1. Six Things to Expect at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show  permalink

Six Things to Expect at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show
Kevin C. Tofel / GigaOMTech

The wildest week in consumer electronics gets underway this week with the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, in Las Vegas. Sure there will be tablets and 3-D TVs galore, but I expect several other products to make a splash on the mobile world this week.

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Six Things to Expect at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show Honeycomb Needs Powerful Chip, Screen   —  Google's new Android Honeycomb tablet OS will require a dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor to run properly, said Bobby Cha, managing director of Korean consumer electronics firm Enspert.

2. J.P. Morgan: Global E-Commerce Revenue To Grow By 19 Percent In 2011 To $680B  permalink

J.P. Morgan: Global E-Commerce Revenue To Grow By 19 Percent In 2011 To $680B
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With e-commerce spending performing well over the past holiday season, retailers are hoping this trend will continue into 2011. J.P. Morgan senior analyst Imran Kahn has released his annual report forecasting trends for the New Year that includes a number of positive projections for the e-commerce industry. The report forecasts that e-commerce ...

3. App-y Holidays: iOS Gorged, Android Stuffed, RIM Got Leftovers, Windows Phone Went Hungry  permalink

App-y Holidays: iOS Gorged, Android Stuffed, RIM Got Leftovers, Windows Phone Went Hungry
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There has already been plenty of data out there suggesting that Apple had a monster holiday season. We'll know for sure in a few weeks when they announced their earnings. For now though, we have to go by what third-party developers are seeing when it comes to app download numbers. And one company, Flixster , has given us some key details of how ...

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App-y Holidays: iOS Gorged, Android Stuffed, RIM Got Leftovers, Windows Phone Went Hungry Apple Holds Smartphone Lead, But Android Is Gaining   —  While Android surges among new smartphone buyers, Apple iOS continues to hold on to the overall marketshare lead, though still within spitting distance of a fading BlackBerry OS and a hard-charging Android OS, according to the latest figures from the Nielsen Company.

4. Austin Ventures  permalink

Austin Ventures
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Austin Ventures has worked with talented entrepreneurs to build valuable companies for nearly twenty-five years. With $3.9 billion under management, AV is the most active venture capital and growth equity firm in Texas. With an investment focus on business services and supply chain, financial services, media and information services, software and ...

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5. Are Facebook and Goldman Sachs Reinflating the Bubble?  permalink

Are Facebook and Goldman Sachs Reinflating the Bubble?
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Goldman Sachs is reportedly investing $450 million in Facebook, giving the social networking company a theoretical market valuation of $50 billion and positioning it for what seems like an inevitable IPO. That may be good for Facebook and Goldman, but will it be good for investors?

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Are Facebook and Goldman Sachs Reinflating the Bubble? DealBook   —  Goldman Sachs has reached out to its wealthy private clients, offering them a chance to invest in Facebook, the hot social networking giant that is considering a possible public offering in 2012, according to people familiar with the matter.

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What does Goldman's investment in Facebook mean?   —  Facebook has raised $500 million in new "venture capital" at a $50 billion valuation, according to a report late last night from DealBook. Not sure if the $50 billion is a pre-money or post-money mark, but I'm also not sure if such niggling details matter at such a nose-bleedingly high stratosphere.