February 9, 2010
“This is ‘Magic’ and this is ‘Jack’,” the little girl says in the video ad , holding her two cute puppy dogs up to the camera. The girl’s father, magicJack inventor Dan Borislow, then asks her, “Kylie, did you know that your dad is going to let everybody try a magicJack in the whole country for free?” Free for 30 days, that is
February 9, 2010
Since the launch of the Nexus One , early adopters have likely had one question lurking in the back of their minds: who to take the phone to if it broke. You see, when the phone was first launched, Google was directing people to either T-Mobile (Google’s carrier partner) or HTC (the device manufacturer) depending on the problem, which could lead to an endless circle of hold times and few results. Today, Google has just rolled out its solution: it’s launching its own phone support line specifically for Nexus One customers.
February 9, 2010
Today, BoomTown gassed up the Mini Cooper and motored down to the Sunnyvale HQ of Yahoo, this time with a tiny bit of trepidation. Ok, not that much, but some! Why? Because Yahoo (YHOO) CEO Carol Bartz had invited me to be the first in a new speaker series for employees at the Internet giant, called “Yahoo from the ‘Outside In,’” due to my intense–some might say obsessive–interest in the company.
February 9, 2010
Another speed bump on Google’s plan to take over the mobile phone world.
February 9, 2010
Biofuel production in the US has met with fairly mixed success, as the cost and fossil fuel use of corn-based ethanol has severely cut into the benefits provided by avoiding the use of fossil fuels.