Gmaps Coming to Your Car

Finally! In my house we have nav systems in our cars and I can’t tell you how many times I’ve printed out the Google map and directions to carry with me rather than punch in the address in the car. It is not that the in-vehicle system is deficient but rather the interface that a [...]

Tafiti

I’ve been using the newly launched Tafiti search service from Microsoft. Here’s a couple of observations:

It’s beautiful, no question about that. Fast too.
The underlying search engine feels less than Google, which in this day and age is the benchmark by which search is measured. I’d give it [...]

Spiceworks - Sponsored Software

Spiceworks, in Austin is a provider of IT management software, their twist is that the software is free, paid for by advertisers and sponsors.

First a little background, network management is a key basket of processes in the modern enterprise, including tracking of assets, help desk, troubleshooting, and monitoring. This is the meat-and-potatoes work that [...]

Open the Spigit

"spigit is a platform that provides professionals the ability to showcase new ideas and innovations and in the process build their professional network. Companies and Entrepreneurs can obtain feedback-contributions-ratings from employees, partners and customers. Through our proprietary simulation they can build and refine an idea, find the right resources to contribute, [...]

Invention Fund

Q A lot of folks who don’t know your model have classified you as a patent troll. Not just anybody, but even Shane Robison, the chief technology officer of Hewlett-Packard.A That’s a strange thing. HP has a large group headed by a good guy named Joe Byers. They actively go out [...]

Push vs. Pull Gradient

This is an interesting concept, but what caught my attention is the observation on how as technology evolves the individuals items on the gradient move along the axis as a consequence.

"Often technology helps us to organize the priorization, or to move a medium along the push/ pull axis… for instance, a [...]

Personal Web and Personal MOBILE Web

Webwag introduced a collection of mobile widgets and synchronization engine that gives mobile users a seamless experience with Webwag’s start page service.

"Synchronize your personal web with a mobile phone, enjoy your graphical attractive widget on your personal device, this helps users to keep in touch with their upmost important data and [...]

The Social Dimension

"What’s most exciting, though, about Blizzard is that it takes the first step towards turning Pageflakes into a social network. For the first time, members will be able to establish a public profile and there will be a "People" tab added to the site. Members will be able to subscribe to [...]

It’s All About the Widgets

and Apple’s wisdom in making mobile app development AJAX-based.

Etelos has differentiated itself by integrating its modular, on demand CRM platform with Google Apps, Netvibes, Pageflakes, Windows Live, Blackberries…and now the iPhone.

Tags: iPhone, Etelos, Widgets

Magnetic Coupling to Deliver Wireless Power

Now this is something that I have been wanting for a long time, cordless power delivery.

It sounds complicated, but the result demonstrated by the American team this month was a dramatic success. Using two coils of copper, the team transmitted power 7ft through the air to a light bulb, which lit [...]

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