Tech Week in Review 12-2-2011
The Carrier IQ Privacy Debacle Carrier IQ is at the center of the latest privacy debacle in tech. There is a lot of outrage, misinformation, and pageview chasing surrounding the event. It started when a security researcher published a YouTube video of the Carrier IQ software accessing all types of personal information. This seems to [...]
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Qwikster Quickly Quashed Remember that awesome (crazy?) idea that Netflix had so split their business in two? They were going to spin off the DVD-by-mail side of their business into a separate entity called Qwikster. They said “we realized that streaming and DVD by mail are becoming two quite different businesses, with very different cost [...]
Read MoreRIM Stares into Abyss as BlackBerry Blackout Spreads
When a few of BlackBerry’s European users started losing service earlier this week it was irritating for those affected, but the company was confident that things would be back to normal almost straight away. In the space of just a few days, however, the blackout has done precisely the opposite — and now that it [...]
Read MoreSouth Africa Wants Access To BBM Messages
“It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.” And then times got worse, and worse, and worse. At least for RIM. After jumping through hoops for the Saudi Arabian government, and then doing the same in India, South Africa has decided to get in on the fun and ask for access to BBM messages. The [...]
Read MoreKik Raises $8M, Launches Group Chat and Photo Sharing
Kik has just raised $8 million in Series A funding from RRE Ventures, Spark Capital, and Union Square Ventures. Union Square Ventures’ Fred Wilson and RRE Ventures’ Adam Ludwin are joining the company’s Board of Directors. “Kik is a fast, simple, and elegant solution to cross device mobile messaging which we think is one of [...]
Read MoreRIM Announces NFC Support for Future Handsets
RIM CEO Jim Balsillie has said at his keynote speech at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that “many” of the company’s upcoming handsets this year will feature NFC technology. Near Field Communications is the technology which would allow for easy location check-ins and mobile payments. Some manufacturers feel the infrastructure isn’t yet there for NFC to be [...]
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