Archive for April, 2006

There is this meme spreading around the web that Yahoo’s newly launched technology site is a big threat to C/Net and its properties. It is getting a lot of press – WSJ and NYT are all dutifully reporting what Yahoo is preaching. I checked out the… Read More »

Ross Levinsohn, made a big splash a few months ago when he announced at an Under The Radar event that he had bought someone in the room. The news zipped across the Silicon Valley right on to my Power Book, just when the Business 2.0 Next… Read More »

Chicago, Chicago that toddling town Chicago, Chicago I’ll show you around – I love it Bet your bottom dollar you’ll lose the blues in Chicago Chicago White Sox are the world champions, the Cubbies are doing well, and guess what tech is blooming in the middle of the country.… Read More »

Paul Graham brings his Start-Up School to Stanford this weekend. The event is free, but I am told that they have standing room only. Where: Kresge Auditorium, Stanford University. When: 29 April 2006, 9:00 am. [Schedule] The Speakers are here Caterina Fake, Co-Founder, Flickr Mark Fletcher, Founder, Bloglines; Founder, ONElist Paul Graham,… Read More »

No, I have not gone on vacation. Instead, I am busy writing the next cover story for the magazine, along with a couple of other short pieces, and am horribly late. So posting is going to be light for a couple of days. And if I… Read More »

This week’s PodSession is about eBay shopping for partners. This is inspired by recent buzz about eBay looking to take on Google with new allies such as Microsoft and/or Yahoo. EBay is voicing its concern with its checkbook and looking for new preferred advertising partners and cross-promotional… Read More »

A couple of days ago, I pointed out that it pays not to listen to McKinsey. Continuing in that theme, Paul Kedrosky, skins Gary Hamel’s blatent play to get some Google love in today’s Wall Street Journal. Super consultant Hamel has two of his former big… Read More »

A Dash Of Wallop

Karl Jacob used to be a regular fixture at most Red Herring conferences and events. As a serial entrepreneur he started Dimension X and then later went on to found be the CEO of Keen.com, the company that became infamous for being the home of “psychics”… Read More »

Dave.TV, AdSense for Video?

Another day, and another online video start-up. This one with a name that only the founder can love: Dave.TV. Unlike a series of me-too You Tube clones, this one is at least attempting to do something different. Dave.TV CEO and founder Rex Wong says his plan… Read More »

Yahoo, Now Offering Free Meedio DVR

So here is a one we didn’t see coming from a mile ;-) A tipster tells me that Yahoo has started offering Meedio DVR software as a free download to one-and-all, without much fanfare. Isn’t it dandy – that it took just eight days to brand Meedio… Read More »

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