My privately-held software services company was offered $1.5 million by an investor for a straight percentage of the firm. It’s our first round of outside investment and it is designed to help us expand our marketing to really lock up the sectors we operate in and … Read More »
Archive for May 2007
Nokia isn’t waiting to tap the XXL markets in China: the mobile handset company is helping the Chinese learn English through their mobile phones. Using Nokia’s Mobiledu service, Chinese … Read More »
OK, I cheated in the screenshot above. It looks like Mac OS X on the Vista-based UMPC because it is, but I did it to illustrate a really nice piece … Read More »
Avaya, the stock (AV), has been range bound, trading between $10-and-$15 a share, for nearly two years, indicating a general apathy investors have for the enterprise telephony company, that as part of AT&T, was at the pinnacle of telecom mountain. It is hardly a … Read More »
I continue to hope that Apple has more tricks up its sleeve in regards to iTunes and the sale of TV shows or movies, because while I do find the occasional missed episode or special to download, iTunes is not becoming my go-to destination for video … Read More »
Whether you are an employee or a freelancer, you need to manage your personal brand. Of course you’ll think of using the web to do so. But does that mean shelling out money for search engine optimization, for pay-per-click ads that drive potential customers … Read More »
A couple of ex-Googlers, Bismarck Lepe and Sean Knapp, have teamed up to start Mountain View-based stealth-mode startup ooyala which is “focused on delivering a high-quality, interactive, video-viewing experience.” The alarm:clock sums it nicely, when it writes, “ooyala is not saying who or … Read More »
Fresh off the NewTeeVee news ticker, headlines from the world of online video: The Office Producer Rewarded for Multi-platform Approach? Ben Silverman said to be successor for fired NBC programming head Kevin Reilly. (Deadline Hollywood Daily, WSJ) Turner First Cable Net to Stream Full Original Series, … Read More »
*When did you know you should quit our job and go full time with your startup?* This is a question founders get asked again and again — by the curious, by company “lifers” and “fulltimers,” and especially by those who have their own little start up in … Read More »
There are no shortage of Palm OS death notices but I wouldn’t count Palm out just yet. Rumors are bouncing around that Palm is working on a secret device that may be unveiled at the upcoming D: All Things Digital conference thrown by Walt … Read More »
Could online video help find missing children? Concerned citizens worldwide have are posting their own videos on sites like YouTube calling for the safe return of Madeleine McCann, like this video, which has garnered over 150,000 views on YouTube. Young McCann went missing on … Read More »
Trumpeting its founders’ Google heritage, Mountain View-based stealth-mode startup ooyala says it is “focused on delivering a high-quality, interactive, video-viewing experience.” As the alarm:clock puts it, ooyala “is not saying who or how much nor what the hell they are doing other than video.” Update: … Read More »
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