Archive for November 2007
If you missed the big news out of Access earlier this week, you’ve got a do-over right now. The news is the release of a Palm OS Emulator … Read More »
OK, all parents can leave the room now. That should just leave the kids. Now kids, if your cell phone isn’t with Alltel, you can leave too. Don’t take … Read More »
Former VP Al Gore has gone all cleantech VC, so why can’t a presidential candidate use a cleantech venture fund as a platform for election? Illinois Senator Barack Obama said on Wednesday that, if elected, he would create a ‘Clean Technologies Deployment Venture … Read More »
NEWTEEVEE LIVE, SAN FRANCISCO — Loic Lemeur’s new startup, Seesmic, is hoping to kick-start a worldwide video conversation by letting users easily post and reply to videos with just a webcam.
The site’s in alpha right now, so there are a few bugs, but overall, … Read More »
NEWTEEVEE LIVE, SAN FRANCISCO — Video-sharing sites are struggling to find a way to stand out and attract loyal audiences. Taboola, an Israeli startup launching at NewTeeVee Live today, thinks it has a solution for them — keep your users interested by continually offering them … Read More »
Finding what you’re looking for, or what you aren’t.
Moderator: Liz Gannes, NewTeeVee
Speakers: Garrett Camp, StumbleUpon; Mary Hodder, Dabble; Adam Singolda, Taboola; Tim Tuttle, Truveo; Alex Vikati, CastTV
LIZ: Five core companies in a space enter — one strategy leaves (by popular vote).
Finding … Read More »
J. Craig Venter says he expects biology to largely replace what has been created by the oil industry. If anyone can comfortably make a statement like that to a room full of venture capitalists, it’s Venter. The genomics guru, who has had his own … Read More »
NEWTEEVEE LIVE, SAN FRANCISCO — MediaMelon today announced the launch of a P2P video delivery network that allows viewers to watch high-res video within the browser — no downloadable client needed (are you listening, NBC?).
For the user, the experience involves just clicking a button … Read More »
We’ve talked a lot about backup options in past months. You can go offsite with a service like Amazon S3 or Mozy. If you’ve upgraded to Leopard, there’s the shiny new Time Machine. You can copy everything you care about to a second hard … Read More »
Advertising tries to wrap its mind around web video.
Moderator: Jeremy Liew, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Speakers: Jayant Kadambi, YuMe; Tod Sacerdoti, BrightRoll; Matt Sanchez, VideoEgg; Matt Wasserlauf, Broadband Enterprises.
JEREMY: Not so much *if* money in the long tail, but *how*?
(They’re all doing haikus, will track … Read More »
More Must Reads
Web Video Meets TV
Moderator:Gregg Spiridellis, JibJab
Speakers: Lisa Donovan, LisaNova; Douglas Cheney, Big Fantastic; Kevin Cohen, Turner Broadcasting System; Ty Ahmad-Taylor, MTV; Gary Wang, Todou
Introducing Spiridellis, who, is introducing the panel, and asking them to introduce themselves and ask them for the epiphany moment. … Read More »
By Carleen Hawn
Nov. 14, 2007, 9:09am PT
Last night I attended Founder Hacks III, the latest a series of STIRR mixers for entrepreneurs in San Francisco. These events are great for networking, but I especially like them because STIRR always has a few serial founders get up in front of the … Read More »
“I think IPTV is the new TV,” Ralph de la Vega opened his keynote by saying. AT&T wants to connect people to everything in their lives — music, business, entertainment — and do it on the go, de la Vega explained. With countless iPhones visible … Read More »
Mika Salmi, President of Global Digital Media for MTV Networks, has years of online experience, dating back to his work at RealNetworks and AtomFilms. “Good, we can ask him tough questions,” Om quipped. Salmi admitted in the first question that he’s all about … Read More »
If you’ve been holding out to get a Samsung Q1 UMPC at 50% off, today’s the day for you. Hop over to Yahoo! Shopping Woot, which is a co-branded … Read More »
By Mike Gunderloy
Nov. 14, 2007, 8:00am PT
My Old Boss Just Used a Trash Can – EmployeeSuggestionBox is a hosted service designed to unlock creativity and feedback from all levels of large organizations. They give you tools to manage suggestions, opinion polls, and brainstorming, and then to turn promising ideas into projects.
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jkk of jkkmobile shot me an e-mail in the wee hours of the morning to share the latest news out of SanDisk. The storage company introduced … Read More »
PhatNotes has long been the premiere note-taking application for the Windows Mobile platform but users have lamented the inability to sync all of those cool notes back to Outlook on the desktop in PhatNotes 5. Earlier versions of PhatNotes would sync with Outlook but the company … Read More »
There have been a lot of jokes about "crackberries", those users totally addicted to their BlackBerry smartphone. This addiction can be extended to other smartphones as well as users of them can easily attest. Most BlackBerry users will not admit to an addiction to being always … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 14, 2007, 6:01am PT
By Leo Babauta
Nov. 14, 2007, 6:00am PT
The best way to be productive with instant messaging (or chat)? Don’t do it.
Seriously, IM can take up your entire day if you let it. Those who stay away from it can get a lot more done.
However, if done right, IM can be a great tool … Read More »
By Om Malik
Nov. 14, 2007, 5:45am PT
We are throwing pre-game warm up pitches, for NewTeeVee Live is less two hours away. Our first conference that will explore future of online video and its business implications has sold out. It would be an understatement to say we are nervous and excited.
Nevertheless, say … Read More »
You guys just can’t stop cutting deals for one day, can you? We should be sleeping but there’s too much news on them thar wires.
ON Networks, an online studio, has raised $12 million in second-round funding from Accel Partners, Austin Ventures, and AT&T (T), … Read More »
By Alexis Madrigal
Nov. 14, 2007, 12:00am PT
By Wagner James Au
Nov. 14, 2007, 12:00am PT
Sad Colbert didn’t get on the ticket? For some additional comic relief, why not go back and relive the horrors of the 2000 election with Doonesbury’s Reform Party Candidate, Ambassador Duke? Duke ran an e-campaign from the E-Z Motor Lodge in Coon Rapids, Minn., in Gary … Read More »
By Anne Zelenka
Nov. 13, 2007, 8:00pm PT
Oracle made its official debut on the social web party scene this week at the Oracle OpenWorld 2007 conference in San Francisco. Previously a Web 2.0 wallflower, the database and business applications company has joined the scene with gusto, launching social networking for its customers … Read More »
Silicon Alley Insider thinks it may have figured out the story behind the bogus AmeriTV announcement about securing $45 million in funding.
Some smart cats thought something was fishy about the announcement since it was awfully similar to an earlier release from Joost. Silicon … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Nov. 13, 2007, 5:00pm PT
Gore NOT Donating VC Stock Options: From the AP, “The donation does not include stock options. Typically, a tiny fraction of a venture capitalist’s compensation is salary; the vast majority of wealth comes from sale of stock options when the companies the firm invests in are … Read More »
By Samuel Dean
Nov. 13, 2007, 4:00pm PT
Want to store and collaborate on files online? Free online storage provider Box.net is branching out in new directions, opening up its application to work with a slew of other services. In addition to storing and sharing files, new OpenBox services let you do everything … Read More »
The 17-inch screen of my MacBook Pro was crying out for me to be able to watch TV while working away. I had a Windows version of the Pinnacle PCTV HD USB tuner that I decided to see if it would work with the MacBook … Read More »
I was just sharing some digital video tips with James that I found over the weekend, but I couldn’t remember exactly what page I wanted to share with … Read More »
TV Guide is canceling its December online video awards ceremony and television special, NewTeeVee has confirmed with a company spokesperson. The decision was made due to a feeling that celebrating online video would be insensitive at a time when television writers are on strike, according … Read More »
Bebo, another one of the fast-growing social networks out there, might be a U.S. company, but its roots are firmly planted in broadband-heavy Europe. Taking advantage of faster broadband in its core markets — the UK and parts of Europe — the company has announced a … Read More »
By Anne Zelenka
Nov. 13, 2007, 2:00pm PT
By Om Malik
Nov. 13, 2007, 1:51pm PT
Bebo, another one of the fast-growing social networks out there, might be a U.S. company, but its roots are firmly planted in broadband-heavy Europe. Taking advantage of faster broadband in its core markets — the UK and parts of Europe — the company has announced … Read More »
By Josh Pigford
Nov. 13, 2007, 1:17pm PT
The makers of FileMaker have released a preview of a new application called Bento. It’s labeled as “personal database software” for managing all aspects of your life from contacts and events to inventory and expenses.
It’s currently a pre-release trial version, meaning your trial will eventually … Read More »
By Katie Fehrenbacher
Nov. 13, 2007, 1:12pm PT
Biofuels, specifically corn-based ethanol, are being blamed for everything from rising food prices and famine to the degradation of land for biocrops (allowing Canada to breathe a sigh of relief). A lot of these critiques are spot on, but when complex politics are involved, it … Read More »
Bluetooth devices allowing the use of your own headphones are becoming all the rage. No offense to the companies that bundle earbuds with their Bluetooth product, but there’s a reason I … Read More »
We’ve seen some interesting benchmarks over the last couple of days that point to the maturation of the online video space. Some consumers are saying they’d be willing to pay — pay! — for web video if it were ad-free. A leading vendor of premium video … Read More »
By Carleen Hawn
Nov. 13, 2007, 11:36am PT
Despite our regular posts on angel investors and coverage of how to pitch, land, and then “deal with” VCs, we still get plenty of recommendations for funding topics we’ve forgotten, neglected, or simply not heard about yet. (Keep ‘em coming!)
Today I got a … Read More »
