Real Innovation Takes Time
Combinatorial Innovation There are so many new technologies today: tablets, geolocation, video chat, great app frameworks. It is easy to cherry-pick off “combinatorial” innovations that seem compelling, and can maybe even be monetized readily. But all those innovations are inevitable. If our technologies afford a certain possibility, they will occur. “That’s not a company, that’s [...]
Recommended Reading: ‘Once the hobby of tech geeks, iPhone jailbreaking now a lucrative industry’
The Washington Post’s Ian Shapira posted this up a few days back. If you are following the latest mobile app trends it is worth reading. The story, titled ‘Once the hobby of tech geeks, iPhone jailbreaking now a lucrative industry’, references a George Mason University student (a senior) who claims to be making $50k/year jailbreaking [...]
Mobile App Company Sponto Raises $200k from Amplifier Ventures
Washington, DC based Sponto, a mobile party discovery app for college students that has been targeting University of Maryland College Park students has just announced the conclusion of a $200,000 initial funding round from McLean, VA based Amplifier Ventures. The funding will be used to complete the first commercial release of the Sponto event-sharing platform, [...]
Driverless Taxis Hit The Roads In Germany
A few days back the hot topic was Google’s AI driven car program. Apparently, they are not alone. A German company is putting driverless Taxi’s to work there using similar technology. The next time you want to catch a cab it may be with the help of your iPhone or iPad. The guys from RideCharge [...]
DC ACM Announces iPhone and Android Developer Courses
By Isaac Christopherson The Washington DC Chapter of the ACM (DC ACM) is pleased to announce its Fall 2010 Professional Development Seminar on November 20-21, 2010. Since 1968, DC ACM has been offering these Professional Development Seminars that provide high-quality lectures and hands-on learning on topics of current interest to the local IT community for [...]
Ideas for The Upcoming Baltimore Hackathon
This weekend I picked up the latest copy of the Make zine after giving some thought to the upcoming Baltimore Hackathon. By the way, this month’s volume (#24) is by far the best ever because it is all about DIY Space projects. One idea that could be interesting is coming up with a way to [...]
T-Mobile G2 – Hot or Not? The Surprise: It Will Override Your Preferred Software
Yesterday, the Android based G2 smart phone went on sell in select T-Mobile stores. AT&T plans to begin selling it soon. The phone has a lot of really advanced features. The phone has an 800MHZ Snapdragon processor, 4GB memory, a microSD slot, ships with an 8GB card, has a flip out landscape-oriented QWERTY keyboard, has [...]
