Category Archives: Business

The No Story of Forbes

Cover of Cry Baby (Director's Cut) Come on, this is perfectly ok: The technology was of interest to a number of acquirers, including Zappos.com which tried to buy it, and Kumar rounded up a group of angels for its first funding–a $500,000 angel round in August/September 2009. The only problem—another start-up, Like.com, was doing something [...]

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Gatekeepers Make a Lot of Sense

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I love Techdirt. Their cynical writing style is fun to read. Their in-depth knowledge is amazing. But they are missing the point in their post about entertainment industry: Gatekeepers don’t make much sense. Actually they do. In a world where media distribution was complex and expensive, gatekeepers enabled the whole industry to exist. But now, [...]

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Playbook – #Fail

I was really looking forward to see a major company releasing a proper contender to the iPad. RIM looked like the best one to do just that. But Walt has some bad news: “….But that isn’t the biggest distinction between the PlayBook and the other tablets. This first edition of the PlayBook has no built-in [...]

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New Media Roadshow to NY – Last Chance to Apply (HBO, Time inc.,News Corporation)

Image via Wikipedia The Israeli Export Institute, New Media Branch, is organizing a delegation to News Corp and Time Warner. Israeli companies participating in the delegation will meet decision makers in these leading media companies. Key technologies of interest include Internet TV, innovative user interfaces,  multi platform solutions and location based services. The good news [...]

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4 Keys to Quora’s Success

Image via Wikipedia The recently launched Quora grabbed my attention as soon as I started using it. I find myself spending more and more time on this question and answers site and it seems that I am not alone. What makes it so awesome? 1. Authority – I am still amazed with the depth of [...]

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