- Roku: We Ain’t Afraid of No Caps
Sure, most of us can get pretty fired up over the thought of a monthly 250 GB bandwidth cap, but what about the companies that provide online video services?
- Lookery raises $2.5 million
Lookery, a social networking-focused ad networkhas raised $2.5 million in new funding from a group of angels - including Salesforce.com founder Marc Benioff; Reed Hundt; Tickle founders James Currier and Stan Chudnovsky; and About.com’s Scott Kurnit.Ted Dintersmith, late of Charles River Ventures; Ravi Mhatre of Lightspeed; and Allen Morgan, of the Mayfield Fund also invested privately.
- Is Google Chrome a privacy nightmare that doesn’t end?
- How to get Asterisk working with Nokia E71
- D-Link DivX Extender Brings the Flash (!)
The beta update to D-Link’s DivX Connected media extender now supports streaming Flash-based video sites (Hulu, YouTube, etc) from the Internet and through the PC to your TV.
- The Myth of Uncompressed Wireless HD
Earlier this week Gefen announced a $700 replacement for an HDMI cord based on ultra-wideband chips from startup TZero. Yes, a $700 replacement for a $43 cable. Did I tell you it was wireless? That it will deliver uncompressed HD content to the TV over 20 meters?
- F|R: 5 Reasons to Go All Angel à la Lookery
This week, Lookery, the ad network launched last July to serve über-cheap ads into Facebook applications, has announced a new $2.25 million round of funding. It’s a nice sum for the 14-month-old startup, which now sends Facebook some 3 billion ads a month, according to Lookery’s CEO, Scott Rafer.
- Daimler to Electrify Autobahn With “e-mobility Berlin”
Berlin’s autobahn will be getting a charge from the “e-mobility Berlin” program Daimler AG officially unveiled today. The automaker is working with German utility RWE to put more than 100 electric cars on the city’s roads by 2010.
- Earthscape for iPhone to Add Geotagged Photos
I moderated a panel on the future of mobile phone technology for accessing MMOs at the Virtual Worlds Expo in LA this week, but one of the most interesting demos showcased there was a very cool iPhone application for the real world: the ability to upload geotagged photos onto a 3D map of the
- Solar Bulls Finally Have a Good Day
The tug of war between bears and bulls in the solar sector continued this week, with the bulls finally gaining some ground on Friday after what had been a bearish week.