Archive for December, 2007

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Mozilla Weaves Services

Om Malik, Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 11:22 AM PT Comments (24)

I had reported on Mozilla jumping into “online services” earlier this month. Today, they quietly announced a new project called Weave, that allows you to take control of your metadata and store it on Mozilla servers, once you set up an account. (more…)

Vote For Your Favorites: The Crunchies

Om Malik, Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 9:09 AM PT Comments (19)

Thousands of submissions later, the finalists for The Crunchies have been announced. It is time for you to vote and decide the winners. The Crunchies is a joint effort of GigaOM, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and VentureBeat.
You can visit the Vote Crunchies site and decide which is the best start-up, the best founder and the best CEO [...]

My 2008 Gaming and Online Worlds Predictions

Wagner James Au, Saturday, December 22, 2007 at 6:43 AM PT Comments (12)

As 2007 draws to a close, here are some educated guesses for the coming year, pegged to hard numbers. (Because there’s nothing lamer than meaninglessly broad, unverifiable forecasts.)
Wii Install Base Surpasses 360 and PS3 Combined
This would have very nearly been a fait accompli this holiday season, had Nintendo produced enough Wii supply to [...]

Question of the Day: Wanna go Dutch?

Carleen Hawn, Friday, December 21, 2007 at 3:01 PM PT Comments (0)

NetSuite went public Thursday in a Dutch auction, meaning its shares were priced through an auction of would-be buyers, not by a handful of investment bankers, as is the process in a traditional IPOs. (NYSE: N)

Bankers tend to under price IPOs by a few bucks to guarantee their clients a quick pop in value […]

Fare-Finder Shootout: Mobissimo Wins

Anne Zelenka, Friday, December 21, 2007 at 1:38 PM PT Comments (21)

There’s more than one way to find a good airfare online, as the Kayak-SideStep merger shows. But what’s the best way? Is there one site that you can rely on to find the best fare for all your travel needs? Or do you need to visit them all to ensure you don’t miss anything?

I […]

Why talking to reporters is good for you.

Lisa Max, Friday, December 21, 2007 at 12:57 PM PT Comments (0)

We’ve written recently about marketing & evangelism, and how important these tasks are for founders — even though we’d all rather just focus on doing ‘our thing.’ Today we received a link to a nice piece in the Marin Independent Journal by Lisa Max, the founder of GoSolarMarin, a community-based consortium launched earlier this […]

Xavier Niel, France’s Broadband Maverick

Om Malik, Friday, December 21, 2007 at 9:02 AM PT Comments (35)

On my recent trip to Paris, I had the chance to meet up with the man behind what is arguably one of France’s most dynamic technology companies — one that I feel epitomizes a true, 21st century broadband service provider. Here is a look into Xavier Niel’s Free.fr.

GigaOM Show’s Tech Trends for ‘08

Carleen Hawn, Friday, December 21, 2007 at 8:56 AM PT Comments (0)

This week Om sits down with with Dan Farber, of ZDNet, Rafe Needleman, of CNET’s Webware, and Earth2Tech Editor, Katie Fehrenbacher, to talk about the most important technology trends for 2008. There is much to consider here, founders, in terms of your own business plans or new strategies for the year ahead.

A few hints:
Rafe: “the […]

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