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Veoh Raises $12.5 million

Om Malik, Monday, April 17, 2006 at 9:46 PM PT Comments (17)

As readers know, the venture dollars are flying thick and fast into the online video space. Today, Veoh Networks, announced that it had raised $12.5 million in a Series B venture capital financing from Michael Eisner, former chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, Todd Dagres, managing partner of Spark Capital, and Time [...]

At Yahoo, Time Stands Still

Om Malik, Monday, April 17, 2006 at 8:25 PM PT Comments (0)

Back in January, I wrote about Ash Patel, the newly appointed chief product officer at Yahoo and how he loved his mac. At that point, I thought it was pretty much a done deal. I saw his name pop-up in many different places including The Washington Post with his title.
Apparently, that memo had not reached [...]

Make That Device Simple

Om Malik, Monday, April 17, 2006 at 11:08 AM PT Comments (12)

For some odd reason, technology industry refuses to learn the lesson of simplicity. Instead, they try and cram as many features into a device, be it a mobile phone, a MP3 player, a media center or a computer.
I fail to understand why it is hard for the industry to learn from the success of Blackberry, [...]

Kaboodle raises $3.55 million

Om Malik, Monday, April 17, 2006 at 6:52 AM PT Comments (1)

Kaboodle, a web-based clipping service has raised $3.55 million in Series A funding reports C/Net News.com. Investors include early Google advisor Dr. Rajeev Motwani, a Stanford University professor, Ron Conway, an early investor in both Google and Ask Jeeves; Georges Harik, former director of new products at Google and Kanwal Rekhi, a managing director of [...]

Bandwidth Glut Almost Over?

Om Malik, Monday, April 17, 2006 at 1:00 AM PT Comments (13)

Improbable as it may seem, but the bandwidth glut created by the telecom bubble of the late nineties might be coming to an end. Or there is at-least light at the end of the tunnel. Many of the major long haul service providers are in fact are in the process of lighting up their dark [...]

What’s Going On In The DarkNets?

Om Malik, Sunday, April 16, 2006 at 11:00 PM PT Comments (3)

If you are interested in keeping an eye on what files - music, movies and software is flying over the Darknet, check out this site, Peer Mind. This is a service of a company called Nareos. Peer Mind doesn’t track BitTorrent traffic, but will soon track Fast Track and Bit Torrent in addition to eDonkey [...]

Will Cyworld Stop MySpace Juggernaut?

Om Malik, Sunday, April 16, 2006 at 11:00 PM PT Comments (15)

By Jackson West
Korean social-network juggernaut Cyworld has landed on American shores, with a new office in San Francisco. The social-networking service has reached saturation among young South Koreans, with reports estimating 90% of people in their late teens and early twenties as users according to Businessweek Online. A division of mobile wireless provider [...]

Between Web & Desktop, Bubbles

Om Malik, Saturday, April 15, 2006 at 11:00 PM PT Comments (4)

By Jackson West
Bubbles is an interesting new solution that provides a bridge between rich web applications and the desktop. While still in development, Windows users can download and install it for free. Then they can set up their favorite web applications (Gmail, Flickr, 30boxes, etc.) to run as programs on their start bar. [...]

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