A new feature wherein All Things Digital looks at up-and-coming and innovative start-ups you should know about.
This week: A video visit with, some questions for and a few pertinent stats about Chris Wetherell and his creation, Brizzly, a Web-based social media reader.
Last week, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman officially launched her campaign for governor of California, hoping to clinch the Republican nomination.
Medical marijuana, meet location-based mobile marketing.
Seeing an untapped opportunity in the growing number of legal California dispensaries and limited advertising outlets, app developer NexStudios launched iPot, an application for Apple’s iPhone that lists nearby stores.
Apple has been up in the Sierras, shooting a new ad for, well, something new.
The Sierra Sun reports that Apple employees have been spotted in Truckee, California, shooting an advertisement at a diner called Jax on the Tracks.
Metacafe, seeking to reach more “media-snacking” consumers, is launching a section of its video site devoted to short clips from “Nurse Jackie,” “Weeds,” “Big Brother” and other television shows.
The Palo Alto, Calif., company, which is funded by Highland Capital Partners and DAG Ventures, focuses on what it sees as a middle ground between YouTube and Hulu — short-form videos that are professionally produced or poised to go viral — said its chief executive, Erick Hachenburg, a former Electronics Arts executive.
There are computer hacks, and then there are REAL hacks, like of the saw variety. Silicon Valley got a wake-up call in the latter variety Thursday, when vandals hacked into fiber-optic cables beneath the ground, knocking parts of three California counties offline.
Videogame creator Will Wright’s employment at Electronic Arts is toast–the very breakfast food that’s helped to inspire the next stage of his career.
Are iPods changing our perception of music? Are the sounds of MP3s the music we like to hear most? Jonathan Berger, professor of music at Stanford, was on a panel with me at a meeting of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Mountain View, Calif., on Saturday. Berger’s presentation had a slide titled: “Live, Memorex or MP3.”
The footage is shaky and low quality, with chaotic shouts and protests from onlookers at a subway station in San Francisco’s East Bay. But it clearly shows three policeman roughly handling a group of young men–including one who is pinned to the ground by two officers and shot in the back.
Is former eBay CEO Meg Whitman planning a run for governor? Since her resignation from the boards of eBay, Dreamworks Animation and Procter & Gamble, many speculate that her next step will be to announce her campaign within six weeks.
Shades of Erin Brockovich, minus the poor people: International Global Communications announced yesterday that its breach of contract and fraud case against Boeing was decided in its favor by a California Jury. The company was awarded $371 million in damages, but the jury hasn’t decided whether to award punitive damages as well. What’s another few million?
In a windowless underground computer lab in California, young men are busy cooking up viruses, spam and other plagues of the computer age.
Plantronics (PLT) this afternoon reported better-than-expected results for its fiscal first quarter ended June, thanks in large part to strong demand for Bluetooth headsets. The demand surge, the company noted, reflected the July 1 adoption of “hands-free” driving laws in California and Washington.
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