Blog Profile / Silicon Alley Insider
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| Filed Under: | Technology / Technology Industry News | |
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| Archived Since: | April 6, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
Amazon Has Plans For A Crazy, Crystal Dome Headquarters In Seattle
Amazon is building a new headquarters in Seattle. It has scrapped plans for a rectangular design and has replaced it with three connected domes. The structure's design inspiration comes from buildings all over the world, including a zoo in Germany and gardens in Singapore. Show More Summary
Nominate The Most Creative People In Social Media Marketing
Earlier this month we put out a call for the most creative people in social media marketing. Well, the deadline has been extended, so you now have until end of day Friday May 24 to let us know who is dominating Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Vine, Pinterest, and whatever social platforms are out there. Show More Summary
The Mobile Payment Wars Between eBay, Google, And Square Heat Up Again
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence that collects and delivers the top mobile industry news. It is delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Square Follows Google With Pay-By-Email...Show More Summary
I Can't Wait To Try The Soylent Diet
24-year-old Rob Rhinehart turned heads a few months ago with a simple announcement – he no longer needs to eat food in the conventional sense. Rhinehart has created what he calls "Soylent," a powdered concoction that seemingly contains all the nutrients and biological fuel people need to go about their lives. Show More Summary
VMware Is Bringing SAP's Lightning-Fast Database, HANA, To It's Brand New Cloud (VMW, SAP)
VMware today demonstrated its new cloud computing service that takes on the 800-pound gorilla, Amazon. No one really expects that this new cloud, named the vCloud Hybrid Service, will really damage Amazon's lock on the cloud computing market, any more than IBM's, HP's, Google's and Microsoft's clouds will. Show More Summary
The Tracking Solutions That Could Lead An Explosion In Mobile Marketing
The effectiveness of any advertising campaign rests on a brand's ability to effectively deliver their message to a target audience. As advertisers look to follow consumers across screen, brands need to know how and on what devices target audiences are consuming content. Show More Summary
Xbox One Will Not Work With Old Xbox Games (MSFT)
Xbox One, the new gaming console introduced by Microsoft today, will not play older games from the Xbox family. This means that if you want to play your old Xbox and Xbox 360 games, you better keep a compatible console around. This is due to major changes in how the Xbox One works compared to other models. Show More Summary
Apple Is About To Get A Deep Integration With Flickr, Which Is Going To Be Awesome For iPhone Users (AAPL, YHOO)
Apple is going to integrate IAC's video site Vimeo and Yahoo's photo sharing site Flickr into the next version of iOS, the software that runs iPhones and iPads, Mark Gurman of 9 to 5 Mac reports. Gurman says iOS users will be able to upload video straight to Vimeo from their iPhones and iPads, just like they can currently upload straight to YouTube. Show More Summary
Steven Spielberg Will Direct A Live-Action Halo TV Series
Steven Spielberg will direct a live-action Halo TV series. Bonnie Ross from 343 Industries just made the announcement at the Xbox Reveal. 343 Industries is the studio that makes Halo. Please follow The Wire on Twitter and Facebook. Join the conversation about this story »
'Forza Motorsport 5' Revealed As Xbox One Launch Title
Welcome to the new "Forza Motorsport 5" for the new Xbox One. It is officially a launch title. The Forza series has been Microsoft's big racing franchise on the Xbox, and that looks to continue into the next generation without a pause. Show More Summary
The Redesigned Kinect For Xbox One Can Monitor Your Heart Rate (MSFT)
Microsoft has revealed the new version of Kinect, the hands-free motion control system for Xbox One. And it is a beauty. Put it this way, it can detect your heartbeat. Each Xbox One will come included with a Kinect. The Kinect now recognizes your voice and commands are more conversational. Show More Summary
You Can Control The New Xbox One With Your Voice (MSFT)
It's not all about Siri anymore – the new Xbox One is the latest gadget that is designed to respond to your spoken commands. Microsoft senior vice president of the Online Audience Business Group Yusuf Mehdi is on stage right now demonstrating it. Show More Summary
What Tumblr Founder David Karp Is Really Like
David Karp, 26, just sold his company Tumblr to Yahoo for $1.1 billion in an all-cash deal. What's the founder really like? According to close friend and Tumblr's first employee, Marco Arment, Karp is a lot like Steve Jobs was. Karp is his product. Show More Summary
LIVE: Microsoft Announces The New Xbox (MSFT)
Microsoft is about to announce its next video game console, a new and improved Xbox. The announcement comes at an interesting time for the video game industry. As people gravitate toward casual mobile games on smartphones and tablets, fewer are buying regular video game consoles, which are more expensive and have games that cost $50 or more. Show More Summary
SAP Just Vowed To Hire A Whole Bunch Of People With Autism (SAP)
We've told you before that there's a small but definite trend in the tech industry to find jobs for people on the autistic spectrum. SAP just become the first major global company to hop on board. That's because people on the spectrum often have off-the-chart abilities with technology. Show More Summary
John McCain To Tim Cook: 'Why The Hell Do I Have To Keep Updating Apps On My iPhone?' (AAPL)
Senator John McCain just interviewed Apple CEO Tim Cook about the company's taxes and offshore profits. But the kicker came at the end, when McCain stopped his line of questioning by asking, "Why the hell do I have to keep updating apps on my iPhone?" McCain does have a point. Show More Summary
BI INTELLIGENCE FORECAST: Google Glass Will Be An $11 Billion Market By 2018
Google Glass is an attempt to bring smart eyewear to the masses. Google is aiming for an early to mid-2014 debut of the gadget to the general public. Despite the clunkiness and awkwardness of the early beta version of Glass, we think computerized glasses will become a mainstream product. Show More Summary
CEO John Chambers Says Big Data Tech Will One Day Come Running Into Cisco's Arms (CSCO)
Cisco CEO John Chambers, who leads the world's largest networking equipment company, is pretty pumped up about the notion of billions of Internet-connected devices, known as The Internet Of Things (IoT). That's because analyzing allShow More Summary
LIVE: Tim Cook Defends Apple's Tax-Avoiding Policies To The Senate (AAPL)
Tim Cook is set to testify this morning before Congress about Apple's tax-avoidance policies. We'll live blog his statements. Click refresh for the latest, or just hit this link. The backstory: Apple uses subsidiaries in Ireland as a way to lower its tax burden. Show More Summary
If The US Was Spying On Any Foreigners Using Google In 2010, China Probably Knows About It (GOOG)
When Chinese hackers infiltrated Google's servers back in 2010, they gained access to years' worth of information on surveillance orders from the U.S. government, according to current and former government officials. Those officials,...Show More Summary