http://www.inveslogic.com/popular/articles/technology Technology - Today's Popular Articles at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383025?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Recommendation engine Hunch confirms that they ve raised a new round of financing $12 million led by Khosla Ventures. Partner Gideon Yu, who joined Khosla Ventures last year, was previously the CFO of Facebook. He is now joining Hunch s ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 01:23:04 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383025?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384369?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 There s a lot of talk today about how the Nexus One s initial roll-out has been a flop. And while the numbers aren t official, things do look pretty grim for the first Android device Google is attempting to sell itself. But Google is wasting no... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:47:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384369?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 This is a guest post by Robert J. Moore, the CEO and co-founder of RJMetrics, an on-demand database analytics and business intelligence startup. His last guest post was an analysis of Twitter user data.It s no surprise that Chatroulette is the lat... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:36:11 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384370?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1384313?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 For the past couple of years, I have worked on the analysis of global banking platform deals at this time of the year. Currently, I m again working on the results of a global banking platform deals survey, this time for the year 2009. Accenture an... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:19:38 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1384313?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1384384?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Retalix (RTLX), an Israel-based provider of software for retailers, is down sharply after the company reported Q4 results.For the quarter, Retalix posted revenue of $46.4 million, down from $52.2 million a year ago. Adjusted net income was a loss of ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:01:03 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1384384?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384251?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Presence-enabled communities will be the primary market driver behind mobile demand for Web 2.0 applications and services that will generate $18.9 billion in 2014, according to figures released this morning from Juniper Research. Carriers will ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:32 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384251?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/financial-post-posted/1384345?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 The Google Phone has arrived in Canada.Google Inc. announced today that Canadians can begin purchasing the company's Nexus One smart phone through Google's online store.Google said it was launching a new version of the Nexus One which is capable of r... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:47:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/financial-post-posted/1384345?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384252?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 It goes without saying that timing is everything. You can be like Friendster and show up too soon to the social networking party and then blow it. Or you can be like the iPod and make a splash despite being a late entrant to the MP3 player market. Un... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:31:17 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384252?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Team Europe Ventures, the Berlin-based VC firm focused on early stage Internet companies, has made a minority investment in Infakt. The Polish startup provides web-based accounting and invoicing solutions for small companies locally.Alongside Team Ve... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:26:33 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384371?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384373?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 When movie clip search startup AnyClip demoed at last year s TechCrunch50, it was one of the crowd pleasers. The concept was to be able to search for any line or scene in a movie, and the site would take you to that exact moment and play the clip.... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:06:36 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384373?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384375?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 File syncing and storage startup Zumodrive is expanding its mobile offerings today with free applications for Android and Palm phones. While there are a plethora of syncing and storage services available to users, ZumoDrive, which spawned from Y Comb... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:57:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384375?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384293?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 By Robin WautersAt the most recent Mobile World Congress, Google CEO Eric Schmidt revealed that the company s partners are now selling over 60,000 Android handsets on a daily basis. With that kind of growth rate, it s no wonder that the size of ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:27:46 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384293?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384376?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 My dialogue with those at the forefront of mobile, location based social networking continues here at SXSW Interactive 2010. Brightkite founders Brady Becker and Martin May were kind enough to take a moment and talk with me about some current and unr... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:19:51 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384376?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 At the most recent Mobile World Congress, Google CEO Eric Schmidt revealed that the company's partners are now selling over 60,000 Android handsets on a daily basis. With that kind of growth rate, it's no wonder that the size of the Android Market is... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:03:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384377?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384378?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 TechCrunch50 2008 DemoPit company Shorthand Mobile (formerly Smart Touch) aims to help consumers who don t use mobile data plans to access SMS and web content. Upon launch in 2008, the startup had developed a suite of basic widgets for mobile phone... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:00:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384378?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384296?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 We start off today with what should be a pretty neutral day in the markets. In pre-market, we got some good news out of the housing sector, which has not been releasing much in the way of positive data as of late. Housing starts and building perm... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:58:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384296?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384298?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Google s likely exit from China is causing a bit of a ruckus enough of one that you have to wonder how gracefully the search giant can bolt. The latest comes via Reuters as a Chinese government spokesman said Google (GOOG) has to obey the law ev... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:51:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384298?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384305?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 The crew at Bespoke Investment Group posted a chart noting the divergent paths taken by the S&P 500 and the Shanghai Composite. The extent of the divergence has ebbed and flowed before, and year to date they seem to be moving in different directions.... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:33:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384305?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/techdirt/1384396?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 There was lots of press coverage about the FCC's broadband plan on Monday, as the commission released an exec summary of its nearly 400-page plan for broadband in the US. If you want to wade through the details, ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:32:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/techdirt/1384396?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384309?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 The Commerce Department reported that housing starts fell 5.9 percent in February, from a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 611,000 to 575,000, while permits for new construction dropped 1.6 percent, from 621,000 to 612,000.Homebuilding activity has... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:25:55 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384309?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/financial-post-posted/1384346?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 PayPal wants to make the process of money changing hands as easy as bumping fists.Now,PayPal users who download the company's new Send Money iPhone application cantransfer money Obama-style simply by bumping their devices together. Assmart phone user... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:20:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/financial-post-posted/1384346?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1384390?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Alas, the Google (GOOG) Nexus One smart phone is looking like a bust.Certainly, it is nowhere near as popular as the first edition Apple (AAPL) iPhone, according to data from Flurry Inc., which were reported by Bloomberg.Flurry notes that it took App... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:03:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-trader-daily/1384390?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384254?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Microsoft has said that it will require applications developers for its upcoming Windows Phone OS to sell their apps exclusively through the company s official storefront, reversing a long-held strategy of allowing a host of third-party retailers t... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:02:23 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384254?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1384101?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 The FOMC decision on interest rates is expected today at or around 2:15 PM EST. Most market pundits are expecting no change to the Fed Funds Rate. The target of 0.00% to 0.25% is still being maintained as consensus. Today s focus is likely go... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:58:37 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1384101?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384255?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Updated: Twitter founder Evan Williams was widely expected to announce an advertising platform at the SXSW conference, but while he announced something with dozens of major media partners, it wasn t an ad platform it was something called @anywh... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:42:58 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384255?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384382?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 I can t see this on my own Facebook profile yet, but we ve gotten a number of tips in our inbox in the past 10 minutes so it s safe to assume it s not a hoax or anything: Facebook appears to have started enabling users to generate custom two-... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:02:12 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384382?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384049?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Mobile app analytics company Flurry estimates that while Apple sold 1 million iPhone devices in its first 74 days of availability on the market, the Motorola Droid actually shipped more devices during that timespan. Sales of Google's Nexus One, by co... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:42:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384049?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 NorthScale, a Mountain View, Calif-based startup co-founded by leaders of memcached open source projects, launched today after spending a year hiding in the shadows. The company, which has raised $5 million in venture funding from Accel Partners and ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:30:15 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1384256?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/1384046?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 The crew at Bespoke Investment Group posted a chart noting the divergent paths taken by the S&P 500 and the Shanghai Composite. The extent of the divergence has ebbed and flowed before and YTD they seem to be moving in different directions.Last week ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:14:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/random-rogers-big-picture/1384046?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fp-trading-desk/1384057?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 While it is unlikely that the Fed will move on interest rate at 2:15 p.m. ET, it could make a shift towards a more hawkish stance. Economists at Scotia Capital outlined five things to watch for. The first three are considered most likely for Tuesday ... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:12:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/fp-trading-desk/1384057?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384050?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Which employee does what, when, how and with which tools? That s a critical question for many companies, which usually rely on business process management (BPM) solutions to visualize, streamline, and implement predefined workflows. Just last month... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:32:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384050?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1383950?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Albert Einstein once said, If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough. So when the editor of Batteries International asked if I could present my analysis of plug-in vehicles in two pages and prove my numbers in a way that... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:12:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1383950?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384051?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Under the radar startup NorthScale is publicly launching today with a new data management technology to help web-based companies, particularly startups that deal with large amounts of transactional data. For example, social gaming giant Zynga has bee... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:55:57 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384051?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1383954?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 I received several comments and emails on my Earthlink (ELNK) analysis that questioned whether I was being too harsh on the assumed run-off rate. Basically, the point was that I was using a constant percentage reduction while in reality the rate of d... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:40:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/etf-investor/1383954?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1383987?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 At our Mobilize 09 conference, Frank Meehan, CEO of London-based INQ told me that his company was going to follow-up its successful Facebook phone with more devices including lower cost smart phones targeting fast growing mobile markets such as India... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 06:30:06 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1383987?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384015?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Intel (INTC) launched its latest server chips designed for next generation data centers Tuesday and is pitching a five month return on investment for customers using single core servers a third of the customer base and a 15 month payback for more... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:26:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384015?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384017?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 I have a suggestion for Apple (AAPL) that would allow them to increase sales from their existing infrastructure.Apple should allow Apps written for iPhone/iPod touch to run out of iTunes running on aMac or PC.I would argue this is a natural extension... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:02:07 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1384017?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384052?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 We ve had lots of emails from MySpace employees with their response to our most recent post about the crumbling mid level management structure. If you re a MySpace employee and feel differently, please contact us anonymously, we said. And t... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:33:26 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1384052?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1383811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 In John Hussman's commentary this week he's got another loan reset chart from Credit Suisse (CS), this one peaking even later than the one that we've all been looking at since the onset of the subprime crisis back in 2007. In this one, things don'... Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:42:19 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/internet-stock-blog/1383811?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1383644?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 One analyst who looked at the credit card delinquency rates for February noted that the figures appeared to be improving, but that they might be seasonal. It is another way of saying that they might not be improving at all.American Express tends t... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:57:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/247-wall-street/1383644?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383865?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Having now written two books about my failures in work, life and love, I think I m qualified to say that the only difference between a memoirist and a prostitute is timing.A prostitute sells sex for money that money being payable either immed... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:44:02 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383865?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/techdirt/1383871?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 So, just last week we noted that Netflix had gotten itself into a bit of ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:57:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/techdirt/1383871?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1383818?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 This is probably one of the top 10 inquiries I get from clients. Should I have a mobile coupon offering? If so, what form of mobile technology should I use? Our new report, Mobile Coupons: Gold Rush or Fool's Gold? addresses this question in more ... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:50:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1383818?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1383790?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Quick, picture a tech startup founder: Are they male, maybe around 27 years old, a resident of Silicon Valley? Apparently that s what it takes to build a tech startup for a seed incubation program, at least according to the explicit and implicit wi... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:08:31 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/gigaom/1383790?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383866?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 According to a regulatory filing, LA-based Magento Commerce, which develops an open source e-commerce software suite, has recently received a $22.5 million capital injection in an equity funding round. Magento was originally a product developed and m... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:47:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383866?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1383821?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 This is actually not a tale of two specific cities but of two types of cities, or smart cities as the new moniker goes. It will appear in three parts. Defining Smart Cities Smart has become the adjective of choice among tech vendors to... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:28:30 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1383821?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383867?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 PayPal has just launched an upgraded iPhone application that adds new features and includes a facelift that s meant to help instill a greater sense of security. And it also brings with it big news for Bump Technologies, the startup that lets you e... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:59 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/tech-crunch/1383867?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1383676?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Long time readers of Thoughts from the Frontline will be familiar with the name The Liscio Report. It is one of my secret sources of high quality analysis on a wide range of topics including taxes, employment and the underpinnings of the eco... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:20:16 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/big-picture/1383676?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1383822?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 Early last week, I attended the first annual Canonical Model Management Forum here in the DC area. A number of government agencies as well as several of the major banks, insurance companies, credit-card operators, and other private-sector firm... Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:58:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/jupiter-research/1383822?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/techdirt/1383599?rsstype=populararticles&cid=13 By now you've probably heard of the latest internet fad, Chatroulette, which has been pretty much covered to death in the media (though, not us, until now). If, by some amazing chance, you've missed out on this, the best summary would probably be ... 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