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iPhone Developer: Not Even Gruber Could Make Us Rich!

Apple's iPhone app platform has made many companies, large and small, a lot of money. But obviously not everyone has made it rich. Even those who make great apps. Even those whose great apps get praise heaped on them by extremely influential voices in ...

From DAN FROMMER, Silicon Alley Insider,  23 Nov 2009

Foursquare's BlackBerry App On The Way: Photographic Proof!

Foursquare opened up 50 more cities last week, bringing its total to more than 100. To embed this post, copy the code below and paste into your website or blog. Got a tip? Let us know! The new bomb ticking on bank balance sheets is sovereign ...

From DAN FROMMER, Silicon Alley Insider,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Goldman Sachs

LAST REMINDER: Help Us Pick This Year's Silicon Alley 100... Vote Now!

Vote or nominate now to make your mark on this year's Silicon Alley 100. This year, we'll be featuring the 100 folks in New York's digital business community who made a big mark in 2009 -- not the "most influential and important" list we've run the ...

From DAN FROMMER, Silicon Alley Insider,  23 Nov 2009

The Next Twitter: Pay Attention To Hot Potato, A New 'Real-Time' Startup

The hot story in tech right now is "real-time," thanks to Twitter and Facebook, so you're going to hear a lot of noise over the next few years about "real-time" tech startups. Most of them will be useless and will flame out. But here's one that we ...

From DAN FROMMER, Silicon Alley Insider,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Twitter Inc,  Loopt,  Pearl Jam (musician),  Major League Baseball

Where's That 'Badass' Hulu iPhone App?

One of the iPhone apps we're craving the most is still missing in action: An app from Hulu, the Web video company owned by NBC, Fox, and Disney. It's one of the things that readers ask us about the most, so we thought we'd revisit it. But now it's ...

From DAN FROMMER, Silicon Alley Insider,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Comcast,  News Corporation Limited

Steve Jobs' Awesome Email To Developer

It's hard to get more to-the-point than Apple boss Steve Jobs. After Apple's lawyers told a software company called The Little App Factory to stop using the name "iPod" in one of its products -- "iPodRip" -- co-owner John Devor sent a long email to ...

From DAN FROMMER, Silicon Alley Insider,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Steve Jobs,  Google Inc.

RealNetworks, MTV In Talks To Restructure Rhapsody

If these discussions result in a definitive agreement, RealNetworks may agree, among other things, to adjust the corporate governance and/or management structure of Rhapsody and to reallocate the ownership of Rhapsody between RealNetworks and MTVN such ...

From DAN FROMMER, Silicon Alley Insider,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: RealNetworks, Inc.,  MTV,  Google Inc.

Sergey Brin Wears Weird Shoes

For those not in the know, Vibram Five Fingers are ultralight running/sports shoes with separate pockets for each toe. I wear them running and love them – they fixed quite a few of my running issues after a number of years of abuse. They were ...

From DAN FROMMER, Silicon Alley Insider,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Sergey Brin,  Christopher McDougall

Dell Blows Quarter, Stock Tanks

Dell just posted terrible Q3 results, and the stock is down 8% in after-hours trading. Adjusted EPS came in at $0.23, missing the Street's $0.28 consensus. Sales came in $12.98 billion vs. $13.18 billion consensus. Dell's gross margin was 17.3% during ...

From DAN FROMMER, Silicon Alley Insider,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

Google: Here's What Chrome OS Looks Like

Google showed off an update of its forthcoming Chrome OS operating system at its headquarters in Silicon Valley today. The whole point of the operating system -- meant for simple computers and launching in about a year -- is that it's based on a Web ...

From DAN FROMMER, Silicon Alley Insider,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

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