1. Evernote, Now Playing On Nokia N900 45 minutes ago permalinkEvernote, a Mountain View, Calif.-based start-up that says that Nokia has developed a version of its web service that allows users to capture and store information using the built-in sharing functionality of the device. It is made possible using a plug-in using the Evernote API. 2. Zip Line and Rappelling Adventure in Puerto Vallarta 3 hours ago permalinkA few weeks ago, Kathleen and I went on our first cruise together. It was her fifth and my first, so I got to experience a lot of new things. If time allows, I'll try to write about that in the future. But for now, I want to talk about one of our shore excursions. Our first day in port was in Puerto Vallarta. The weather was absolutely perfect: ... 3. The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Social Search Engine 6 hours ago permalinkThe folks at Aardvark have posted an ambitious paper over on the 'vark blog. Titled after Brin and Page's original “Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Web Search Engine”, the paper presents the Aardvark engine and, in its authors' words: "describes the fundamental differences between the traditional “Library” paradigm of web...
4. Nexus One gets a software update, enables multitouch 13 hours ago permalinkNow that we've thrown 'em off the trail, use the form below to get in touch with the people at Engadget. Please fill in all of the required fields because they're required.
5. Street Scenes of Munich: 7 hours ago permalinkEarlier this month I was invited to conduct an on stage interview with Jason Kilar, chief executive officer of Huluthe DLD conference in Munich. It gave me a chance to visit the city, walk around in bitter cold and look around what is arguably one of the cleanest and quietest cities in the world.
6. Adchemy Makes Advertising Personalized in Real Time 11 hours ago permalinkAdchemy has figured out a way to tweak web ads to make them dramatically more effective. The company performs a crazy real-time technical dance to optimize the ads and landing pages shown to searchers. We visited its new office this week to learn more. 7. Tesla’s Profitability Claim Was The Milli Vanilli of Cleantech 12 hours ago permalink“Profitability” can be a squishy term for startups — until they file for an IPO and deliver, through the SEC, what’s often the first unfiltered snapshot of their financial situation: the S-1. That’s been the case for Tesla Motors, which filed on Friday to raise up to $100 million through an initial public offering. 8. Quirky and The Cone Of Silence 16 hours ago permalinkMy family is tired of hearing me talk about "The Cone Of Silence". This is an electronics product I'd love to have. I am not sure if it can be built with the current state of noise canceling technology, but here is how it would work. 9. Launch: AngelList, a curated list of angel investors 16 hours ago permalinkI’m psyched to announce AngelList, a curated list of super high-quality angel investors. And how to reach them. Investors like Jeff Clavier, Dave McClure, Rob Hayes, Aaron Patzer, Brad Feld, and 50 other investors have already joined. I want to thank all of the angels for taking the time to fill out these extensive profiles. 10. Google Is Wrecking DoubleClick, Says Unhappy Client 16 hours ago permalinkI myself worked for firms that were acquired by Yahoo (YHOO) and AOL (AOL) for preposterous sums before management at the respective companies killed off all the value.
11. Nine out of 10 premium-priced PCs sold at US retail is a Mac 16 hours ago permalinkWindows 7 did little to slow the Mac's sales trajectory during fourth quarter, according to NPD. Year over year, Apple doubled US retail unit share -- from 5 percent to 10 percent -- for PCs selling between $500 and $1,000. More startling, Apple increased its unit share from 79 percent to 90 percent in the market for "premium" PCs, meaning those ...
12. Playing With Foursquare Data 18 hours ago permalinkFoursquare is the new Dodgeball. Which is to say that it is my (and many other people's) method for tracking where we go (and in most cases our social activities). On a daily basis I use the iPhone app to announce some of my whereabouts to friends. I share specifics selectively, but in aggregate my information is shared publicly. (Disclosure: ...
13. Rethinking Open Data 20 hours ago permalinkIn the last year I've been involved in two open data projects, Open New Zealand and data.govt.nz . I believe in learning from experience and I've seen some signs recently that other projects might benefit from my experience, so this post is a recap of what I've learned. It's the byproduct of a summer reflection on my last nine months working in ... 14. When you’re raising money, the competition isn’t the competition 23 hours ago permalink“You have to understand that you are not competing with an abstract notion of what a good investment is. You are competing with the other teams that saw the investor that week. 15. Venture Capital and Age/Experience Discrimination 1 day ago permalinkAt the risk of being provocative, let me state a general and rather counter intuitive rule of Venture Capital: The more experienced and older and entrepreneur is, the harder it is to raise money for anything that isn’t directly related to their previous work history. It’s true. Just ask VCs to describe an entrepreneur and they will ... |
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