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Zero-Cash Plan

This afternoon, as I was preparing to have coffee with entrepreneur “Wil Schroter”:http://www.gobignetwork.com/profiles/Wil-Schroter.aspx, whose “previous Found|READ post”:http://gigaom.com/2007/07/03/stop-hiring-people-to-do-your-job/ you may have read, I ran across a great post on his site called “Five Ways to Move your Startup Forward without Cash”:http://www.gobignetwork.com/wil/2007/7/10/five-ways-to-move-your-startup-forward-without-cash/10175/view.aspx. As described, the piece has useful … Read More »

Contract Hinges on New Media Residuals, with the Writers Guild sitting down with the producers association yesterday in negotiation for a new three-year contract — producers claim web and mobile still “experimental,” writers call this “stalling tactic.” (Reuters) Gold Rush Sequel On Hold, the Mark Burnett-produced … Read More »

 
 

Pining away for more music on your HTC Mogul? Sprint has you covered…both with the music and the Mogul since the device hasn’t shown its face on … Read More »

SAGE Gets $16M for Eco Windows

High-tech tweaks on building features such as windows can make a big impact on their energy-efficiency. One company working on such windows, SAGE Electrochromics, says they’ve just raised $16 million in a second round funding from Good Energies, Applied Materials’ venture arm Applied Ventures, and … Read More »

Green computing works, says report

Non profit Green Electronics Council (GEC) put out a report today that suggests its eco-computing initiatives are starting to work. Yeah, it’s a their way to justify their program and budget ($800,000 for 2007), but we appreciate them getting us some numbers to … Read More »

Mesmo.tv launched today, a place to find and watch internet video. It’s kind of like vod:pod combined with a similar-tastes-based filtering system like StumbleVideo, and better organized and exposed. Mesmo.tv CEO Davin T. Miyoshi said it’s like Last.fm or iLike, but for video. … Read More »

Looks like Asus wants in on the high speed, mobile modem action; why else would they intro the T500 PC Card? You’ll get support for … Read More »

How to Use Your Laptop Outside

One of the great attractions of web work is supposed to be the ability to work anywhere, right? And now that we’re at the height of summer, the urge is strong to charge up the laptop and head to the beach or the mountains or even … Read More »

iPhone gets toasted by laser, caught on video

I got a chance to meet Dan from UneasySILENCE a few weeks back; ironically, Dan’s very talkative for a blogger with "SILENCE" in the name….in a good way, Dan. … Read More »

I pride myself on my ability to manually calculate an accurate tip amount when I’m out and about, so this deal isn’t for me. If you struggle with that 15-, 18-, … Read More »

Wireless USB starting to hit the market

The promise of wireless USB has been lurking around for some time now and consumers have been waiting patiently.  The new technology works like USB but without the wires and when products start appearing that have wireless USB integrated it’s going to be pretty cool.  This … Read More »

New notebooks are pretty much equipped with ExpressCard slots these days.  ExpressCards are thinner than the older PC Cards and it’s easier for OEMs to put them in thinner and lighter portable computers.  The problem with switching to the ExpressCard format is evident if you have … Read More »

More Must Reads

Provocative as it may be to declare ‘old media’ dead in the water, the reality of the situation is that there is still vastly more money to be made today on broadcast, cable and satellite television than there is online. As the Bear Stearns … Read More »

One thing I can tell you the BlackBerry 8830 is a sweet smartphone.  The only gripe I have with my Verizon 8830 I have well documented- their silly disabling of the … Read More »

All founders need to have accountability from their employees. This is important for two reasons: first, because managers need to be able to delegate tasks to team members and expect that they will deliver on your expectations; second, to avoid that founders’ curse known as “micromanagement,” … Read More »

Update 4:26 PDT Tuesday: After some delays today, Miro is now live. Miro, the desktop internet TV aggregator formerly known as the Democracy Player, is launching today, having spent a year and a half refining its features. I, for one, am welcoming … Read More »

As the cost of soy rises, biodiesel producers betting on soy are struggling to make a buck. But that isn’t preventing biodiesel startups from tapping the public markets to fund their costly, and seemingly unprofitable expansion. Take Renewable Energy Group as an example. The Ralston, Iowa-based … Read More »

Now that we can stick the fork in SunRocket, many of their customers are wondering, what should they do in order to keep their phone numbers working. There are many things you can do, but one thing you can’t: sit on your butt and not … Read More »

Santa Monica, California – If there was one buzzword at this year’s E3, it was “casual gaming” in all its synonymous varieties: family-friendly games, games for everyone, usability, intuitive controls, and accessibility, to name a few. Almost every game maker in attendance had … Read More »

Thermostats are nowhere near as energy efficient as they could be. They could do a lot better, given residential heating and cooling make up roughly half of residential energy consumption according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Maybe Nathan Ota can help. He’s a … Read More »

Not sure how true this is or isn’t but if it’s valid, some iPhone owners might be interested. Apparently, if you complain to AT&T about … Read More »

With professional leagues clamping down on the amount of game footage news and broadcast outlets can use (and yeah, we told you this might happen), programmers are looking hard at niche or ancillary content to beef up their online offerings. Perhaps a bit surprisingly, such … Read More »

Pali Research analyst Richard Greenfield says that with a board meeting around the corner, the knives might be out to slice-and-dice Time Warner, the most schizophrenic of all media conglomerates. He argues the company is so complicated that you need a Ph.D just to get … Read More »

There has been a lot of talk about the three-year-old lawsuit against Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg brought by three of his former Harvard classmates. The trio claims Zuckerberg stole the idea, source code and business plan for their social networking site, called HarvardConnection, after he … Read More »

Solar power, loved but neglected: Solar is hot in popular culture but not so much when it comes to research funding — New York Times. Waste to electricity startup Ze-gen confirmed its $4.5 million venture round: The news was out that the Boston-based company was … Read More »

Just a quick note before we run the kids around to their activities this evening: thank you MobileTechRoundup podcast audience. With your support, … Read More »

“I’ve recently (about six hours ago!) decided to cut the cord from my full-time job in consulting to pursue the internet startup I co-founded…Some say I’ve ‘lost it.’ I’d say it has been found.” –Matt Trush, founder of “Convos”:http://www.convos.com/. *Founders’ Lesson #15: The only thing you have to … Read More »

The kids picked the comment number and Brian Baker wins a Facade license with this comment entry. Congratulations Brian, be sure to let us know how Facade works for you with the "on the way Blackjack"! I’ll need Brian to shoot me a note by … Read More »

by Ryan Healy As Generation Y or the Millennials leave their dorms behind and enter the real world, we are encountering a corporate world that is, for the most part, still stuck in its outdated ways. By the time my generation is given the reins, … Read More »

Developers have been buzzing since Jobs’ announcement at WWDC to make Safari the unofficial SDK for the iPhone. Many have voiced (or screamed) their disappointment, while others have rejoiced. But despite the variety of opinions on the matter, everyone has questions about how to develop … Read More »

About two weeks ago, Google released a click-and-drag feature to Google Maps so you can customize your route. How well does it work on a touchscreen UMPC? … Read More »

The buxom Obama cheerleaders are back, this time in a Beat It-style showdown with Giuliani’s G.O.P hussies (embedded below). Brought to us by Ben Relles and Leah Kauffman of Barely Political and Box in a Box fame, the political video striptease seems … Read More »

Be sure to bring your WiFi enabled device with you the next time you visit London. If you do, you’ll be rewarded with a free … Read More »

The West Side, a new series produced by Zachary Lieberman and Ryan Bilsborrow-Koo, is a western set in an alternate-universe version of contemporary New York, impressively shot on a shoe string in real NYC locations. The city (known colloquially within the first episode as The … Read More »

China’s Tudou Garners $19 million, venture capital investment lead by Capitol Today and General Catalyst Partners for the the site with 40 million viewers and a new ad platform. (release, earlier report here) Kulabyte and On2 New Releases; the two digital video encoding platforms touting … Read More »

We knew about the new HP 2710p Tablet back in May: we saw the options and the specs, but we had to wait until today for the price and shipping info. If you hop over to the 2710p product page, you’ll see this 3.6-pound … Read More »

I’ve seen these numbers thrown about several times lately (perhaps you have too): only 40% of small and medium businesses support working at home, compared to 76% of large businesses. Thus, web workers have a better chance of finding a home at big organizations. As someone … Read More »

Thanks to an e-mail question from TaxMan, I wanted to give a little "Hosted Exchange 101" for a few reasons. First off TaxMan wanted to know what’s … Read More »

All right people, its all over. SunRocket has hit the dirt. Check our this internal email which went out earlier today to the employees. Now it is hard to ascertain the authenticity of the email, it is clear from recent developments that this was … Read More »

Paltalk, the video chat company, is releasing a beta product today called PaltalkScene. The service allows up to 5,000 people with webcams to get together and watch videos. The technology offered is not that compelling, especially for this Mac user. A Windows-only … Read More »

If you’re one of the elite who rolls with an iPhone, you should really put some effort into allowing that beautiful screen to live up to its potential. For instance, try this. Take a photo of your friends smashing their face/hands up against some glass … Read More »

Apparently like everyone else, we are going green! We are launching our latest blog – Earth2Tech, a site devoted to the business of clean technologies, its innovations and everything else. While there are many sites that help consumers live “greener,” we are focusing our energies … Read More »

So we’re all aware that green-focused web sites are getting about as trendy as celebutante DUIs. There’s been more than enough great new reads launched in the last few months, most of them focused on helping consumers live more ecofriendly lives – something we could all … Read More »

Bear Stearns released an analyst report from Spencer Wang taking a look at online video trends [PDF]. While paidContent says that it largely states the obvious, it’s interesting to me to see how the firm backed up the Chris Andersen’s “Long Tail” … Read More »

Read “more comments”:http://gigaom.com/2007/07/16/facebook-founder-vs-founders/ on this story at the “Mothership”:http://gigaom.com/, under Om’s byline. This morning I read with interest the blog and media coverage of a three-year-old lawsuit against “Facebook”:http://www.facebook.com/ founder “Mark Zuckerberg”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Zuckerberg brought by three of his former Harvard classmates. Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss and Divya … Read More »

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