GigaOM

Ode to Liz (1929 -2007)

Liz Claiborne, one of America’s most influential fashion designers, died yesterday in New York City after a long fight with cancer. Ms. Claiborne might not be the best-known entrepreneur to the Found|READ community, especially to those of us who toil away in technology. But even geeks might recognize her mug for […]

The pace with which the much-ballyhooed “YouTube killer” joint venture proposed by NBC and News Corp, code-named NewCo, is moving, we might as well call it OldCo. But the company, which still doesn’t have a name, is making the rounds meeting venture capitalists, and private equity people trying to raise $100 million on a valuation […]

A friend of mine recently had the opportunity to meet the filmmaker and father of The Godfather trilogy, Francis Ford Coppola. The occasion was an event at one of Coppola’s newest California wineries, this one called Rosso & Bianco, in Sonomoa County. For those of you who don’t know, back when Coppola was just […]

In this new open web world, where the cost of rolling out services is remarkably low, and eyeballs are the currency, everyone is a frenemy. Friends of today are enemies of tomorrow. Enemies of today are tomorrow’s friends.

A perfect example is the relationship between YouTube and MySpace. The Rupert Murdoch-owed social megapolis was the reason […]

Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, or what’s a heaven for? —Robert Browning

It is a class quote from the Victorian-era British poet. We reinterpret it here as Founders’ Lesson #13: If you’re not struggling a little, and making mistakes, you’re just not trying hard enough. It is when we reach beyond our […]

Time to get rid of that landline, and say hello to Cellular-WiFi convergence. The much-talked-about dual mode T-Mobile USA wireless service, called HotSpot@Home, that uses both the cellular and WiFi networks for seamless phone calling is now available at a T-Mobile store near you. The service, is an attempt by the smallest of the […]