A little while ago, I did a cover story for Business 2.0, Do this Get Rich. One of the business ideas we proposed was a “broadband store.” Well no one has stepped up to the plate as yet, but looks like people are figuring out … Read More »
Archive for August 2004
Venture Wire, normally a bastion of “oatmeal” tasting reports has a rather risque bulletin today. They write, “Looks like investors in Kleiner Perkins’ underperforming Fund IX – and Sequoia’s somewhat better performing Fund VIII – will have to wait a little bit longer to see the … Read More »
Port Blocking, while not something that is part of popular lexicon, is quickly becoming a VoIP nightmare. Earlier one had found that AT&T CallVantage users were having problems hooking-up with those using Adelphia and Frontier networks. Now there is word, that OOL, Telus are … Read More »
Business Week reports that finally Nortel might be coming clean with its investors, hopefully tomorrow. The magazine says it could be a day of reckoning for the company, as execs plan to bare all and tell about “limited preliminary unaudited results” for the first and … Read More »
Business 2.0: I did a long Q&A with Juniper Networks’ chief executive Scott Kriens about his company, his decision to buy NetScreen Technologies, and the future of broadband. Why Scott? Well you have read oodles of coverage about Cisco and its new router, CRS-1 … Read More »
Business 2.0: The slow demand for LCD televisions has turned into a boon for small screen devices like handheld computers and gaming devices. This is exact opposite of the situation a few months ago when Nintendo and Handspring, both complained loudly about why LCD shortages … Read More »
Umair points to an interesting list of Urban Games John Gruber defends Apple’s digital music strategy. As always he is right on the money. Opportunities at the bottom of the pyramind. You read this in my story, Rise of The Instant Company. Nice … Read More »
If you set the bar low enough, everything exceeds your expectations. For instance, I assume as a reporter most people would try to spin me. If they don’t, it makes me smile and turns my day into a great day. Same is the case with cellular … Read More »
Dan Gillmor is as knowledgable as anyone when it comes to the topic of technology in journalism. His first book, we the media, is a fascinating and clear-eyed look at how technology has changed the way journalism works. His book explores how … Read More »
My six questions for Sonos. Tom Cullen, vice president of marketing for Sonos (a Santa Barbara, California-based start-up working on a wireless digital music system which may or may not have derived some of its inspiration from Apple’s iPod). answered them. Read More »
Need to send a text message to someone but don’t know their phone’s email address, or even what carrier they’re using? Don’t fret- teleflip it.Teleflip is a free service that let’s you send text messages from your PC to anyone’s cell phone, even when all you … Read More »
Want to keep up with the Olympics in Athens but tired of all the fluff you have to wade through to get real information? Check out the coverage that Wikipedia has ongoing. It’s current, to the point, and very well organized, just … Read More »
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