Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is opening a new retail store at the Mall of America in Minneapolis right across from the Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) retail store and next to the LEGO store. This will be Microsoft’s fifth retail store. The other four stores are in Scottsdale, San Diego, Mission Viejo, and Lone Tree. The Microsoft store appears to be almost twice as big as the Apple store according to TwinCities.com. Below is a video that someone made to compare the Apple store vs. the Microsoft store at the Mall of America.
MeeGo is a Linux-based open source operating system project announced at Mobile World Congress in February 2010 through a partnership between Intel and Nokia. Ari Jaaksi, a VP of Nokia MeeGo has resigned this past week. Ari’s departure from MeeGo will not affect the rollout schedule for MeeGo’s first device at the end of 2010. Ari’s resignation follows the recent departure of former Nokia CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo and Anssi Vanjoki. [Engadget]
Skype is now available on the Android Market. You can download the Skype application on Android devices by visiting skype.com/m. You can make free Skype-to-Skype calls using the new Android application. You can also send and receive IMs for free. It doesn’t matter if you are on WiFi or 3G.
To make phone calls abroad, dial the number in Skype and enter the Skype Credit number. You can also make unlimited calls with a subscription. If you already use Skype on a computer, you will see your full contact list when signing into the Android application.
WebFilings is a private financial reporting company that develops a cloud-based solution for meeting SEC reporting requirements. WebFilings has raised $12.5 million in Series B private placement of equity securities to new and existing investors. WebFilings raised a total of $24 million.
“Our ability to secure this funding, and to actually have the round come in oversubscribed, is recognition by our investors that the WebFilings solution has been well received and is bringing real value to our customers,” stated WebFilings CEO Matt Rizai. “We are the fastest growing company in our market space, providing what the industry has recognized as the best of breed solution.”
WebFilings simplifies the filing of SEC reports including the mandated XBRL reporting processes. Some of WebFilings customers include United Airlines, First Solar Inc., and Black Hills Corporation.
About 18 months after starting, 12seconds is shutting down. 12seconds is a service that complements Twitter. Just like how Twitter only allows you to send under 140 characters, 12seconds let you send under 12 seconds of video. 12seconds did not receive the traction that they were hoping for. 12seconds co-founder Sol Lipman said that traffic is essentially the same as when they launched two years ago.
Another challenge for 12seconds is that Twitter is picking and choosing which third party applications they want to focus on. “I don’t really see the growth in Twitter that we were seeing [back when we launched]. I don’t see it as an explosive growth opportunity right now for a third-party application builder,” said Lipman in an interview with Mashable. Sol Lipman and Jacob Knobel recently sold a company called RallyUp to AOL.
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