It’s with great excitement that I’m writing this follow up article. Over the last week we have been in close communication with the CEO of my former employer, and I’m pleased to announce that we have negotiated a fair and equitable settlement to our dispute over […] Read more »
If you are a baseball fanatic like yours truly, then you can only watch the masterful pitching of Japanese pitcher Dice-K with a sense of sheer amazement, regardless of the fact that he toils for the much loathed Red Sox (at least in my one person […] Read more »
Tuesday might as well go down as upgrade your favorite Mac app day: we have had new versions of some of the more popular Macintosh applications – Net News Wire, Mars Edit, and more importantly, Camino, the best Mac browser of them all. (Two of these […] Read more »
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Now they don’t call it Crackberry for nothing! Apparently pop-singer Nelly Furtado is ready to give up everything – her passport, her bag, her watch – except one thing, her Blackberry. Apparently she was ‘punked’ on MTV and the way the joke went was that her […] Read more »
Subscribe to Interesting Things, an irregular column of interesting things and get it delivered in you InBox Or you can sign-up for the RSS feed for this column Ask.com relaunches in 3D, and its pretty nifty and pleasant. Search Engine Land says when compared to Google, […] Read more »
For the past five years I’ve made my living playing poker. It’s been a lot of fun, and even more profitable than I had hoped for when I first took the leap. I’ve travelled around the country and met all sorts of interesting people. I’ve even […] Read more »
Goodbye Ed Whitacre, Hello Randall Stephenson, the new CEO of AT&T and his new executive team. Long the crown prince of AT&T, Stephenson took over the top job yesterday. We decided to ask him a few questions, about AT&T, the future and what it means to […] Read more »
While reading Liz’s post about Lala, a light bulb went off: Warner Music Group has started offering DRM free music, just like EMI. “When they (Lala) go live users will be able to buy unencrypted AACS files,” she writes. EMI was the first major music label […] Read more »
Mike Volpi was rumored to be the new CEO of Joost for quite a while, and the company confirmed the news today. We had a chance to catch up with Volpi, one of the rising stars at Cisco Systems, and talked to him about his decision, […] Read more »
A reader says the employees have received the paperwork, and the deal is done. Having snapped up whatever there was to buy in the brick and mortar world, the private equity investors are now turning their attention to technology sector. Cadance has been linked with big […] Read more »
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So you think you are a smart investor, the kind who always beats the market, and tells your friends and family what stocks to invest in, and what stocks to sell. You think you can out perform the money managers and investment advisers who collect hefty […] Read more »
Yahoo announced that is opening up its Panama advertising platform (via APIs) to third parties and agencies in an attempt to stop the Google advertising juggernaut in its tracks. The idea is that by opening up their platform, Yahoo can create more end-points in their ecosystem. […] Read more »
Last week, at the D conference, I watched Jeff Hawkins, Palm’s Chairman show off Foleo, a new companion device to its Treo devices, in front of a packed audience. As I stood in the aisles, it became quickly obvious that many were not that interested in […] Read more »
Instead of hiring full-time programmers, it is often very tempting to turn to outsourcing. Sites like getafreelancer.com or rentacoder.com hawk a plethora of services- everything from graphic design to PHP coding. What’s more, once you post you project, you are sure to get dozens of bids […] Read more »
I am introducing an irregular post about things I find Interesting – think of it as M&Ms. Hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I will writing these little nuggets. Subscribe to Interesting Things, an irregular column of interesting things and get it delivered in […] Read more »
Countries with little copper legacy are doing their best to bypass the centuries old access methodology and going straight to fiber, stringing it right to their citizens’ doorsteps. This is especially true in the case of smaller nations – like Slovenia and now Lithuania, one of […] Read more »
The economics and usage patterns of MuniFi have been a subject of debate for quite sometime, but it is hard to argue with the efforts of innovators to keep the dream alive with low-cost but smart solutions. Meraki, a Mountain View, Calif.-based company certainly is one […] Read more »
All you Red Sox Fans, we have some good news for you, especially if you have a Comcast cable connection. Pretty soon, your set-top box will get a TiVo makeover, which means it will be easier than ever to record your league leading Sox pound on […] Read more »
Apple, which recently added a YouTube channel to its Apple TV hardware, might have prompted YouTube to spruce up its video formats, and start using the H.264. YouTube has been using Flash encoder so far, but Flash cannot be used on the Apple TV platform. It […] Read more »
Updated: For a long time we have been skeptical of the mobile virtual network provider (MVNO) model, pointing out repeatedly that it is a business not for the faint of heart and needs pockets as deep as a sub-saharan well. Perhaps, that is why we are […] Read more »
How to set up a productive virtual workspace: You’re mobile, you work perhaps with multiple Operating Systems, and your work is entirely digital these days. But the pull of distractions on the Internet can ruin anyone’s productivity. To be able to do your work from any […] Read more »
I know it’s cool to dis the “MSM” — it’s one of my favorite pastimes — but I’ve also spent years as a journalist and editor. Lately, I’ve been thinking about all the lessons I’ve learned from the journalism profession, and how they can be — […] Read more »
This post, originated as a Comment on “Question of the Day: Pricing”:http://gigaom.com/view/question-of-the-day87 _Adam says: “It’s a difficult question, with no one good answer. The bottom line is: ‘what the market will bear.’” *The challenge, of course, is determining what the market will bear.* But Adam suggests […] Read more »
Now that HDTV is becoming quite the buzzword, it is time to start looking for something newer, shinier and prettier. How about UltraHD, a new technology developed by Japan’s NHK’s (Nippon Hoso Kyokai) Science and Technical Research Laboratories that makes today’s HDTV look like something out […] Read more »
Why did CBS decide to spend $280 million to buy Last.fm, a UK-based music community that faces many challengers, and other risks such as the rapidly transforming Internet streaming royalty structure? A vexing question, it has been on my mind ever since I read the news […] Read more »
Slovenia is one of those tiny nations you may have heard off but may have difficulty finding on the map. Independent for about 16 years, the country with a population of over 2 million was carved out of the old Yugoslavia. Despite its diminutive size, it […] Read more »
Real released a test version of its new RealPlayer, fully 2.5 years since the product’s last major update and well behind the explosion of web video. We give the company points for trying to add something different to all the other official options out there: a […] Read more »
The 20-Hour Work Week of the Future: What will your job as a web worker look like in 2015? A new report envisions a world in which a free agent world composed of retiring baby boomers, working-age moms and Gen Xers relinquish traditional work structures in […] Read more »
*I have a new software product to introduce to the market, but I’m struggling with how to determine what to charge for it.* I believe that triangulating the price from multiple perspectives is a cornerstone to this process, but I’ve got two challenges: 1) this is […] Read more »
When pitching your startup to a potential venture investor, you typically only have one hour to put your best foot forward. It’s important that you use your time well, and take pains to avoid a few common presentation pitfalls that will, at best, distract your audience, […] Read more »
Success, they say, mellows out even the fiercest of tyrants, making their dictates seem almost benevolent. Steve Jobs, the enfant terrible of yesteryears, whose unrelenting quest for perfection has driven many to Ole Tennessee or an asylum (whichever is closer) is showing signs of a kinder, […] Read more »
It was a rumor that had been hanging in air, like thick smog over Los Angeles. Mike Volpi, till recently a rising star at router maker Cisco Systems, was said to be joining Joost as chief executive officer. Our sources said it was going to happen, […] Read more »
It was a rumor that had been hanging in air, like thick smog over Los Angeles. Mike Volpi, till recently a rising star at router maker Cisco Systems, was said to be joining Joost as chief executive officer. Our sources said it was going to happen, […] Read more »
I am going to try and live blog Apple CEO Steve Jobs’ interview at the D Conference. Steve Jobs comes on stage, wearing the all familiar turtle neck and jeans. Apple is in two businesses today and we will be the three busienss soon. We love […] Read more »
Update: So, it’s official, eBay has bought StumbleUpon for $75 million. Here’s the release. eBay, the San Jose, Calif.-based auction giant is likely to announce its acquisition of Stumble Upon after the close to markets today, according to informed sources. The news of a pending deal […] Read more »
MetroPCS (PCS), a Dallas, Texas-based regional wireless carrier, that went public recently and raised a billion dollars is looking to jump into the fray for the 700 MHz spectrum, and is preparing to participate in the upcoming auctions. The company said this morning that it is […] Read more »
Carlsbad, California: Every year for past five years, Wall Street Journal columnists Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher put on the swankest show in tech, the D conference. It is a carefully curated gathering of some of the most famous (infamous) and the powerful names from the […] Read more »
It is not the first time I have indulged in navel gazing about what is broadband, how much bandwidth is enough, and what are you really going to do with it. Business Week is having a similar moment, wondering what will you do with all that […] Read more »
Whether you are an employee or a freelancer, you need to manage your personal brand. Of course you’ll think of using the web to do so. But does that mean shelling out money for search engine optimization, for pay-per-click ads that drive potential customers or employers […] Read more »
_We’ve posted a few pieces addressing the “challenges of picking your co-founder(s)”:http://gigaom.com/2007/05/17/dangers-of-a-threesome/. Other posts have taken a stab at the best methods for finding a partner — can founders be “matched”:http://gigaom.com/view/question-of-the-day16 to one another? Below is a crib sheet with *tips for what to look for*, […] Read more »
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