At last week’s Web 2.0 Summit — the annual convention that has come to represent the new web boom –- a leading web industry journalist asked me if green technology was here to stay, or if it is just another fad that would die at… Read More »
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MySpace Music, a new music service from the social networking company and a consortium of big music labels, is expected to debut soon. But it’s entering an arena already filled with well-entrenched players; how can it possibly hope to compete? Read More »
Recently I had a conversation with a Found|READ contributor about common pitfalls founders face. (Hint: I found this image of the Perfection Monster on the web.) Sure, perfectionists are annoying, but he addressed the dangers of such aspirations in a way that is especially… Read More »
It is still not clear what is going to happen to Xohm, Sprint’s planned WiMAX service. Will it be put on ice, or will it become part of a new company with backing from Silicon Valley giants like Intel? One thing is becoming… Read More »
On Friday night TechCrunch, VentureBeat, Read/WriteWeb and GigaOM cosponsored the 2007 Crunchies awards in San Francisco. It was a great event, and in case you couldn’t attend, you can catch the video here. The line-up of finalists in categories like ‘best bootstrapped startup’, ‘Best use of… Read More »
Our weekly wrap-up of stuff you need to read, or bookmark for future reference. This week we’ve got stabs at various aspects of leadership — and in two cases, examples of what not to do. Several others come out of an email blast we got from… Read More »
We’ve followed the ups and downs at electric car company, Tesla Motors, over the last year. We got hyped like everyone as the startup’s celebrity line-up and fattening coffers was chronicled across the blogosphere. (It’s $140 million in funding with… Read More »
Blake Ross, one of the more high profile members of the Firefox team, has been quietly working on a new start up for a while. He has been successful in keep the wraps on his new startup, Parakey, but now it seems is close to… Read More »
* Cingular has just released Treo 650 Business 2.0: Like many other Treo fans, had been looking forward to the new 650. It boasted Bluetooth wireless, a much-improved screen, and a keyboard that was a delight to type on. Would it be worth dropping… Read More »
Woke-up this morning, to find a strange email from GBlog. For a minute I thought, perhaps Google folks are launching yet another blogging software. Didn’t make sense, given that they spent so much money buying up Blogger. I did a little checking and realized it… Read More »
With all the phones coming out every second day, I am delighted to point you to a special report compiled by my pal Jon Gales who runs MobileTracker.net, (and incidentally designed GigaOM). This is a one stop read on the very latest in cell phones… Read More »
