Yet most of us know little about how all this technology works.  Let alone how to ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2012/01/02/learn-to-code-in-2012/feed/ 1 http://www.rev2.org/2011/11/21/the-xxx-tld-gets-first-major-lawsuit/ http://www.rev2.org/2011/11/21/the-xxx-tld-gets-first-major-lawsuit/#comments Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:14:46 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=4405 Major porn companies have banded together to sue ICANN over the new adult top level domain (TLD) .XXX.  The suit is an anti-monopoly claim against the non-profit that oversees most of the well-known TLDs (com, net, org, etc).

The major companies behind the suit are Luxemburg-based Manwin and Digital Playground, which together own many of the Web’s most well-known porn hubs.  They contend that ICANN is price gouging on the .XXX domain and want an injunction to stop the TLD and require its re-opening with competition and “reasonable price constraints.”

The lawsuit ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2011/11/21/the-xxx-tld-gets-first-major-lawsuit/feed/ 7 http://www.rev2.org/2011/09/12/trialpad-the-trial-presentation-app/ http://www.rev2.org/2011/09/12/trialpad-the-trial-presentation-app/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:02:36 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=4324 We’ve all seen the courtroom dramas where the lawyer representing the side of good presents the critical evidence, out of the blue, and cinches the case for the client.  In those shows, convincing the jury always hinges on one crucial bit of evidence that is suddenly presented, at the very last moment, to swing the judgment.

In real life, of course, that rarely happens.  But trial attorneys do spend a lot of time setting up and presenting evidence to juries in order to convince them that their side of the story ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2011/09/12/trialpad-the-trial-presentation-app/feed/ 37 http://www.rev2.org/2011/08/22/skype-to-acquire-groupme/ http://www.rev2.org/2011/08/22/skype-to-acquire-groupme/#comments Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:28:15 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=4297 GroupMe just celebrated its first year as a startup and now, as a birthday present, the company is getting a buyout from Skype.   Officially, the purchase price wasn’t disclosed, but $50 and $85 million have been reported as the “insider’s” number for the deal.

Skype itself is being purchased by Microsoft, but that deal hasn’t completed yet.  According to TechCrunch, the deal comes right after GroupMe closed another round of financing to the tune of $850,000.  Skype CEO Tony Bates, TC says, reports that he was in talks with ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2011/08/22/skype-to-acquire-groupme/feed/ 26 http://www.rev2.org/2011/05/30/while-the-nyt-might-not-get-it-some-of-their-reporters-do/ http://www.rev2.org/2011/05/30/while-the-nyt-might-not-get-it-some-of-their-reporters-do/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 12:37:58 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=4198 Major newspapers like the New York Time and others have been struggling to figure out where they fit in today’s instant information society.  The old paradigm of printing news and delivering it on dead trees to people’s doorsteps is melting away and the once-giants in the industry are paddling upstream to try to preserve it.

The recent addition of a paywall to the paper’s website is proof that the management behind this news behemoth just can’t seem to understand how the Internet functions.  Many people, including myself, have stopped reading the ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2011/05/30/while-the-nyt-might-not-get-it-some-of-their-reporters-do/feed/ 49 http://www.rev2.org/2011/04/18/square-payment-service-gets-apple-push/ http://www.rev2.org/2011/04/18/square-payment-service-gets-apple-push/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:01:17 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=4164 One of the technologies and apps that is poised to really become disruptive in the mobile-meets-retail arena is Square.  This is a payment service that combines a small $10 card reader with an iPhone app that allows you to turn your iPhone into a point-of-sale machine.

Now, Apple is going to feature the startup’s technology in their stores.  After the huge coup they got when Steve Jobs showed it off in conjunction with the iPad 2, this is huge news and a gigantic marketing opportunity for the company.

The sale ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2011/04/18/square-payment-service-gets-apple-push/feed/ 40 http://www.rev2.org/2011/03/28/sparrow-new-mail-app-for-the-mac/ http://www.rev2.org/2011/03/28/sparrow-new-mail-app-for-the-mac/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:54:46 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=4146 As much as other options seem to be attempting to replace it, email is still the bread and butter of most of our Internet usage.  Thousands of applications and software suites have been created to make email more useful and manageable since its inception.

For the Mac user, however, the choices have usually been sparse and with the emergence of easy-access Web-based email, it’s even harder to really organize your inbox.  That’s where Sparrow comes in.  It’s a simple, minimalist email app for the Mac that goes a long way towards ...]]> http://www.rev2.org/2011/03/28/sparrow-new-mail-app-for-the-mac/feed/ 16 http://www.rev2.org/2011/02/07/roundup-of-tech-company-super-bowl-ads/ http://www.rev2.org/2011/02/07/roundup-of-tech-company-super-bowl-ads/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:31:59 +0000 Craig Agranoff http://www.rev2.org/?p=4111 The most recent Super Bowls have featured a lot of great advertising from tech-related companies.  This year was no different with no fewer than 18 ad spots during the game going to tech (21 if you include cellular).  Here’s a roundup of the commercials during the big game, in alphabetical order by company name.

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