Google must walk softly and carry no device

by Matt Bowman, May 11, 2010 | Comments (2)

Sprint drops Nexus 1 as Android OS passes iPhone in marketshare. Google's mobile role is defined.

One of the big tech stories of 2010 will be the failure of the Google phone and simultaneous rise of Android. This is the year Google, king of the tech world, was handed its Magna Carta, stripped of absolute power, and told what it's role is going forward. You aren't to touch hardware, Mr. King. Your role, in the mobile ...

iPhone users stuck with AT&T till 2012?

by Matt Bowman, May 10, 2010 | Comments (1)

Court documents confirm a 5-year exclusivity deal. A change is possible, but unlikely.

Got an iPhone? Love the coverage? You're pretty much alone.Many iPhone users will be disappointed to discover that Apple definitely entered into a 5-year exclusivity deal with AT&T in 2007, when the first iPhone hit the market. Though the USA Today reported a 5-year deal, the number had never been corroborated by an outside source, and most folks in the ...

Facebook confirms geolocation service

by Matt Bowman, May 10, 2010 | Comments (4)

“Places” will detect mobile users’ heading, speed and altitude, according to code.

At Facebook’s f8 conference earlier this month, the conspicuous absence of any geolocation, check-in features left many wondering about the company’s strategy (would it buy Foursquare? Did it have something in the works?). Late Sunday night, the company confirmed its plans to launch an even more robust geolocation feature than is currently available from Foursquare and Gowalla. The long-term implications ...

Delivering Tony Hsieh

by Matt Bowman, May 7, 2010 | Comments

New book from Zappos CEO seeks to spark happiness movement. Grab an advance copy at Vator Splash.

You might want to try some of this koolaid.As a blogger, I get offered koolaid many times a day. It's the job of PR folks to foment excitement about every new company launched, feature released and milestone reached. There are hordes of startups in the global Silicon Valley, each with a battalion of communications personnel, and not a lot of ...

HelloWallet pockets $3.6M to take on Mint

by Matt Bowman, May 6, 2010 | Comments

Personal finance tracker eschews ads from banks, stakes out position as more independent alternative

Three years ago, the notion of giving a web startup your credit card and bank account login details was generally considered ludricous, given the rising trend of identify theft. So thought some investors who turned down the opportunity to invest in Mint.com, a site that today helps millions of people manage their assets, and sold last year to Intuit for ...

The Founders Fund lands $107M

by Matt Bowman, May 5, 2010 | Comments

Peter Thiel and crew closed their third fund, according to an SEC filing Wednesday.

The Founders Fund is one of the more interesting tech investment funds, and not just because it's tied up with Peter Thiel and the PayPal mafia, nor just because Thiel is an investor in Vator.tv. Nor because angel partner Dave McClure will be one of our judges at Vator Splash next week. The fund's portfolio is full of household names, ...

Facebook vs its users: the lawsuit

by Matt Bowman, May 5, 2010 | Comments (1)

The EFF files brief combatting Facebook's prohibition against enlisting apps to log in.

Facebook wants to be the Web's personal directory. And it doesn't like competition.The company prohibits users from enlisting third-party apps to log in to their profiles. It is so adamant about it that it filed suit against Power Ventures, a service that does just that to help users organize all of their social networking activity into one dashboard. Using Power's ...

Ning reversal: will remain free for teachers

by Matt Bowman, May 4, 2010 | Comments

Unnamed educational company to sponsor educator-founded networks.

In mid April, Ning made the controversial announcement that it was shutting down all free networks, a move that sparked considerable punditry about the perils of freemium services.The announcement was followed by an outcry from non-profit organizations and teachers that had invested significant time building communities, but didn't have the budget to upgrade. Over 1000 educators signed a petition to ...

Embeddable tweets: the twittersphere responds

by Matt Bowman, May 4, 2010 | Comments

Reactions range from underwhelmed to confused, but the feature could open up new revenue stream.

Twitter has been called the world's newsroom. It's often the first place reports of natural disasters become the public knowledge, and offers an efficient way to survey opinions--and get reliablequotes--from a variety of sources quickly.Sometime Tuesday, Twitter is expected to make tweets embeddable, so that writers can include a tweet in their online posts with a bit html code. This ...

What Google Ventures wants to fund

by Matt Bowman, May 3, 2010 | Comments

Its 11 portfolio companies suggest Google is targetting data analysis and Adsense clones.

Google Ventures emerged from stealth mode Monday, officially announcing its team of partners and unveiling a website with detailed info about the fund. While the fund managers insist no specific sector, stage or theme will characterize its investment strategy, a look at the portfolio suggests a few themes. First, the official line: CEO Eric Schmidt indicated that the company's brain ...

Apple's new app policies spark gov't probe

by Matt Bowman, May 3, 2010 | Comments (1)

Two agencies locked in negotiations over which will lead inquiry, NY Post reports.

Apple could soon be called to task for its recent decision to require application developers to only use Apple programming tools in their apps. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission are currently duking it out behind closed doors to see who will lead an initital inquiry, according to the NY Post. At issue is Apple's recent ...

Twitter turns Android into a chirp machine

by Matt Bowman, April 30, 2010 | Comments

Twitter releases official client for Android, edging out other developers.

Twitter ushered in the end of an era last month when it announced the company would begin developing its own official applications--a move that left the Twitter developer community dismayed, and most Twitter users delighted.True to its word, the company just released its app for Android. The platform's multitasking abilities makes for some great integrations with other apps, making it ...

Lala: the music dies May 31

by Matt Bowman, April 30, 2010 | Comments

Apple is shuting down the service completely. iTunes-in-the-cloud coming in June?

Music enthusiasts are holding their breath. Cloud-based streaming service Lala says it will be shutting down completely on May 31, and credits can be redeemed on Apple's iTunes. Ever since Apple bought the company in December, pundits have speculated that iTunes will soon incorporate a web-based music streaming service. It looks like such an announcement could come at Apples World ...

AdMob opens to all networks. Hear that, FTC?

by Matt Bowman, April 29, 2010 | Comments (1)

Update brings iAd, others into the fold. Analyst: could help Google win antitrust case.

AdMob announced a pretty significant update today that could help Google in its battle to acquire the company. The $750 million acquisition deal, announced in November, has been held up as the FTC examines it for antitrust violations. The update concerns AdMob's AdWhirl tool, which it bought eight months ago. AdWhirl lets developers of mobile apps incorporate and manage ads ...

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