Last week Joost confirmed that former Cisco high-runner Mike Volpi will become the CEO. While its always good news to get a high-profile CEO, there is more to this – I think Joost is positioning itself to be a future acquisition. Think about it. In May Viacom, CBS, Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, and the Chinese [...]
Archive of entries posted on June 2007
DIRECTV and EchoStar join Clearwire for some Triple-Play
DIRECTV and EchoStar, two Satellite TV providers, are about to boost their firepower in their fight against the cable companies, who have been giving the Satellite TV providers a good beating with attractively-priced triple-play package of video, phone and high speed Internet . Today, Clearwire, an upstart WiMAX provider, made a cross-selling marketing agreement iwth [...]
Are Tech Blogs losing Steam?
Heather Green had an insightful article indicating that Blogging Growth may be Peaking and it inspired me to look at some Alexa traffic stats. I decided to look at the traffic trends for some of the most popular tech blogs out there: Engadget, Boing Boing, Gizmodo, and Techcrunch Guess What! Lo and behold, statistics indicate [...]
Babelgum is chewing on Internet TV
Joost, (the other Internet TV business) has company. Check out Babelgum beta, another peer-to-peer Internet TV service that is open for beta testing. The current content is limited, but there’s a good amount of professionally created niche content related to: Like Joost, the service requires a downloaded client to view the ad-supported channels. I tried [...]
4 Reasons you wont have Skype on Cell phones anytime soon
Skype has been an amazing success in the wireline domain, with over 171 million registered users, availability in 28 languages, and a large eco-system of WiFi handsets and Cordless Phones (Netgear WiFi Phone), Telecom gateways (iSkoot), and ATA/Gateways (VoSky). However, Skype has a very limited presence on cellular networks. Its not for lacking of trying [...]
iPhone launch on June 29 is Smart Strategy
Everyone knows that the Apple iPhone is launching on June 29th right? If you didn’t, check iPhone fanatics day and thousands of other blogs, so you know when to camp the night outside an apple store. Debuting the iPhone is another great strategy from Apple. First, by launching on a Friday, Apple will maximize the [...]
Crazy Patents – Some Inventors Don’t Read Their Patents
This is a hilarious example of an inventor not reading a patent filing before it is filed. Here’s claim 9: 9. The method of providing user interface displays in an image forming apparatus which is really a bogus claim included amongst real claims, and which should be removed before filing; wherein the claim is included [...]
Skype’s Wireless Strategy – Complaining
Skype is well known for its innovative technology and low cost strategy that has propelled it to be a VoIP darling. And I am a big fan of Skype. However, Skype has had difficulty in cracking the wireless (cellular) industry, so Skype has adopted a unique strategy – Complaining. Skype petitioned the FCC (the Federal [...]
Why Google should purchase Zvents or Eventful
A few days ago, Google Calendar introduced a new feature called Calendar ‘Galley’ that contains a variety of event listings from the likes of Atlantic Records, Cordless Recordings, Disney, Eventful, JamBase, Orbitz, the NBA, Netflix, The New York Times, TLC, Wcities, and Zvents. This makes it easy for one to find an event and add [...]
