Back in January I wrote about Apple’s A4 microprocessor, the result of its acquisition of PA Semi, more than 2 years ago, for $278 million. At the time I asked where is MSFT and GOOG’s custom chip projects? [The Mysterious Apple A4 Chip - Where's MSFT's and GOOG's Chip?]
An official at the Federal Trade Commission on Friday said that the current methods of notifying consumers when their data is being collected are inadequate. Read the rest of this entry »
Cyber-criminals are increasingly using ads to distribute harmful software to unsuspecting Internet users, according to a Web-industry group. Read the rest of this entry »
The proposal to cap interest rates charged by MFIs (at 24%) - via a finance ministry letter to PSU banks - has caused significant irritation to the industry and its investors. From an article in the Mint: The smaller MFIs could go bankrupt, according to Sumir Chadha, managing director of Sequoia Capital India Advisors Pvt. Ltda private equity fund that supports microfinance lenders. This
Publishing online, whether it is tweets or blog posts, will occasionally upset some people. You can’t please everyone and you shouldn’t try to please everyone, sometimes the truth hurts.
If you’re among the many people waiting for an iPhone that works on Verizon’s network, the telecom company’s CEO, Ivan Seidenberg, offered nothing to soothe your nerves on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
Edited excerpts from the press release:Aryaka Networks, a provider of cloud-based application acceleration and WAN optimization solution, has raised $14 million in Series A funding from Trinity Ventures, Mohr Davidow Ventures, Nexus Venture Partners and Stanford University. Naren Gupta of Nexus Ventures has joined the company’s board.Founded in November 2008 by Ajit Gupta (President & CEO) and
Comcast’s Chief Financial Officer Michael Angelakis said Wednesday the cable giant is unlikely to increase its investment in Clearwire, the mobile-broadband provider. Read the rest of this entry »
Frdric Filloux over at “Monday Note” has written a good analysis looking at news aggregators: Aggregators: the good ones vs. the looters
