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Mobile Product Strategy – Get To Market First As A Priority -Mobile Fragmentation Discussion
In a post by Richard Wong from Accel Partners he talks about and shares his opinion on the Mobile space specifically fragmentation. It’s a solid post worth reading. I agree with most of it except Ray’s point about unifying force that he says will never come. Mobile Innovation Cycle I’ve talked about our mobile innovation ...
Exclusive Interview Founder of Juniper Networks Pradeep Sindhu on Future of Cloud and Mobile Networks
At Mobile World Congress #mwc10 Juniper Networks Social Event in Barcelona I had a chance to sit down for an hour with the founder of Juniper Networks Pradeep Sindhu. We talked about network theory in media and in mobile applications as well as the changes in the networking systems. This was the first time that ...
Google Should Buy Skype – Skype Launches App for Nokia Smartphones and Ovi Store
Hey Google, it’s 2010 and this is your wake up call. Buy Skype. If I were at Google corp dev I’d be running those numbers now. Get cracking Google. More on that below back to the news at hand. Today, Skype is announcing that they are making Skype available to more smartphone users – hello ...
Letter From Twitter’s Biz Stone – MicroUpdates From The CoFounder
Here is a letter from Twitter CoFounder Biz Stone. I’m calling it the ‘micro-updates’ to communicate to their community. This is a great sign on top of a good week where Twitter put the stake in the ground and firmly ratifies their commitment to developers. Message microupdate from @biz Biz Stone Hi there, In the ...
Mobile Innovation = Data; Why Millennial Media Was SMART in Buying TapMetrics
Mobile World Congress (#mwc10) was a great trip last week. One thing was crystal clear mobile everything (networking gear, operators, developers, devices, and services) is all about applications. In previous years Mobile World Congress was about the mobile Internet, but this year it was all about apps. This is why it’s exciting to see Millennial ...
Slideshare Founders Talk About Entrepreneurship
Jonathan Boutelle and Rashmi Sinha, founders of the presentation-sharing site SlideShare, describe the entrepreneurial process as a series of pivots. Boutelle explains it’s not just a jump, but an evolving growth of stages that leads to an idea that can start a business. From there, Sinha says that focused execution keeps the vision moving forward. ...
Bang Bang: Cisco Dumps HP As Certified Partner HP Returns Fire With Deal with Qlogic
Update: Immediately following my report Cisco put out an official statement on the terminating their relationship with HP. Reason: conflicting visions. I got confirmation today from someone inside Cisco that an internal memo went out announcing that Cisco is dumping HP as a certified partner. Concurrent with the Cisco internal memo HP makes a move ...
Innovation Is Going Mobile – Skype and Verizon Change The Game
I’ve arrived at Mobile World Congress and the news has hit about Skype and Verizon teaming up for unlimited calls on Verizon’s smartphone. I’ll be seeing the Skype folks tomorrow for a briefing, but the news is awesome. Here is the news (note this was a joint release by both companies): At the 2010 Mobile ...
Breaking News: Juniper Network Throws Down Big "Judo" Move On Cisco and Opens Up to be “The Google of Networking”
Bang! Big move by Juniper. Juniper Networks is making a big move in the networking market and its’ mobile war with Cisco. Today, Juniper is announcing the formation of a software division business group, headed by executive vice president and general manager, Manoj Leelanivas to focus on service provider innovation. Also, they are moving key ...
Google Launches Competitor to Twitter Then Facebook – Called Google Buzz
Google announces Social Web product – Twitter Killer Then Facebook Killer. As you know we cover the social web in depth here at SiliconAngle and this announcement was something we were watching. Why? Because many were wondering how Google would respond to Facebook and Twitter. What’s impressive is how Google is thinking about this…. the ...
