According to iSuppli's report for PC sales, Acer surpassed Dell as the second biggest PC manufacturer in the world for Q3 2009. Taiwan-based Acer grew by 17% year-over-year, while Dell's sales slipped almost 6%. HP continues to maintain it's lead for the 13th straight quarter. Acer's gain is attributed to increased Notebook and Netbook sales. Dell's loss is due to the downturn in corporate IT spending.
Warner Home Video announced that they will be offering Blu-ray combo packs for all theatrical new release movies starting first quarter of 2010. Combo pack includes Blu-ray disc, DVD and a digital copy. This combo pack offering trend was started by Disney sometime back. It is evident that these offerings will help accelerate Blu-ray adoption and at the sametime give more viewing choices for customers with no additional cost.
BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) has started providing wireless connections to all passengers on it's trains underground. This is a good news for thousands of bay area commuters who take underground tube daily to work. Wireless service underground especially comes handy in situations like technical glitches or natural disasters. Five of the Bay Area's six wireless providers have agreed to use the system. But, from initial reports, cellular signal seems to be spotty. Hopefully the coverage would improve in coming days. Service availability schedule below:San Francisco Stations (Service Available now) |
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| Embarcadero |
| Montgomery |
| Powell Street |
| Civic Center |
East Bay Stations (Service Available 1st Quarter 2010) |
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| Oakland 12th Street |
| Oakland 19th Street |
| Lake Merritt |
East Bay Stations (Service Available 2nd Quarter 2010) |
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| Ashby |
| Berkeley |
| North Berkeley |
East Bay Stations (Service Available 3rd Quarter 2010) |
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| Berkeley hills tunnel |
San Francisco Stations (Service Available in 2011) |
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| 16th Street Mission |
| 24th Street Mission |
| Glen Park |
| Balboa Park |
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Date | Company | Resulting Service |
|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-04 | AppJet | Google Wave |
| 2009-12-23 | Teracent | Google AdSense |
| 2009-09-09 | Gizmo5 | Google Voice |
| 2009-09-09 | AdMob | Mobile Advertisement |
| 2009-09-16 | reCAPTCHA | Security |
| 2009-08-05 | On2 | YouTube |
Date | Company | Resulting Service |
|---|---|---|
| 2008-09-12 | TNC | Textcube |
| 2008-07-30 | Omnisio | YouTube |
Date | Company | Resulting Service |
|---|---|---|
| 2007-10-09 | Jaiku | Google Mobile |
| 2007-09-27 | Zingku | Google Mobile |
| 2007-07-20 | Image America | Google Maps (Aerial photography) |
| 2007-07-09 | Postini | Gmail |
| 2007-07-02 | GrandCentral | Google Voice |
| 2007-06-19 | Zenter | Google Documents |
| 2007-06-05 | PeakStream Inc | Server Computing |
| 2007-06-01 | FeedBurner | FeedBurner |
| 2007-05-30 | Panoramio | Panoramio |
| 2007-05-11 | Green Border | Google Chrome |
| 2007-04-19 | Marratech | Google talk |
| 2007-04-17 | Tonic Systems | Google Documents |
| 2007-04-13 | DoubleClick | Google AdSense |
| 2007-03-16 | Trendalyzer | Google Analytics |
| 2007-03-16 | Adscape Media | Google AdSense |
| 2007-01-04 | Xunlei | Google Sites |
Date | Company | Resulting Service |
|---|---|---|
| 2006-12-18 | Endoxon | Google Maps |
| 2006-11-13 | YouTube | YouTube |
| 2006-10-31 | Jotspot Inc | Google Sites |
| 2006-08-15 | Neven Vision | Picasa |
| 2006-04-09 | Orion | Google Search |
| 2006-03-14 | @Last Software | Google Sketchup |
| 2006-03-09 | Upstartle (Writely) | Google Documents |
| 2006-02-14 | Measure Map | Google Analytics |
| 2006-01-17 | dMarc Broadcasting | Google AdSense |
Date | Company | Resulting Service |
|---|---|---|
| 2005-12-20 | AOL (5% stake) | Search |
| 2005-11 | Skia | Android platform, Chrome browser |
| 2005-11-17 | Akwan Information Technologies | Internet Backbone (Latin America) |
| 2005-09-15 | Transformic Inc | Search |
| 2005-08-17 | Android | Android platform |
| 2005-07 | Reqwireless | Google Mobile |
| 2005-07-07 | Current Communications Group | Internet backbone |
| 2005-05-12 | Dodgeball | Google Latitude |
| 2005-03-28 | Urchin Software | Google Analytics |
| 2005-01 | 2Web Technologies | Google Spreadsheets |
Date | Company | Resulting Service |
|---|---|---|
| 2004-10 | Where2 | Google Maps |
| 2004-10-27 | Keyhole | Google Maps, Google Earth |
| 2004-09 | ZipDash | Google Maps for Mobile |
| 2004-07-13 | Picasa | Picasa, Blogger |
| 2004-06-23 | Baidu | Baidu Search Engine |
| 2004-05-10 | Ignite Logic | Blogger |
Date | Company | Resulting Service |
|---|---|---|
| 2003-10 | Sprinks | Google AdSense, AdWords |
| 2003-10-07 | Genius Labs | Blogger |
| 2003-09-30 | Kaltix Corp | iGoogle |
| 2003-04 | Applied Semantics | Google AdSense, AdWords |
| 2003-04 | Neotonic Software | Google Groups, Gmail |
| 2003-02 | Pyra Labs | Blogger |
Date | Company | Resulting Service |
|---|---|---|
| 2001-09-20 | Outride | iGoogle |
| 2001-02-12 | Deja.com | Google Groups |
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