Eric Schmidt, Google's CEO, Confident DoubleClick Deal Will Be Approved (Search Engine Land)
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Monday, October 22, 2007
Friday, October 19, 2007
Vinod Khosla Shares His Portfolio
Excerpt:
"Vinod Khosla gave a speech down at Sand Hill Road yesterday in which he offered the most detailed description of his portfolio companies that we’ve heard. Breaking it down into four categories — the war on oil, the war on coal, efficiency and materials — he discussed at least 32 portfolio companies that he hopes will shape the future of energy and fight climate change. He showed off a list of 26 companies in March."
http://earth2tech.com/2007/10/19/vinod-khosla-shares-his-portfolio/
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Live: Bill Gates keynote launching new Microsoft communication platform
Live: Bill Gates keynote launching new Microsoft communication platform
Excerpt:
"Refresh this page for continuous updates from San Francisco, where Microsoft (MSFT) is launching Office Communications Server 2007 and a fleet of other products that the company says will revolutionize the way businesses communicate. The basic idea: the company wants to bring software to phone calls in a way that will make tasks like conference call setup and call forwarding as simple as routing e-mail."
http://bigtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2007/10/16/live-bill-gates-keynote-launching-new-microsoft-communication-platform/
Executive Suite: MySpace's CEO took big merger in stride - USA Today
Executive Suite: MySpace's CEO took big merger in stride - USA Today
Excerpt:
"Q: How does the culture at News Corp. differ?
A: They probably don't spend 70% of their day online. People in the media business, whether it's talent agencies or film companies, make phone calls or have their assistants make phone calls. At MySpace, most communication is IM (instant messaging), e-mail or text messaging. I'm not sure every 45-year-old would feel comfortable developing a profile for a social network and putting their lives out there. Everyone at MySpace feels very comfortable doing that. The average age at MySpace is mid-20s, certainly a younger demographic than at News Corp. But Fox has some pretty edgy content: The Simpsons, The Family Guy, Napoleon Dynamite. They have the perception of being an older, conservative company, but they foster incredibly edgy content for a youth culture. Our site, on the other hand, has gone more mainstream."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20071015/tc_usatoday/executivesuitemyspacesceotookbigmergerinstride;_ylt=Ai5pZsRdg.6fPf.CWmcdKBME1vAI
Friday, October 12, 2007
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Cerf on the Net
Cerf on the Net
Excerpt:
"More than 30 years ago, Vint Cerf and colleague Robert Kahn - performing research sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - created the core standards that allow computers across the globe to link together.
The two men developed the transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP) suite, a stack of networking protocols that forms the Internet's foundation. Ultimately their work revolutionized how citizens, businesses and governments use and share information."
http://www.govtech.com/gt/148598?topic=117699
Two GigaOm Shows: Andreessen, Gadgets, Long Tail and a Charming ... - All Things Digital
Two GigaOm Shows: Andreessen, Gadgets, Long Tail and a Charming ... - All Things Digital
Excerpt:
"Last week, Om Malik and his co-host, Joyce Kim, interviewed a bunch of folks while attending the TechCrunch40 conference, including the tracksuit-wearing, shaved-head-sporting Marc Andreessen (don’t get us wrong, we like the look)."
http://kara.allthingsd.com/20071009/two-gigaom-shows-andreessen-gadgets-long-tail-and-a-charming-microsoft-dude/
Michael Dell insulted Apple ten years ago, eats his words today
Michael Dell insulted Apple ten years ago, eats his words today
Excerpt:
"10 years ago, around ‘97/’98, Apple and Dell were worth about the same. It was then that Michael Dell was asked what he would do if he were CEO of Apple.
“What would I do? I’d shut it down,” replied Michael Dell, “and give the money back to the shareholders.”
10 years later, he’s forced to eat his own words as Apple’s market capitalization, $140.4 billion, is more than double that of Dell’s, $62.27 billion."
http://mac.blorge.com/2007/10/08/michael-dell-insulted-apple-ten-years-ago-eats-his-words-today/
Future of Web Apps - Malik and Arrington
Future of Web Apps - Malik and Arrington
Excerpt:
"Would you encourage people to build specifically for the iPhone? Arrington: be aware of it. Bricking has come into the conversation. Malik has an iPhone and a BlackBerry and he uses BlackBerry for email; it's a different use case. Arrington says that the iPhone is ubiquitous in San Francisco right now.
Malik - San Francisco isn't the centre of the universe. I don't like what Steve Jobs is pulling by locking phones - why work on a platform where the guys don't want it to be open? The Google Phone is aimed at emerging markets; it's the Chrysler , iPhone is the high-end."
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/10/03/future_of_web_apps_malik_and_arrington.html
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Steve Ballmer still doesn’t understand social networking
Steve Ballmer still doesn’t understand social networking
Excerpt:
"A few years ago I wrote to Microsoft’s leadership and asked them why they weren’t involved in the new Web 2.0 space. I got an answer back that was about 2,000 words long and included the words “business value” 13 times. Translation: Microsoft’s leadership thought that Web 2.0 and social software like Flickr didn’t have business value and was too much of a potential fad to invest in.
Glad to see that Steve Ballmer, Microsoft’s CEO, is consistent. Notes that Geocities lost most of its value after being acquired by Yahoo and says “it had most of what Facebook has.” Let’s come back to that point in a second.
The thing is that Ballmer has bought into the advertising hype too. I remember when Microsoft’s President, Kevin Johnson, came to our group when I worked at Microsoft and explained that the advertising industry is 10x the size of the software industry and that he was going to steer Microsoft more into an advertising-driven business rather than just one that made its revenues from selling software. Translation: Microsoft was going to compete more with Google, Yahoo, and other companies going after the advertising pie."
http://scobleizer.com/2007/10/02/steve-ballmer-still-doesnt-understand-social-networking/
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