Foursquare gears up to make money with new revenue chief 
Submitted by Colin Gibbs, Friday, May 18, 2012
Foursquare hopes to make money in delivering highly targeted offers to consumers on the go. That’s going to be a very crowded space, and the next year or two will be very telling. Read more on external site »
T-Mobile USA pooh-poohs shared data plans
- Submitted by Colin Gibbs, Friday, May 18, 2012
T-Mo says it doesn’t believe family members won’t want to track everyone’s individual data usage, which makes sense. But I think demand will dictate the carrier move to shared data plans at some point in the near future. Read more on external site »
Japan solar cell sales rise 32 pct in 2011/12
- Submitted by Adam Lesser, Friday, May 18, 2012
Even before feed in tariffs have been put in place, Japan is already seeing a bump in solar sales, mostly in the residential rooftop market. Read more on external site »
Calxeda gets $20 million in funding for ARM servers
- Submitted by Adam Lesser, Friday, May 18, 2012
Calxeda snags another $20 million for its dream of getting ARM based servers into the data center. Read more on external site »
Meet the newest battery saver: less accurate but still useful chips
- Submitted by Adam Lesser, Friday, May 18, 2012
The trade-offs of probabilistic computing: In exchange for more errors in rendering and processing, you get four to five times the battery life. Read more on external site »
Kleiner Perkins closes $525M fund, makes changes
- Submitted by Adam Lesser, Friday, May 18, 2012
Kleiner Perkins has raised a new $525 million fund though it seems much of the investing emphasis will move toward mobile, cloud and social. Read more on external site »
Amazon to sell ads on Kindle Fire welcome screen — for $600k
- Submitted by Colin Gibbs, Friday, May 18, 2012
This could be a solid new revenue stream for Amazon, but if I had just plunked down $200 for the tablet I don’t think I’d be thrilled about a big banner ad on the welcome screen. Read more on external site »
With 9M pre-orders, the Samsung Galaxy S III could play hard to get
- Submitted by Colin Gibbs, Friday, May 18, 2012
My colleague Kevin C. Tofel explains why Samsung might be wise to roll out its new flagship handset in Europe and Asia as it continues production in advance of the U.S. launch. Read more on external site »
Worries mount as Nokia burns through cash
- Submitted by Colin Gibbs, Friday, May 18, 2012
Nokia has gone all-in with Microsoft and Windows Phone, but that bet isn’t paying much in the way of dividends yet. This Reuters piece explains why analysts are becoming concerned. Read more on external site »
A model for Facebook: Less Google, more Apple
- Submitted by David Card, Friday, May 18, 2012
I’m not sure it will be so easy for Facebook to go freemium, or emulate Apple over Google. But check out Paul Sweeting’s analysis for yourself. Read more on external site »
