Image: AP Vitaliy Katsenelson The Boulevard of Broken Charts VALUEx Vail 2011 I am back! Microsoft Just Pulled Another “Microsoft” with its Purchase of Skype Quarterly Letter – Q1 2011 – Part 1 See Also: 13 Perks Wall Street Banks Use To Lure Their Clients GOSSIP: Today’s Wall Street Buzz In 60 Seconds Some...
Image: Lifehacker Whitson Gordon Five Best Set-Top Boxes for On-Demand Video Top 10 Simple Privacy Tricks Everyone Should Use Become the Memorial Day Grill Master Protecting your privacy on the internet these days seems like a hefty undertaking, but there are a few things you can do to protect your privacy with just the...
Annoying trees blocking Larry’s view. Image: Ellison v Von Bothmer case file, via WSJ See Also: Who Are Microsoft, Oracle, And HP Most Likely To Buy Next? Larry Ellison has a house in Pacific Heights in San Francisco that he bought in 1988 for $3.9 million. It’s a huge house–10,000+ square feet–with sweeping views...
Once again, Apple is late to the party. A hot new product is taking the industry by storm, destined to be the ‘next big thing’ and Apple stays silent, letting the other players in the market duke it out to be first on the scene. Meanwhile, pundits and analysts begin to mutter, then cry,...
Earlier this week, I took part in Infinity Ventures Summit (IVS) Spring 2011 in Sapporo , a two-day, invitation-only event that takes place twice a year in Japan. IVS attracted over 400 people from the domestic and international web industry this time and is organized...
No other company has managed to capture the imagination of consumers in the way that Apple has, not just in the smartphone market but as a retailer in general – other brands would kill for the loyalty and genuine excitement that Apple’s customers have for its products and services. With the iPhone, Apple changed...
Thanks to Kickstarter, the idea of crowd-funding a creative project is nothing new. Post- Cory Doctorow, the notion that an established author might convince his fans to pay upfront for a special edition of an as-yet unpublished book is hardly earth-shattering. And, following the launch of Byliner, even the launch of a digital-only publishing...
Thanks to Kickstarter, the idea of crowd-funding a creative project is nothing new. Post- Cory Doctorow, the notion that an established author might convince his fans to pay upfront for a special edition of an as-yet unpublished book is hardly earth-shattering. And, following the launch of Byliner, even the launch of a digital-only publishing...
Well known US VC house Greylock Partners is launching a brand new $160 million fund aimed at internet technology companies, with the fund being deployed between Europe and Israel. Greylock is best known for its stakes in Facebook, Groupon and LinkedIn and European investments including Wonga. Greylock’s move will be a shot in the...