Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 28-10-2009
Marshall Kirkpatrick at ReadWriteWeb writes about Eric Schmidt’s predictions about the future of the Internet, delivered at a Gartner conference.
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Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 27-10-2009
Geeks and ghouls rejoice: the Internet has come up with a way to boost your Halloween haul.
The folks at Zillow.com have created their first Trick or Treat Housing Index, which draws on the sites real estate data to determine the top-five neighborhoods in Seattle and Los Angeles to maximize candy intake this Saturday.
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Filed Under (Ventures) by Admin on 27-10-2009
Edited extracts from the press release: Deccan Healthcare, an innovative products company in the Indian health and wellness market, has received a Rs 15 crore investment from Nexus Venture Partners. Sandeep Singhal of Nexus Ventures will join the Deccan Healthcare board.Deccan Healthcare has developed, through intensive R&D, a variety of nutraceutical products which boost immunity and 
Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 27-10-2009
Megan Taylor over at PBS’ MediaShift writes about the challenges of getting programmers and journalists to work together.
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Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 26-10-2009
and David Kesmodel
Amazon.com has ended a trial program to sell wine online, the company confirmed.
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Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 24-10-2009
and David Kesmodel
Amazon.com has ended a trial program to sell wine online, the company confirmed.
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Filed Under (Small Business) by Admin on 24-10-2009
Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 24-10-2009
Microsoft is facing many challenges but it is still an incredible cash machine. Revenue for its first fiscal quarter, which included deferred revenues of $1.47 billion was $14.39 billion, a slight decline of 4 per cent compared with the year ago period. Operating income was $4.48 billion.
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Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 23-10-2009
Microsoft posted an 18% drop in fiscal first-quarter earnings, as revenue fell 14%.
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Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 23-10-2009
Hat tip to Danny Sullivan for pointing out the above panel at Web 2.0 Summit, which featured Robert Thomson, Wall Street Journal chief, and Marrissa Mayer head of search products at Google, plus Martin Nisenholtz, The New York Times Company, and Eric Hippeau from the Huffington Post, moderated by John Battelle. Title: “Whither Journalism.”
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