Tech Week in Review 9-23-2011
Netflix Splits In Two. Qwikster is Born. Netflix, like many other successful companies, has almost accidentally gained huge success in their secondary line of business: streaming. Primarily a DVD-by-mail service, Netflix recently made headlines when they jacked up prices on unsuspecting customers. Now, Netflix is making another major move by spinning off the DVD-by-mail business [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 9-16-2011
Shaker Wins TechCrunch Disrupt Out of 31 startups at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt, Shaker comes out on top. Shaker basically uses your Facebook data to create a virtual environment to interact with your friends and meet new people. TechCrunch calls it a mix of Second Life, The Sims, and Turntable.fm. You become a walking avatar [...]
Read MoreGoogle Getting Kenyan Businesses Online With GKBO
Google has launched an initiative aimed at helping businesses in Kenya. The partnership with Safaricom, Equity Bank and Kenic called the Getting Kenyan Businesses Online (GKBO) program, is aimed at thousands of Kenya SMEs who do not have a website or online presence. GKBO will provide free or subsidized services to help businesses to use web [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 9-9-2011
Google Acquires Zagat Google has acquired Zagat, a well-established recommendations and reviews company which operates in 13 categories and more than 100 cities. Google cites that Zagat’s user surveys were one of the earliest forms of user-generated content and the nature of their guides were “mobile” before “mobile” meant electronics. Zagat will bolster Google’s local [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 9-2-2011
Square Blowing Up Worldwide No matter what line of business you’re in, being able to accept payments via credit card is a major convenience. What’s inconvenient is the costs and hassles associated with accepting credit cards. There’s bulky equipment to buy and pipers to pay for each transaction. This is where Square comes in. We [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 8-19-2011
Google Acquires Motorola Google is set to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. The company that has popularized the Droid brand and helped propel Android to over 150 million devices worldwide will now be protected under the Google umbrella. According to Google, they will continue to operate independently. Most see this move as a way [...]
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