About 566 days ago Apps | Business Software | Location-based services

Google to Charge for Heavy Google Maps Usage on Sites

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Heavy users of Google Maps will be charged for using the service, reports BBC News. After January 1, Google will charge for the Google Maps API when more than 25,000 map “hits” are made in a day. READ MORE »

About 566 days ago Business Software | Innovation | Internet and Online Business

MentorMob Wants to Be the Pandora of Learning

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The standard plan of attack for many people looking to learn how to do something is to search for help online. Sometimes you get lucky and hit a good resource right off the bat, and other times you fumble around for a bit, popping around and hopping off sites as soon as it becomes apparent they’re useless. A new web site just launched that aims to streamline that process using crowdsourcing. READ MORE »

About 566 days ago Green Initiatives | Managing Technology

A Second Government-Funded Greentech Company in Trouble

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An innovative green-tech power company has a factory that can’t cover its costs and despite tens of millions in federal government credit, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This may sound like a familiar story, but Beacon Power, the company in question, insists that it’s not another Solyndra. READ MORE »

About 566 days ago E-Commerce | Internet and Online Business

Second Life Founder’s New Start-up Mixes Virtual and Real Worlds

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Second Life founder and former CEO Philip Rosedale is bringing the virtual world into the real. The entrepreneur has launched Coffee & Power, a marketplace that lets users sell services and small tasks to each other. READ MORE »

About 566 days ago Business Software | Hardware | Tablets and eReaders

Why Gates Balked on Microsoft’s Courier

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As CNET tells the story, the fight at Microsoft to abandon Courier, a planned two-screen tablet computer, produced two factions. The Allardites, led by Xbox-creator J. Allard, wanted a diptych-like tablet with touchscreen capability. Steven Sinofsky, head of Microsoft’s Windows division, led the counter-revolutionary Sinofskyites, who claimed that a version of Windows for tablet computers was still a figment of the imagination. READ MORE »

About 566 days ago Telecom and Wireless

Amtrak to Offer Free Wi-Fi

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Amtrak has some great news for travelers in the northeast: free wi-fi. No longer reserved for  Acela cars, the service will be offered on twelve east coast routes, including the Northeast Regional line, which shuttles passengers from Virginia to Boston. READ MORE »

About 566 days ago Smartphones and PDAs

Samsung Asks for iPhone 4S Source Code

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Samsung and Apple are at it again. In another round of the battle for mobile dominance, Samsung has filed a preliminary injunction against the new iPhone 4S and is requesting the source code for the device. This comes after Apple won a preliminary injunction against Samsung, effectively blocking the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in several countries, including Australia, where the latest chapter is unfolding. READ MORE »

About 566 days ago E-Commerce | Internet and Online Business

Google’s New Project: Helping You Go Mobile

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Google would like to help you bring your company’s website into the mobile era. It launched its GOMO (Go Mobile) project Tuesday. “What’s a mobile-friendly site?” Jesse Haines, Google’s group marketing manager, writes on the company blog. “It’s a website designed specifically for mobile users and mobile devices. It’s fast to load and easy to use—no pinching and zooming required.” READ MORE »

About 567 days ago E-mail | Internet and Online Business | Uncategorized

Rumor Yahoo May Not Sell Drives Stock Down

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Rumors that Yahoo might be planning to reject bids on the company sent shares into a tailspin, leading to the company’s worst day of trading in two months. The market was responding to speculation that the company may sell the portion of its business in Asia and pass the proceeds on to stockholders. READ MORE »

About 567 days ago Blogging and Social Media | E-Commerce | Internet and Online Business

Groupon Offers Low Stake in IPO

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In what some analysts see as a bid to keep its valuation up, Groupon is offering less stock in its IPO, only 4.7 percent of its stock overall, than any other American Internet IPO of similar value since 2000. When LinkedIn had its IPO in May, it offered 8.3 percent of its stock. READ MORE »