Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 27-07-2009
Verizon executives Monday reiterated plans to offer the Palm Pre and to build its own app store, as the wireless carrier attempts to generate some smart-phone buzz of its own.
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Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 27-07-2009
My recent trip with the Traveling Geeks to the UK was an intense week consisting of many events and meetings with European startups, government agencies, conferences, panels, and some remarkable experiences.
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Filed Under (Small Business) by Admin on 26-07-2009
Sitting in my office here in Leamington, Ontario Canada ( just 30 miles ’south’ of Detroit, Michigan - sounds odd I know), I reflect on how the web has changed the way I do business and in return strengthened my brand. Ten years ago, my market was essentially within a 2 1/2 hour drive of here - North America’s industrial heartland. I marketed traditionally which is to say totally offline except the token brochure website. Those efforts brought me a comfortable living.
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Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 25-07-2009
SpinVox criticized reports that its voicemail-transcription service is done by humans, saying that workers don’t touch messages unless the technology can’t recognize a word.
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Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 25-07-2009
[Matt Grimshaw is the Editorial Director of the Semiconductor Technical Journal; Future Fab International (www.future-fab.com). This week Matt writes about the Semicon West show for chip equipment makers. I remember when Semicon West used to be a huge show, it would regularly outgrow its venues.]
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Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 24-07-2009
Filed Under (Ventures) by Admin on 24-07-2009
Forbes India has an article on how the investor group led by former Pepsi India head Ramesh Vangal is the latest one to struggle to gain control of the Tamil Nadu-based community bank TMB.In TMBs Tuticorin headquarters sits an equally worried-looking man. Managing Director Nagamal Reddy wants to take a slew of decisions to respond to economic challenges and nudge the business forward. TMB needs 
Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 24-07-2009
As people abandon blogs for the visceral thrill and trill of Twitter there is something that many might not have considered about the real-time web.
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Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 23-07-2009
AT&T devoted some time on this morning’s earnings call assuring Wall Street that iPhone customers will stick around, even if (or when) it isn’t the Apple device’s exclusive U.S. carrier after the deal expires next year.
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Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 23-07-2009