When we met with the Google Reader team before they relaunched their product, I asked them why they didn’t combine their RSS reader with Gmail. The product manager’s response was, ‘what about blogs that update all the time, wouldn’t that crowd your email inbox?’ It didn’t… Read More »
Archive for November 3rd, 2006
We got more than one email this week asking us to join the rebirth of AllAdvantage, the bubble-era pyramid scheme. The new company is called AGLOCO, and it is pre-launch, but the idea is the same — get paid to surf the web. This time, the… Read More »
Nokia, the largest cell phone manufacturer in the world, is “looking to have a stronger presence in the Valley,” says Tero Ojanpera, Nokia CTO and Executive Vice President. Ojanpera made the remarks at the official opening of the Nokia Research Center in Palo Alto, which looks… Read More »
Pingdom posts on the uptime/downtime of top web 2.0 sites in October. Most are doing pretty well, but oh Friendster… Read More »
InfoSpace said the company is ending investment in its direct-to-consumer mobile content business, and reported a $46.7M loss last quarter. The company will now focus more on moving its online search capabilties into wireless, which many predicted would be a better bet. Read More »
