Archive for March, 2008
“The Future is Web Services, Not Web Sites”
Posted under Business, Coding, DRM, Developers, Hollywood, IPTV, Mash Ups, Music, Start Ups, UrbanTech, Venture Capital, Web Services, web2.0 on Monday, 31 March 2008 by admin
I recently read an interesting article about web services, and how "The Future is Web Services, Not Web Sites", and I must admit, it put a big smile on my face. As most of you know, several start up I have been involved with in last few years have pretty much "bet the house" on web services. Look...
freeprojectmanager.com adds new features for freelancers and small business owners
Posted under Uncategorized on Monday, 24 March 2008 by admin
Freeprojectmanager.com released application upgrades last week, this includes RSS feeds for projects, Skype "Status" support for team presence, increased file upload size, contact importing from service like MSN, Hotmail, & Gmail. We also increased the user licenses for the FREE account...
WHO SAYS THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS DEAD!
Posted under Business, Hip Hop, Hollywood, Ipod, Music, Sales & Marketing, Start Ups, UrbanTech, web2.0 on Sunday, 23 March 2008 by admin
As I prepare my presentation for Urban Network, I cant help but to ponder about all the critics and analyst who keep saying the music industry is dead, this that and the other. But yet there is are clear indications (no not Apple) that money can, and will be made. Look at Harry Fox, they...
SplashCast Corp Closes $4 million Series A
Posted under CheeseTrail, Hollywood, IPTV, P2P, Start Ups, Venture Capital, Video, web2.0 on Saturday, 22 March 2008 by admin
SplashCast Corp. has raised a $4 million Series A round of funding with a business plan to blend advertising and the viral effects of social media. The company boasts on it site that it has served some 260 million videos. "Brands have to do that if they want to stay relevant to that younger...
Sprint Posts Latest Quarterlies, OTA Totals Remain Lukewarm
Posted under Business, Developers, Mobile, Sales & Marketing, Urban, UrbanTech, Venture Capital on Saturday, 22 March 2008 by techmatrix
Will mobile-based, over-the-air (OTA) downloads become a meaningful market in the United States? Just recently, Sprint Nextel delivered its third quarter results, which included the latest tallies from its full-track Sprint Music Store. The company disclosed a cumulative total of 6...
Clearleap closes $9M To Bring IP Distributed Video To TV’s
Posted under Bay Area, CheeseTrail, IPTV, Start Ups, Valley Swag, Venture Capital, web2.0 on Tuesday, 18 March 2008 by admin
With a fresh $9 million in Series A round of funding, Clearleap Inc.’s concept is in its name - clear online video content leaping from the computer to the television. The start up company develops technologies that will expand viewer options for “what’s on TV,â€...
Guy Kawasaki Calls Steve Ballmer Racist at MIX08 Show in Las Vegas
Posted under Business, Coding, Design, Developers, Mash Ups, Sales & Marketing, UrbanTech, Web Services, web2.0 on Saturday, 8 March 2008 by admin
Legendary Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Guy Kawasaki Kicked off Day two Keynote with a joke accusing Steve Ballmer being a racist, according to Guy, it must be the only reason why Steve didn’t hire him at Microsoft in 87’ when he applied, and thus why he ended up at Apple (and did...
MIX 08-software is going through “reconceptualizationâ€
Posted under Business, Coding, DRM, Design, Developers, Hollywood, Mash Ups, Music, Start Ups, UrbanTech, Valley Swag, Web Services on Saturday, 8 March 2008 by admin
MIX08 got off with a BIG BANG today with what looked like a full house (roughly 900-1200 people in the keynote). Ray Ozzie kicked off the event and shared his vision for how Web developers and designers can deliver seamless rich media experiences across web applications, rich desktop clients and...
Live from Mix08-URBANTECH
Posted under Business, Coding, DRM, Design, Developers, Gadgets, Hollywood, Mash Ups, Social Networking, UrbanTech, Web Services on Tuesday, 4 March 2008 by admin
The anticipation is building here in our offices for the MIX08 show in Las Vegas. I am looking forward to seeing the lastest and greatest MASH UPS with Live.com Silverlight, and the new features in Visual Studio, SQL 2008, and Windows Server 2008.
MIX 08 Keynotes from
Steven A. Ballmer, Chief...
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