THE BUSINESS OF TECHNOLOGY
Baidu, the Chinese web titan behind the country’s search engine that works similarly to Google, will enter the television with its own smart TV as the company forays into the expanding online video industry. Dubbed TV+, the company’s first smart TV will be produced by TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings Ltd, with a 48-inch screen costing 4,567 yuan … [Read more...]
The Red Herring team would like to congratulate its 2013 Top 100 Asia winners. Accolades were bestowed on the evening of September 5 based on qualitative and quantitative criteria involving financial performance, execution strategies and IP creation. In the pursuit of success, all Top 100 companies excelled in disrupting their industries and … [Read more...]
Last year, Skyera released skyHawk, a product that blew the lid of flash storage which, at a price tag of $3 per a gigabyte, essentially made flash pricing comparable to traditional storage while offering magnitudes of improvement in speed and performance. This year, the company claims to have boosted that capacity and performance by 10 times while … [Read more...]
Mobile advertising startup Locket has successfully set customers a-clicking. The company has approximately 100,000 users, a quarter of whom downloaded Locket within two days of launch. The company announced a new program, “My Ads,” last week that asks users to recommend ads they want to see on lock screens; and now Locket says engagement through … [Read more...]
Even when your phone’s off, you might not be off grid. The OFF Pocket, a metalized-fabric case currently on Kickstarter, blocks signals to mobile phones and ensures users digitally disappear. The product’s designed to give users privacy and peace of mind, as well as a chance to disconnect. “The pocket functions effectively to protect your … [Read more...]
To flesh out plans for their floating city, The Seasteading Institute takes fundraising to Indiegogo. With capital from the masses matched by the Thiel Foundation, twenty-first century pioneers may settle the oceanic frontier by 2020. “Our biggest challenge is getting over this first hurdle, where we get enough people together, enough money … [Read more...]
Gamer and developer Tasneem Salim wanted in on her country’s gamer conventions. The only problem? No girls allowed. So Salim and her two co-founders, Felwa Al Suwalim and Najla Al Arifi, created their own, girls-only version: GCON. The event, sponsored by tech titans Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft, brought 3 thousand women together in Riyadh, Saudi … [Read more...]
San Diego-based Inebriated Innovations, LLC wants to help homebrewers make great beer with a tool that’ll smooth the road to fermentation. With their Kickstarter campaign up almost $40,000, they’re nearly halfway to building a better beer with the BrewBit “Model-T.” The enthusiasts behind the campaign are fundraising to produce a wireless … [Read more...]
It’s rare that consumers celebrate ads on their devices. But they may be singing a different tune after downloading Locket, which pays them for their time. Adding to the pros: Locket CEO Yunha Kim promises the Android app won’t just make mobile ads less annoying––it’ll make them entertaining. “What we’re trying to do is change how mobile … [Read more...]
Come August, our planes, trains and automobiles may receive a public shaming. Tesla co-founder and CEO Elon Musk announced yesterday he’ll debut his plans for a “Hyperloop” transportation system August 12; and from his description, it’ll make most current transit tech look like the Flintstones. Though some imagine Musk’s proposal as a higher-speed … [Read more...]