Posts tagged Cnet
CNET co-founder’s Whiskey Media raises $2.5M
Jan 1st
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Whiskey Media, a company that has built websites around topics like comic books and computer games, has raised $2.5 million in funding.
The Sausalito, Calif. company was created by Shelby Bonnie, who previously co-founded online news network CNET. Whiskey Media sites are a mix of directories and online communities, and include ComicVine, AnimeVice, and GiantBomb [...]
Facebook smooths Android kinks, Google’s Mayer gets hitched, Boxee Beta leaks and more
Dec 15th
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Facebook for Android just got a whole lot better — Facebook has released an update to the Android version of its application, making it almost as good as its offering for the iPhone. The one feature still lacking: the ability to send or receive messages on Android phones.
Marissa Mayer ties [...]
Google tries to speed up programming with a new language: Go
Nov 11th
A team of Googlers just announced a project called Go — it’s a new, experimental programming language that Google is making available as open source at the Go website.
The Go team says its big programming frustration has been the slowness of existing programming languages. Go changes that by compiling (i.e., turning programming code into an [...]
Samsung Blue Earth finally gets a hands-on treatment
Jun 18th
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Samsung Blue Earth finally gets a hands-on treatment
We’ve been hearing about the Samsung Blue Earth — an eco-phone, if you will — since way back at MWC. Now CNET’s finally gotten its hands on one at CommunicAsia in Singapore, and we have to say that we’re pretty intrigued with what we’re seeing. The back [...]
