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StartupByte Tumbleblog
A tumbleblog of occasionally interesting tidbits that land in my inbox daily. If you have a news tip, feel free to get in touch here. This tumbleblog is maintained by Adarsh Dilip.
Jan 17
Nov 14
» Marvel Comics shows its marvelous colors in online archive
The comic book industry makes a long-delayed step into cyberspace today when Marvel Comics unveils the industry’s first online archive of more than 2,500 back issues, including the first appearances of Spider-Man, the X-Men and the Incredible Hulk.
» Inbox 2.0: Yahoo and Google to Turn E-Mail Into a Social Network
Ignore Orkut, OpenSocial, Yahoo Mash and Yahoo 360. Google and Yahoo have come up with new and very similar plans to respond to the challenge from MySpace and Facebook: They hope to turn their e-mail systems and personalized home page services (iGoogle and MyYahoo) into social networks.
Nov 13
» Google Options Make Masseuse a Multimillionaire
Bonnie Brown was fresh from a nasty divorce in 1999, living with her sister and uncertain of her future. On a lark, she answered an ad for an in-house masseuse at Google, then a Silicon Valley start-up with 40 employees. She was offered the part-time job, which started out at $450 a week but included a pile of Google stock options that she figured might never be worth a penny.
» Ultra-portable Apple notebook to splash down at Macworld Expo
The 13-inch portable will mark the Cupertino-based Mac maker’s re-entry into the sub-notebook market — arriving in a form-factor that’s approximately 50 percent lighter and strikingly slimmer than the company’s current 15-inch professional MacBook Pro offering.
» China Mobile in talks with Apple to sell iPhone
China Mobile is in talks with Apple to sell the iPhone in China, but they are not keen on the type of revenue-sharing model that Apple has insisted on elsewhere in the world.
Nov 12
» The Secret to Success: Developers, Users, or Hype?
Google’s apparently thinking that by attracting developers they can give Android, their mobile phone platform, the best chance at success. Targeting developers, though, is not the only way to find success with new technology: some companies succeed by going directly after users while others ride on waves of hype.
Nov 09
» Don’t Throw Out Your Broken iPod; Fix It via the Web
How to fix your broken iPod with a small, folded piece of paper.
» Facebook to let users vote on news feed
A new voting feature, currently being tested by Facebook employees, lets you vote items in your news feed up or down. Right now, it’s being used to make your news feed items more relevant — but the same data could be used to make a Digg clone.
Nov 05
» Why Apple only takes credit cards for iPhones & the legal questions raised
David Berlind goes under the hood of disruptive technologies
» Google makes its entry into the wireless world
Google took its long-awaited plunge into the wireless world today, announcing that it is leading a broad industry alliance to transform mobile phones into powerful mobile computers that could accelerate the convergence of computing and communications.
Nov 01
» The New York Times’ Blogrunner—A Techmeme Killer?
Last night, the New York Timesquietly launched Blogrunner
on the technology section of its main site. Blogrunner was one of many techmeme copycat sites, until the New York Times bought it last year.
on the technology section of its main site. Blogrunner was one of many techmeme copycat sites, until the New York Times bought it last year.