Government FCC Looks To Modernize 911 With Text Messaging The Federal Communications Commission has opened a Notice of Inquiry, seeking public comment on how best to update the nation's 911 services. The FCC wants to expand 911 beyond the phone call for help, bringing advanced communication technologies to the decades old emergency program. According to the FCC, there are more than 650,000 911 calls… Audrey Watters View comments
Analysis Weekly Poll: 20 Companies That Could Be Acquired in 2011 Today sees another acquisition with Teradata's plan to purchase Aprimo, the marketing automation software as a service (SaaS). Teradata acquired Aprimo as a way to add more analytics and provide better business intelligence services. Yesterday, Salesforce.com announced its acquisition of Etacts, the CRM startup for managing email contacts. That's… Alex Williams View comments
NYT New Mobile App Helps You Find Uncrowded Places to Get Deals on Food & Drink What venues nearby are the least crowded right now? A new iPhone app called What Spot Now launched today and aims to answer that question with a combination of blurred webcam photos taken every 30 seconds and automatic deals pushed to users when participating venues are low on customers. The company is launching with 15 bars and restaurants in… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments
Real World Digital Tools Unlock Ancient Medical Mystery Under the auspices of the Smithsonian, the Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions has been digitizing and "databasing" the contents of ancient medical treatises for decades. Having done so, they were well positioned to help scholars understand the discovery of a lifetime: 2,000-year-old pills found in a shipwreck, the only ancient… Curt Hopkins View comments
Browsers Skyfire Brings Flash & Social Browsing to the iPad (Review) Updated - Live Now! Skyfire, the proxy browser that specializes in bringing Adobe Flash functionality to platforms it cannot live in naturally, has submitted its newest browser to the iTunes app store. I got to test it this morning and while it's not perfect, I like it a lot already. If the company can continue to improve its handling of Flash, I can imagine using… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments