Eric Johnson in News on March 30 at 12:00 pm PT
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John Murrell in Social on February 28 at 11:00 am PT
UpTo, which makes an app that lets users feed event streams into their calendars, said today that Detroit Venture Partners and Ludlow Ventures had
injected a fresh $1.5 million into the company. UpTo also announced that it was opening its platform to allow any business or organization to create an event stream for free.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 8 at 1:05 pm PT
The company wants to be the world’s first online open appointment superstore.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 16, 2012 at 5:00 am PT
More than a quarter of OpenTable reservations are made on mobile phones today, but it could be a whole lot higher if it were easier.
Arik Hesseldahl in News on October 19, 2011 at 6:45 am PT
When Tim Cook rattles off a list of iPhone- and iPad-using companies, it says a lot about how far Apple has come without having a formal enterprise strategy.
Katherine Boehret in The Digital Solution on September 27, 2011 at 5:31 pm PT
Busy families struggle to coordinate schedules among the many devices and apps they have. Yet, no single program unites all of these calendars in one place. This week, Katie tests an app that attempts to do just that.
John Paczkowski in News on March 18, 2011 at 11:05 am PT
RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook doesn’t yet have a firm price or launch date–though new rumors suggest it may arrive at market by mid-April–but already there is developing demand for it. According to some analysts, anyway.
Walt Mossberg in Personal Technology on February 9, 2011 at 6:01 pm PT
Dell’s Streak 7 is the least expensive tablet from a major manufacturer and claims to be the first capable of 4G cellular speeds, but the compromises made to get the price down make it impossible to recommend.
John Paczkowski in News on February 2, 2011 at 3:50 am PT
The PlayBook’s hardware specs might beat anything on the market, its QNX OS might be rock solid and its “Web fidelity” might outshine that of the iPad, but Research in Motion’s forthcoming “professional tablet” will be poorly received when it finally ships. This according to Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair, who believes the device to be signifigantly flawed and claims it will be “dead on arrival.”