Forms and More Forms – Docstoc is a user-driven repository of professional, legal, and business documents in a variety of formats (mainly Word, Excel, and Acrobat). Consultation agreements, promissory notes, LLC agreements, NDAs, subleases, anti-spam policies, valuation models…there’s a lot … Read More »
Archive for January 2008
SMS Text News decided to get a contract-free SIM from AT&T after reading my previous post, and ran into some serious problems. Matt couldn’t even find the SIM-only deal on AT&T’s website anymore. As such, he decided to engage ‘Natalie’, the friendly online chat sales … Read More »
This week Slashdot (and many, many others) reported that KDE 4.0 has been released for Windows and OS X. KDE (K Desktop Environment) has been a popular GUI for *nix systems and there have been ways of getting it to run (mostly) on OS … Read More »
With the launch of the FTSE ET50 Index, which is devoted to following 50 large cleantech stocks from around the globe, Wall Street has gone from spotting a trend to beating it to death with specialized financial products. There are now more than … Read More »
Weeks later, The MacBook Air debate is still going strong. Fans compare it to other high-end laptops and argue that the price is more than comparable for a laptop that is thinner than thin. Detractors lament the loss of hard drive space and optical drive, … Read More »
Anyone who’s ever appeared on the news or a talk show can tell you that you can’t necessarily trust you will be treated fairly in editing — especially if you ramble, contradict the host or call a show’s sponsor or advertisers into controversy. Until recently, … Read More »
As the U.S. immerses itself in election primaries, wireless service providers would do well to pay attention. There are a number of lessons that the sector — especially operators — can draw from successful political campaigns, specifically around microsegmentation, messaging and engagement. Read More »
In an adroit bit of live-blogging, Jeff Jarvis posted two missives from Davos, back to back. Jarvis started with a heavy breakfast of climate change and poverty with Bono and Al Gore before moving onto a more capitalist-minded lunch with Larry Page, Sergey Brin … Read More »
What are the video game reviews of one obscure, foul-mouthed Brit worth nowadays? How does several million views and a four hundred percent jump in traffic sound? The site is The Escapist, a smart online game magazine that launched in 2005 to generally tepid page … Read More »
Hulu CTO Eric Feng stopped by NewTeeVee HQ this week (while on a tour of various Silicon Valley tech publications) and shared a progress check as well as some forward-looking thoughts on the product he’s been building since last summer, when News Corp … Read More »
Heather Harde, CEO of TechCrunch, stopped by the “The GigaOM Show” this week to chat with co-host Joyce Kim and myself about The Crunchies, working for a blog, and her thoughts on the mergers and acquisitions market.
You can download the episode in Quicktime,
Ooyala, a platform for video delivery and advertising, has raised $8.5 million in second-round funding led by Sierra Ventures, the company announced on its blog this week. That brings Ooyala’s total funding to $10 million, according to founder Bismarck Lepe. Ooyala had taken first … Read More »
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