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Co-Enterpreneuring Is The New Black – Peer Entrepreneurship Works In Recessions
Mark ‘Rizzn’ Hopkins has a great post worth highlighting some of the co-working space in Texas. I have to admit that I love this post, and that I’m a bit biased toward it for three reasons. 1) Mark is a lead editor of Silicon Angle, 2) He lives in Texas which I love, and 3) ...
It’s Time for Webmail Giants to Open the Checkbook to Make Email Relevant Again – Is It The “Social Inbox?”
The Gmail news today about their new email features got me thinking about the Future of Email. Where is the real innovation in email? From the beginning of "web time" experts like Ester Dyson (and others) have always said that the the killer app of the Web is email. In 2007 Esther took a look ...
Google Further Along in Future of Search Than Most People Know
Rob Hof, editor at Businessweek, nails the real deal behind the Google Searchology event yesterday. After reviewing the coverage, it is very clear that Google is far ahead of the pack in all the right areas. While everyone talks about “Twitter this and Twitter that”, Google is building the next big features. They have all ...
Intel Facing Massive Fine $1 Billion for AntiCompetitive Practices Against AMD
NY Times is reporting that Intel is likely to face massive charges of anti-competitive behavior in Europe against AMD. European antitrust regulators, which have been aggressively pursuing what they see as anticompetitive practices among technology companies, could impose their largest fine ever in a market-dominance case against the chip maker Intel. The size of the ...
No Money Flowing – Dixon Doll and Dan Primack on CNBC Talking Venture Problems & Solutions
My friend Dan Primack has a blog post on the problems and solutions for venture capital. More interesting is Dan’s appearance on CNBC with Dixon Doll a very well respected VC. I appreciate Dixon because he built up his own VC business from the ground up. I am in the same situation here at SiliconAngle. ...
Recession + Flawed Ad Model = #Fail
Barry Diller’s IAC is losing money. This isn’t a shock at all. We’ve been pushing our Angle on the ad models that are emerging and yelling at the top of our blog-lungs that the old way is toast. This is an opportunity for "radical innovators". IAC recorded a first-quarter loss as revenue fell 22 percent ...
Umair Haque Talks About BreakDown of Music Value Chains
Umair Haque runs a media lab and often writes about important paradigm shifts around new media and the social web. Many (including myself) have been following Umair and his analysis. In this video we’ve posted below on "radical innovators," Umair lays out the framework for some innovation. Umair has been documenting these trends on his ...
Google Android 1.5 Offers Backward Compatibility For Applications
Google Android operating system is pushing out backward compatibility. The game is early and with the iPhone with a commanding lead don’t count out the GPhone and Android. Android is not only about the iPhone but settop boxes. Many sources close to SiliconAngle Labs say that the settop work will be just as compelling – ...
Google’s Angle on Cloud Computing
Google enterprise team is actively pushing out their "Angle" on what they mean by Cloud Computing. Very informative. Editors Note: SiliconAngle Labs has been actively playing with Google’s open APIs and AppEngine and think Google is doing some good work. We have also been doing some work around evaluating this "operating at scale" verses building ...
IBM Endorses Brocade Big Time with Strategic OEM Deal for Networking Gear – Datacenter Wars Begin
Update: @Omarsultan from Cisco replied to me via email and said that Cisco is in a quiet period with earnings coming so "No Comment" for now. So after earnings I expect Cisco to be firing on all social media cylinders. I’m sure Cisco will have a good Angle on this. Cisco is building a strong ...
