web GDrive: Three Ways it Could be a Game Changer The Wall St. Journal ran a B1 story this morning about the forthcoming online storage service from Google. Call it GDrive, call it Platypus, call it My Stuff - the vast majority of tech bloggers have called it old news. I disagree. I think there's a lot of potential for Google's online storage to be a game changing product. It appears that… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
News Brightcove Gives Up on Consumer Video Brightcove has never really been more than a half-hearted consumer video play, opting instead to function as a content distribution network for a large number of high profile media partners. Today Brightcove informed members of its Brightcove.TV site that it will no longer be accepting direct consumer uploads on December 17, 2007. That signals… Josh Catone View comments
News 'It's the Network' - Verizon Wireless to Open Up Verizon Wireless, America's #2 wireless carrier, announced today that it would open its network to non-Verizon phones and applications. That means any CDMA phone (i.e., even those purchased through rival carrier Sprint) will be eligible to work on the Verizon network provided that it passes muster at the new $20 million Verizon testing lab… Josh Catone View comments
Analysis A Health 2.0 Overview, Through the Eyes of a New Diabetic Last Monday I found out from my doctor that I have Diabetes (probably Type 1; I need more tests to confirm), which basically means high blood sugar. It was quite a surprise, as I have no family history of diabetes and it is relatively uncommon to get Type 1 diabetes in your 30's. However, I soon discovered that diabetes affects more than 240… Richard MacManus View comments
web Intuit Finally Buys Homestead for $170m Small business website creation service Homestead announced tonight that it has been purchased by Intuit for $170m. In addition to Intuit's personal and small business accounting software, and the company's partnership with Google to integrate services like Maps listing and AdSense buys, Intuit customers will now presumably be able to put up… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments