Apple Aperture Trial Released

November 2, 2006

My plea has been answered.

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CRV QuickMarketing

November 2, 2006

It’s good to see Kedrosky make the obvious point that Charles River’s announcement yesterday of a seed bridge loan program was more of a marketing announcement than a real development. Bridge loans, even (especially?) at the seed stage, are relatively commonplace.

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The HP Saga – Hurd’s Answers Raise More Questions

November 2, 2006

The WSJ reports on written answers submitted by Hurd to questions from the House subcommittee investigating the matter. The questions follow his appearance from the subcommittee on September 28, an appearance that saw him receive a much lighter touch than Patricia Dunn. The questions focus on whether and when Hurd knew that pretexting was used […]

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Videotron on the ABCs of Pricing Bandwidth

November 2, 2006

From the Globe yesterday, some bizarre statements from Videotron on how to finance the bandwidth build-out that will be needed if it’s to profit from IPTV, VoIP and the rest: impose a tariff on the content providers, who are getting a free ride, it seems: With video and music downloads gobbling up Internet bandwidth at […]

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Did iTunes Save The Office?

November 1, 2006

Newsday reports that early success on iTunes might well have saved the show The Office from cancellation.

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TechCrunch Breaks (Yet) Another Tech M&A Story

November 1, 2006

I’m pretty sure that Mike Arrington had the first news of the Reddit – Conde Nast deal. I’ve now lost track of how many M&A deals he’s broken, and I actually can’t remember a time when any one publication had so many exclusives on breaking M&A news in a sector. Is there really any surprise […]

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More on Google – Youtube

October 30, 2006

Mark Cuban has dug up some interesting details on the behind-the-scenes from the Google Youtube deal. Provenance and accuracy unknown, but, as he says, it rings true. And it forebodes interesting times ahead.

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On the Inevitable Commercialization of the ‘Sphere

October 29, 2006

Much has been made in recent months about efforts by commercially-minded folk to hop on the social media bandwagon. Stealth corporate blogs, PayPerPost and other examples come to mind. Today Mathew cites another example of this issue: a cautionary tale that readers – in this case mothers looking for advice – need to be wary […]

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More Questions About MySpace’s Prospects

October 29, 2006

A while ago I wondered how long MySpace could hang on to its visitors. The demographics of those visitors aren’t particularly clear – it may be that a larger proportion of MySpace visitors are adults who really should get out more – but we know at least that many are kids, and as I wrote […]

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Dilbert on Blogging

October 28, 2006

From Scott Adams, a panel on “debate” on the ‘net – surely, commentary on the ‘sphere’s bipolar echo chamber of virulent flaming or congratulatory self-agreement.

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RIM Option Grant Inquiries

October 28, 2006

The WSJ is reporting that “the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission made an “informal inquiry” requesting documents and information related to the company’s stock-option grants and practices.” This development follows news from RIM in September that “it would book charges against past results as a result of recently discovered accounting problems surrounding stock options.”

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A Tech Cluster in Upstate New York?

October 28, 2006

Some time ago Toronto launched ICT Toronto, “An Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Cluster Development Strategy”, a plan to make the Toronto region “one of the five most innovative, creative and productive locations in the world for infotech research, education, business and investment by 2011. I’m a sceptic – I’m dubious that government can achieve […]

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