Archive for July, 2009

Boston Startups: Raizlabs – Making Useful, Fun iPhone Apps July 15, 2009 No Comments

Let’s be honest here – iPhone apps are big business for developers who have made compelling, interesting programs.  Many of the success stories have been games made by individuals as part of side projects.  These are folks who get a good idea, act on it and end up with a really successful product.  I recently [...]

Today in Technology: Amazon to Acquire Netflix? The Battle for Streaming Movies in Your Living Room July 13, 2009 No Comments

We all know what’s coming to living rooms across the globe in the next few years: DVD’s are dying and streaming media will rule your living room.  We’re already seeing the effect with Netflix, as many of their movies can be watched straight from your computer streamed through their web interface.  You can do the [...]

Boston Startups: Wiggio – A Social Collaboration Suite for Students (and Everyone Else) July 10, 2009 1 Comment

I first saw Cambridge based Wiggio at the Web Innovators Group back in March and was immediately impressed. They launched in the late summer of last year, and immediately positioned themselves as ‘a collaboration tool for college students’.  Why they targeted this market segment is interesting, as I find their tool useful and I’m not [...]

Today in Technology: Thoughts on the Google Chrome OS Play July 8, 2009 No Comments

LOADS of buzz on the Google Chrome OS announcement on the web today. Most likely if you read tech news, you’ve heard about it. Hell if you read any news at all you’ve probably at least seen the headline. Google is adding the Linux Kernel and all if it’s underlying functionality to [...]

Boston Startups: uTest – QA from the Crowd – What Else Can the Crowd Provide? July 7, 2009 1 Comment

Crowd sourcing, like open source software development, has been an attractive idea to me for some time, since I was full time at Black Duck Software, helping companies manage their software IP.  Recently, I’ve had my eye on community and crowd powered service providers, the most talked about of which is Southborough, MA based uTest [...]

Boston Startups: Shareaholic – One Browser Button to Rule Them All July 2, 2009 No Comments

The reason I like Shareaholic’s Firefox plugin so much is because, well, it’s a browser plugin, and therefore it’s always going to be right in my face and totally simple to use.  Before I got the Shareaholic button, I had buttons from multiple web apps in my bookmarks toolbar (Delicious, TinyURL, Evernote, etc…).
Now Shareaholic has [...]

Today in Technology: Firefox Mania Strikes Again – Crosses the 30% Market Share Line July 1, 2009 1 Comment

In case you didn’t know, Mozilla yesterday released Firefox version 3.5 – it’s first major upgrade of the browser since last year’s v3.0 release.  What’s getting so much press today is the amount of downloads it’s getting, and how that buzz has enabled the browser to cross the 30% line in market share (according to [...]