Evening Relaxation: Welcoming Gaga to Google

Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 25-03-2011

Pop star Lady Gaga might not seem like the most logical choice to give a talk to the engineers at Google. But that’s what makes this Q&A video from the tech giant so fun.

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Profile of wireless home theater system firm Snap

Filed Under (Ventures) by Admin on 25-03-2011

Business Today recently published a profile of Snap Networks, a Bangalore-based maker of an innovative wireless home theater audio system , which is is seeking to raise $3-5 million in venture funding.The sound system, branded Violet, consists of a set of five wireless speakers, a sub woofer, a transmitter, a micro controller and a remote control. But the coolness factor stands on two legs: one

How To Defend Your Brand!

Filed Under (Small Business) by Admin on 25-03-2011

One of my clients is having new signage put in front of their manufacturing facility. They’ve had three sign contractors bid and present concepts as to how the brand image will be applied. I was amazed at how little effort was placed on maintaining the integrity of the logo. To make it fit they broke [...]

Is Curation A Flash In The Pan?

Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 25-03-2011

It’s clear that the interest of Internet users can be very fickle indeed. Sites and services can have sudden boosts of popularity and then pretty much disappear from view.

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Color App: A New Frontier In Social Networking Privacy

Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 24-03-2011

Color, a new app, launches Thursday with the goal of re-inventing the idea of social networking for the smartphone era. Now the question is whether users are ready for its notion of privacy.

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Creating a hub for your company – Where are people going to find your information

Filed Under (Small Business) by Admin on 24-03-2011

Companies often face difficulties when determining which outlets they will utilize to broadcast information. Ideally, a companys information would be broadcast directly from one spot or hub to the source. In most cases, however, companies maintain several entities on the Web such as social networking sites and blogs. Companies must execute a successful strategy [...]

Color: A $41m Bet On A Radical Social Mobile App

Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 24-03-2011

Last week I was in Palo Alto, drenched by torrential rains but happy to catchup with serial entrepreneur Bill Nguyen and hear about his remarkable new startup Color, which today launched its iPhone and Android based mobile app.

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App Developers’ Strategies to Get Noticed

Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 23-03-2011

and Shayndi Raice

Even as more consumers own smartphones that can download apps, developers need to be more creative to stand out among the hundreds of thousands of other apps.

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Google Opens African Startup Incubator Umbono

Filed Under (Silicon Valley) by Admin on 23-03-2011

Nur Bremmen reporting on Memburn writes that Google has chosen Cape Town in South Africa for a pilot startup incubator called Umbono - Zulu for vision, sight or idea.

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Intel Exec Departs Amid Mobile Disappointments

Filed Under (Wall Street) by Admin on 22-03-2011

Intel
Anand Chandrasekher

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