Clearspring Raises $18m
Posted by Rich on Wednesday May 21st 2008, 8:24 am
Filed under: Widgets

This came through all my feeds this morning, so I guess I can talk about it now.

Coverage, commentary and various takes on this can be found at:

Mashable
Venture Beat
CNet
and to round it out, a skeptical view by Om at Gigaom

Also, check out some coverage of our latest partnership with 360i to enable better SEO for widgets in the Washington Journal

Much success can be attributed to our build robot, who oversees all of us with a cold, stern, unblinking eye:

XF-9000

Hard work. High stress. Awesome team. Fun times.



The WinMo Skinning Craze
Posted by Rich on Tuesday May 06th 2008, 11:28 am
Filed under: Mobile

The Windows Mobile skinning craze continues in full force with HTC demoing their new TouchFLO 3D interface.

I say skin, although this interface goes quite deep. You can read messages, view photos and play music and videos without leaving its pretty screen. However, just like the XPERIA and the HTC Touch, you still have ugly old Windows Mobile underneath.

People are clamoring for touch interfaces, and apparently Microsoft is attempting to catch up with Windows Mobile 7. But from all these touch product skins being released to great fanfare, it’s safe to say Microsoft’s well behind the game on this one, which will make it even tougher for Windows Mobile 7 to seem innovative when it’s finally released.