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Mobile Rumor: The wPhone Coming? Microsoft Launching Windows Phone in Barcelona
There is some exclusive rumor going around according to PPC Geeks Blog. PPCGeeks is reporting that the a Windows Phone 7 is coming – I call it the wPhone. Note: according to PPCGeeks all the information may not be entirely official, although it’s definitely rumor worthy. It is not uncommon for vendors now to leak ...
Are Mobile Networks Melting? Growth Puts Massive Pressure on Carriers
The recent growth of the iPhone, Android (smartphones in general), and now the iPad has put enormous pressure on carriers and bandwidth – the networks. As the world has come to experience, the mobile web is amazing. Whether checking Facebook, email, or contacting business and family members, it’s a great utility. Here’s the problem: the ...
Techcrunch Blogger Accepts Product for Posts – Fires Under Age Blogger Daniel Brusilovsky
UPDATE: Daniel Brusilovsky wrote a blog post and would not go public with the information that he told me which I have on tape. Daniel’s post is not much of a denial and not much an admission. Let me just say that Daniel’s side was much different than what the Techcrunch post said. UPDATE: I ...
Metaswitch Has New CEO Kevin DeNuccio – A Networking Industry Veteran
Metaswitch Networks today signaled its ambition to become a major telecommunications vendor, with the appointment of successful industry executive Kevin DeNuccio as chief executive officer. Timing is great in that Cisco is in the news with a recent earnings release pumpping up the crowd saying that market is ready for a comeback and today with ...
Juniper Fires At Cisco – Juniper Posts Some Killer Speeds for Core Routing
Juniper Networks (JNPR) is announcing some product news around their high end product that delivers 250Gbps and up to 4 Tbps total capacity to release the pressure for providers experiencing rapid grow in their networks. Today, Juniper Networks is announcing a new generation of silicon that enables customers to quickly, efficiently and non-disruptively upgrade existing ...
Massive Retrenchment and Salesmanship Give Cisco Earnings Bounce
After what some in Silicon Valley have been calling a ” Cisco Lock Down” – term used to describe the rabid focus to reduce expenses, travel restrictions to visit customers, systematic layoff of employees, and countless of restructuring, Cisco is getting a bounce with their latest earnings report – thanks to good operations and sales. ...
Attention Journalism Entrepreneurs: Twitter is Changing the Nature of News Media and Business
I’ve written on countless of times (and being correct of course) that Twitter (and social media) is massively disrupting many industry ecosystems. Today, NY Times writes a great post that completely validates the impact of the social web in their featured story on Twitter by Nick Bilton. Rather than trying to articulate (like many times ...
Google Nexus Closes Gap on IPhone with MultiTouch Capability
Google is announcing new over the air updates to Google Nexus One phones (aka gPhone). Engadget is reporting that Google is also providing multitouch capability – a much sought after feature of the iPhone and now tablets – iPad. I’ve blogged about the 5 reasons why I think the iPad will be successful here. This ...
Dan Rosensweig Takes CEO at Chegg or IPO Bound Chegg That Is
Dan Rosensweig, the former COO of Yahoo and recently the CEO and president of the Guitar Hero division of Activision Blizzard, is taking the CEO job at Chegg as reported by Kara (Ms. Exclusive) Swisher at AllThingsD.com. What Does This Mean? – IPO Bound Chegg Dan Rosensweig was hired to take Chegg public. Chegg is ...
Entrepreneurs Vote on Best VCs – Powered By TheFunded.com
Saw this list at PEHub.com – worthy of publishing. TheFunded.com put out a list of the top 50 most popular venture capitalists. It’s a good benchmark of which VCs are in the flow of deals and activity. In essence it’s the top 50 most engaging VCs in terms of popularity as voted on by entrepreneurs. ...