The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, which aims to build low-cost mobile computing devices for students in developing countries, has announced major layoffs.Read More... read more » DiscussBury
The bad news for startups keeps on coming in. This time it's RubyOnRails application hosting provider Engine Yard that has laid off 15% of its staff, as publicly reported on the company's blog earlie read more » DiscussBury
n a panel moderated by Kara Swisher, Toni Schneider, CEO of Automattic (the company behind WordPress), led off by saying that he wished this kind of "panicky" advice had been around for the last bubble, explaining that his startup at the time didn't react quickly enough to stay afloat. read more » DiscussBury
Gmail is now offered canned responses to emails. Automatic responses to commonly asked questions can now be set up using Gmail. read more » DiscussBury
"A survey of 100 Interop New York 2008 attendees reveals that despite the economic crisis and overall spending slowdown, a majority don't intend to cut their network management budgets in 2009." read more » DiscussBury
Jacqueline Emigh writes, "Although netbooks really only hit the market less than a year ago, the pint-sized notebooks seem to be showing signs already of commoditization, though maybe with greater differentiation on the high end." read more » DiscussBury
