By Tom on Nov 25, 2009 in web2.0 | 0 Comments
Venture Capital Today: Key Numbers to Remember
Nov 24, 2009 –
If you’re an entrepreneur who is looking to bring your business to the next level, venture capital is often a smart and logical choice. However, securing investment is no easy task. That’s why it’s important to research [...]
By TomM on Jan 25, 2009 in web2.0 | 1 Comment
TechCrunch is reporting that Twitter has raised more funds, this time with a $250 million valuation. Last fall, Facebook was said to have made an offer to buy Twitter worth as much as $500 million.
That certainly would be a boon for Twitter, which until now has not shown signs of a viable [...]
By Tom on Dec 15, 2008 in web2.0 | 2 Comments
Within 100 days of launching Chrome – Google has lifted the BETA tag from the product.
On the Google Blog, Chrome is listed to have reached more than 10 million active users around the world (on all seven continents, no less) and released 14 updates to the product. We’re excited to announce that with today’s fifteenth [...]
By Tom on Sep 6, 2008 in web2.0 | 6 Comments
Here is a quick summary of Google’s progression over the last 10 years presented by Fortune on Cnnmoney.com. Its hard to believe 10 years has past since Larry and Sergey started out of a garage in Menlo Park. Congrats to Google for their success and many years of success to come.
I just want to review [...]
By Tom Maduri on Sep 2, 2008 in web2.0 | 5 Comments
Google Chrome, rumored since 2004, was formally announced on the Google blog over the Labour day weekend. The oddly timed announcement was forced after Google prematurely sent out a comic book drawn up to herald the new browser’s arrival to some media outlets
Many are considering this a direct shot at Microsoft, which [...]
By Tom Maduri on Aug 18, 2008 in web2.0 | 1 Comment
An interview with Tom Davenport, Professor of Information Technology & Management, Babson College. While some elements of Google’s success as innovator would be very hard to emulate, others can be profitably adopted by almost any business.
Tags: business, davenport, google, harvard, innovate
By Bentley on Aug 11, 2008 in web2.0 | 1 Comment
Just in case you’ve been under a rock of late — visit http://www.cuil.com/info/
Started by some ex-googlers, they are already marketing themselves as the largest search engine in the world (given its claim of indexing 120 billion Web pages).
On launch day , I tried to search for the Canadian Prime Minister – Stephen Harper – with [...]
By koshy on Jan 31, 2008 in web2.0 | 0 Comments
It really seems that social networking in the US has started to slow.
Ante’s perspective on Comscore data
A refreshing view on the Social Networking space written by Chris Williams of The Register
I know that the long tail applies to content. Given the shear amount of pitches I see on a weekly basis for start up [...]