Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, the legendary venture capital firm that made big money during the PC era and early days of the Internet, is looking to hire a partner who will focus on Digital Media investments, according to several Silicon Valley sources. Read More »
Archive for September 2010
AOL, the New York-based company is on the verge of acquiring TechCrunch, the online blogging network started by former attorney, Michael Arrington. AOL CEO Tim Armstrong is likely to make an appearance at Disrupt, and that is when the deal is likely to be announced. Read More »
There were high expectations among attendees at TechCrunch Disrupt that last week’s “AngelGate” would come to a head today. That didn’t happen. All the involved parties now seem to be chanting the mantra that the focus should return to startups, entrepreneurs and innovation. Read More »
Next-gen biofuel producer Amyris plans to officially price its shares for its IPO before the end of the day and hopes to start trading tomorrow on the NASDAQ. Read More »
Apple was the biggest gainer in this year’s Best Global Brands survey by Interbrand, a brand management company. It ranked 17th overall out of 100 listed companies, rising from the 20th spot last year. It saw a 37 percent increase in value overall during 2010. Read More »
The State of Minnesota’s Office of Enterprise Technology today said it will work with Microsoft and use its Business Productivity Online Suite. Minnesota is the first U.S. state to move to a large collaboration and communication suite in a private cloud environment. Read More »
RIM confirmed rumors of a tablet by introducing the BlackBerry PlayBook, a powerful 7-inch device that will offer a dual-core 1GHz processor, full HTML 5 browser, Flash 10.1 with video acceleration, 1 GB of RAM, 1080p playback with HDMI output and two HD cameras, all built… Read More »
Today on the Net: an analyst estimates that NBC Universal is worth negative $600 million while USA Network is worth $11.7 billion, broadcasters like NBC are holding back the available ad inventory for sale on Hulu and Imax’s CEO says not every 3-D movie will work. Read More »
Android has become popular with app developers, and with the Android Market now supporting paid apps in a dozen new countries it may become the platform of choice. Previously Google has restricted the countries where apps could be sold and customers were denied them. Read More »
Roku users will soon be able to access Hulu Plus on their devices, if recent changes to the Roku.com web site are any indicator. The site already features a partner page for Hulu, boasting that Hulu PLus is easy to set up on Roku’s boxes. Read More »
To capture the hearts and minds of developers already enamored with iOS and Android, RIM announced a slew of updates aimed at making developing for the BlackBerry platform more attractive and profitable. The updates include an advertising network, an analytics service and integration with BlackBerry Messenger. Read More »
Despite a lot of talk about a Facebook initial public offering, early investor and director Peter Thiel says don’t count on it until 2012. Thiel, who was extremely critical of the regulatory environment when speaking to Fox Business about what comes next for technology. Read More »
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