On Becoming A Country That Can Get Things Done: Lessons From NASA
Steve Denning, Contributor
Steve Denning, Contributor
Tom Gillis, Contributor
Ben Kerschberg, Contributor
Google saved the best for last in its keynote at its Google I/O developer conference, announcing availability of Google Chrome OS notebooks on June 15. While the Chromebook news is interesting for consumers, it may be even bigger for enterprises. Google is taking on Microsoft with its cloud-based computing-as-a-service. read »
This isn’t an official rant, but there’s one thing that drives me completely insane. It’s a link in a message in my email. read »
According to Ingrid Lunden at PaidContent, the makers of the iFlow Reader app are shutting it down at the end of this month.
BeamItDown Software, which developed the iPhone, iPod and iPad app, says in a strongly-worded open letter on its site that Apple’s in-app purchasing policy—in which Apple takes a 30 percent cut of all in-app purchases—has all but obliterated its margins on books, because it has coincided with many of iFlow’s most important suppliers—the big book publishers—also[...] read »
NASA's Discovery Program has selected three candidates for its next mission to explore the solar system, set to launch in 2016. Each of the three programs has been granted $3 million for research and development, and then one of the missions will be reviewed and selected in 2012. The three programs are: read »
This is a guest post from James Slavet of venture firm Greylock Partners, which invested in LinkedIn, Groupon, Pandora, Redfin and One Kings Lane. Slavet represents Greylock on the boards of Redfin and One Kings Lane. read »
Microsoft is paying almost 40% more for Skype than the Internet calling service has said the business was worth itself, according to Bloomberg. The $8.5 billion deal for Luxembourg-based Skype is 32 times larger than Skype’s adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, Bloomberg adds, and 39% more than the multiple Skype used to value its own equity in an April regulatory filing. read »
To celebrate the arrival of their Willow Garage PR2, the Cognitive Robotics Group at the University of Ulster programmed it to solve a Rubik's cube autonomously. Here's a video: read »
Google tomorrow will announce sales of the new Chrome laptop in a $20 a month "student package" that combines both hardware and online services, according to a senior Google executive. The product is almost certainly a precursor to an enterprise offering. Google Apps, an online product with features similar to Microsoft Office (word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, and other productivity software) is sold to business for $50 a year. An inexpensive Chrome laptop could be added to that for a[...] read »
Google expects to put predictions everywhere. read »
