Liz Gannes in Mobile on May 21 at 1:05 pm PT
Uberconference debuts today as a new interface for conference calls — you know, those terrifically annoying occurrences that people in business deal with on a daily basis.
Kara Swisher in Mobile on August 16, 2011 at 10:12 am PT
Let’s face it: Everyone in Silicon Valley — one way or another — fashions themselves as the next Steve Jobs.
Liz Gannes in Social on July 14, 2011 at 9:27 am PT
Craig Walker’s new mobile application company Firespotter Labs is out with its first launch: Nosh, an app for iPhone and Android that helps users figure out what to eat at restaurants.
Liz Gannes in Social on May 4, 2011 at 9:00 pm PT
GrandCentral (aka Google Voice) co-founder Craig Walker has emerged from being an entrepreneur in residence at Google Ventures to start working on a specific project. Well, make that projects, plural: Walker is today launching a company called Firespotter Labs that will develop various companies, three of them at the start.
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Peter Kafka in Media on March 21, 2011 at 6:07 am PT
Get ready for a slew of mobile deals beyond the
AT&T/T-Mobile linkup, all timed to this week’s CTIA conference. For instance:
Sprint is offering Google Voice for all of its mobile customers; Sprint says the integration will be finished “soon”. The two companies have also announced that Sprint will be offering
Samsung’s Nexus 4G, the “first pure Google phone” running the Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” operating system. You can find Ina Fried’s comprehensive
CTIA coverage here.
Liz Gannes in Social on February 28, 2011 at 5:48 pm PT
TellFi launched today a simple Web-based virtual phone system for small businesses. The company helps freelancers and independent shops give off an aura of professionalism with functions like automated extensions and voicemail that would usually require installation by an IT person.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on February 14, 2011 at 4:55 pm PT
Day one of the IBM “Jeopardy” challenge ends with a human player and the computer tied, and with some interesting wrong answers from the computer. Plus: “Final Jeopardy” author Stephen Baker fills us in with some first-hand details.
Liz Gannes in Social on February 12, 2011 at 7:00 am PT
As incoming CEO Larry Page seeks to recapture Google’s entrepreneurial spirit, Google Ventures thinks it’s in for a year of expansion and support from its corporate parent.
Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 25, 2011 at 2:02 pm PT
Ever since GrandCentral became Google Voice, it’s been a lot less fun to use. Maybe that’s one of the reasons behind today’s acquisition by Google of SayNow, which made its name connecting celebrities with fans.
Ina Fried in Mobile on January 25, 2011 at 11:52 am PT
The search giant confirms that Google Voice users in the U.S. can start porting over existing phone numbers to the service for a $20 fee. New Google Voice users should be able to sign up and bring over an existing number in the next couple of weeks.
