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MySpace Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn On His Way Out After 9 Months On The Job
MySpace Chief Product Officer Jason Hirschhorn will soon be leaving the company, we've heard from multiple sources. Hirschhorn joined MySpace in April 2009 as part of the major executive shakeup that replaced the old guard, including long-time CEO Chris DeWolfe. After current CEO Owen Van Natta was chosen,...
On Monday evening I received a phone call from someone I trust who told me that one of our interns had asked for compensation in exchange for a blog post. Specifically, this intern had allegedly asked for a Macbook Air in exchange for a post about a startup. After an investigation...
Siri’s IPhone App Puts A Personal Assistant In Your Pocket
After nearly a year in development and $24 million in venture capital, Siri is finally ready to bring its personal assistant to the iPhone. Siri brings a conversational interface to the iPhone which allows you to ask it to perform tasks for you such as find a French restaurant...
As It Celebrates Its Sixth Birthday, Facebook Surges To 400 Million Users
It's been six years to the day that Facebook launched, and the company's massive growth is showing no signs of slowing down. Minutes ago, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a note to the site's blog celebrating the milestone. In it, he says that Facebook will cross...
iPhone Still Dominates Foursquare Usage; Android, BlackBerry Up And Coming
Foursquare is growing fast. Real fast. Traffic may be up as much as threefold over the past two months. But how are people actually using it? The main Foursquare account tweeted out stats today that give a nice breakdown of usage. It's just over a seven day span, but given that...
Huddle Takes Top Prize At Microsoft’s SharePoint SocialFest
Last week, Microsoft invited seven BizSpark startups from around the world to a special event called the SharePoint 2010 SocialFest. Each company was invited to spend the week working in close collaboration with Microsoft SharePoint team members, as they tried to take their existing products and see how they...
Startup Weekend - Site Wide Activity
Startup Weekend Crew wrote a new blog post: Check out TEDx Brickel on the 18th!
Startup Weekend Crew wrote a new blog post: Check out TEDx Brickel on the 18th! Check out the amazing lineup at TEDx! We’ll be harnessing this amazing energy right into Startup Weekend! http://www.tedxbrickell.com/ ...
Startup Weekend Crew wrote a new blog post: Join Our New Community
Startup Weekend Crew wrote a new blog post: Join Our New Community We’ve needed to provide a social community for people to talk about pitches and projects before, during and after events for a long time now. For everyone in Portland this is the first opportunity to do so. It...
Startup Weekend Crew wrote a new blog post: 1 year free VPS hosting from Network Redux for attendees! A huge thank you to Thomas Brenneke and Nework Redux for giving their support to Startup Weekend by putting together an amazing offer for all of the teams to help them get...
Startup Weekend Crew wrote a new blog post: Startup Weekend Direction
Startup Weekend Crew wrote a new blog post: Startup Weekend Direction I want to touch on the future direction of Startup Weekend but first here is a little background on it’s evolution. Andrew Hyde launched Startup Weekend in June of 2007 and held the first event in Boulder, CO. At...
Startup Weekend Crew wrote a new blog post: Check out SWNYC
Startup Weekend Crew wrote a new blog post: Check out SWNYC ...
cesart wrote a new blog post: Announcing Startup Weekend Austin
cesart wrote a new blog post: Announcing Startup Weekend Austin There must be something in the breakfast tacos. Even though Austin is known as a mecca of technology, there have been some notable events missing from the Silicon Hills’ repertoire—until this year. The SXSW conference always brings the city an influx...
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Twiddish.com - Find The Right Dishes For You
Twiddish is a social site that revolves around an interesting concept: people upload pictures of restaurant dishes and everybody can proceed to rank and rate them. In that way, everybody can find the most appetizing dishes around by looking at pictures in the tastiest possible visual setting.Besides, you can click...
GoaQoo.com - Asking Questions In An Anonymous Way
I think that it was a French philosopher the one who said that if we could look into people’s minds the things we would find would be things to worry indeed, and that nobody could extricate himself from a certain degree of insanity. I agree with that, and I think...
Evolver.com - Creating A 3D Avatar
It looks like 3D avatar mania has kicked in. I guess some people just got fed up with these flat caricatures that most of us still love, and wanted to get their hands on something more realistic. Whether these 3D avatars will become the norm remains moot, of course.Read moreLearn...
TopSite.com - Locating The Best Sites On The WWW
TopSite is a new resource that aims to let you “Find the best sites on the Web”. These are arranged by category, and you can see which ones are the best social sites, the top sites for gamers, the most notable aggregators… granted, that is information that any person that...
In2s.us - Yet Another URL Shortener
Complaining about things which come our way uncalled is too easy. For example, did we need a remake of “The A Team”? Every 80s kid would scream the answer in your face, but we are getting it anyway, with Liam Neeson as John Hannibal Smith, and the guy from District...
Siri.com - Get Tasks Done By Speaking Them Out
Siri is the kind of development that can simply amaze us, even when we were fully aware that it was forthcoming. This iPhone app has been in the works for quite a couple of months now. We all knew what was coming.Read moreLearn more about Siri.com in Dataopedia.comFind out how...
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London’s Unpackaged Grocery Store
Simple question: how do you tackle the problem of excess packaging? Answer: get rid of it completely. A number of supermarkets, brands and even government agencies have been promoting their commitment to reducing excess packaging on their products but (as usual), niche businesses are leading the way. London-based grocer Unpackaged, for example,...
Bartering Knowledge at Our Goods’ Trade School
Bartering has become big business with organisations like BarterCard building large communities and generating revenues by facilitating transactions. On a smaller scale, a New York based project is helping people barter their knowledge and expertise in return for, well, whatever they want. Trade School is a pop-up storefront from OurGoods, an...
SpeedRenting and a Business Model for All Niches
If speed dating gives you the chance to meet lots of potential partners in a social setting and speed networking gives you the chance to meet lots of potential business contacts in a social setting, then there’s no prizes for guessing what speed renting is all about. While there are a...
Unlikely Bedfellows: Corner Stores and Organic Farmers
Corner stores are often at the centre of their communities, but they’re not often known as sources of healthy eating options. The problem is simple enough, buying in fresh fruit and vegetables is expensive for shop owners – and if they don’t sell quickly, perishable. There’s also a problem of perception;...
Digital Notches on Your Bedpost
Here’s an interesting little idea that popped up on my radar this week. Bedpost (currently in private beta) is a personal web application designed to give ‘insight into your sex life’. In other words, it’s a sex diary. Each time you have sex, you login in to the site and answer a...
Pairing Artists with Up-and-Coming Music Video Producers
Beardbox from Gabriel Shalom on Vimeo. New bands and artists have plenty of tools for recording, distributing and promoting their music – but quality music videos are still beyond most unsigned artists’ budgets. Established acts, indie labels and even ‘major’ lables are also on the lookout for creative new ideas – and...
OnStartups
Prehistoric Steve Jobs Introduces The New Apple iRock Tablet [cartoon]
Though it's easy to get caught up in Apple's new tablet announcement, let's not forget the original idea that sparked the whole thing. It's the iRock -- it transformed how people chiseled. Looking for other startup fanatics? Request access to the OnStartups LinkedIn Group. 100,000+ members and growing daily.Oh, and...
A Geek's Guide To Hiring Marketing People
The following is a guest post by Jason Cohen. Interviewing developers is easy. OK, not easy. You have to generate resumes, you have to sift through the deluge of candidates, you have to pound your network continuously, you have to develop a phone-screen, you have to schedule interviews, you...
Startup Advice In Exactly Three Words - #StartupTriplets
This article is a bit out of the ordinary. But, it's a Friday so I'm hoping you'll cut me some slack. For some reason, I like wordsmithing and trying to make phrases smaller (but still have some meaning). So, late at night, I tried to come up with some...
Releasing Early Is Not Always Good? Heresy!
The following is a guest post by Jason Cohen. Jason's got a knack for stirring pots and getting us thinking a bit. And, thinking is a good thing. Even when the thinking makes me awfully uncomfortable and goes against my strongly held beliefs. I couldn't be a stronger advocate of...
How To Price Software Without Just Rolling The Dice
I’m going to open this article with a short (and true) story. I officially kicked off my marketing software company, HubSpot, about 17 months ago. If you’ve read my blog for any period of time, you likely know that I’m a big beliver in the “charge early, charge often” mantra. As...
A Debate With Microsoft On The Departure Of Don Dodge
Here is a hypothetical conversation that might have happened (but didn't) with some high falutin’ person at Microsoft on the whole Don Dodge thing. Imagine a scene where I’m sitting in a Seattle coffee shop having a clandestine meeting with the Microsoft individual that was involved in the recent, highly publicized...
Journey of a Serial Entrepreneur
Book Review: Building Brand Value the Playboy Way
Marketing really fascinates me. The ability to get people to buy into your vision and what you are selling is something few people/companies pull off really well. The best way to equip yourself for this is to read about brands and their development. The Playboy story, narrated in this book,...
These words have been immortalized by the Nike slogan. They were also the first ones that came to mind this morning when I read Brad Feld’s post It’s So Hard When Contemplated In Advance And So Easy When You Do It. After a long time, I instantly connected with a...
A month ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai. Ranjan, just 42 years of age, was the CEO of SAP-Indian Subcontinent, the youngest CEO of an MNC in India. He was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon...
Book Review: Secrets of a Rut-Buster
Entrepreneurs as a whole, are a rut-busting community of individuals. We break away from the norms, challenge rules and more often than not, choose to walk down the path less traveled. This book intrigued me as it held the secrets of a woman who has achieved tremendous success in her life. The...
Image by Stephen Poff Feeling overwhelmed came up as a topic last week when I was talking to some friends. I had written about this topic earlier, but looking back at my series on 5 steps to a balanced lifestyle I felt I had missed a number of key points on how...
Image by Newton Free Library Every business goes through dry spells. This often leads to the team losing confidence in their product/service, or their ability to sell it effectively. It is a natural progression of how things work. We have two options when we go through such spells : 1. Do nothing and...
Shalabh Pandey on Ideas. Business, Digital Media, Marketing, StartUps and Influencers. Celebrating achievers and underdogs alike.
Augmented Reality marketing campaigns
Showcasing some really cool yet workable Augmented Reality concepts...
We decided the winner of the Final cover layout design. And the winner is... Click the title for complete post. (twitter.com/shalabhpandey) ...
Business Evangelism- meet Malcom Gladwell in Singapore
Meet Malcom Gladwell in Singapore- and a deal for ChasingTheStorm readers Click the title for complete post. (twitter.com/shalabhpandey) ...
Think About It: A Book by me- A Cover design by you
My first book. Help me with the cover. Click the title for complete post. (twitter.com/shalabhpandey) ...
Podcast: LinchPin and other topics by Seth Godin
Podcast with Seth Godin from Marketing Over Coffee in the wake of his book Linchpin...
The templatization of entrepreneurship
Follow these golden rules of entrepreneurship- and first-get the glamor on!...
Austin Startup
Meet CEO’s With Major Recent Exits
The February 17th meeting of the Austin chapter of Texchange will be a milestone in two ways. First, we will have three incredible CEO’s who have all recently had major financial events in their company. Secondly, this will be the first Texchange “crowdsourced” event agenda. If you are a Texchange...
Let the VC’s Pitch You at SXSW
Normally you’re out pitching the VC’s. Well during SXSW we’ve got a little party for you where the VC’s will be pitching you. Our friend Larry Chiang, who wrote What They Don’t Teach You at Business School (and writes a BusinessWeek column with the same name) is throwing a Reverse...
RenewData Unveils eDiscovery Acceleration Platform
RenewData, a leading provider of services for the discovery, archiving, review and governance of Electronically Stored Information (ESI), today announced its eDiscovery Acceleration Platform designed to provide clients a solution that addresses the rising costs of eDiscovery and stringent litigation deadlines. RenewData’s revolutionary end-to-end platform is the industry’s first solution...
Capital Factory Events for 2010
It’s time for Capital Factory 2010 to start kicking off with the opening of applications, startup speed dating, and office hours where you can meet the mentors and share ideas. If you didn’t keep track of Capital Factory in our inaugural year last year, five companies were selected for the...
Andrews Kurth Offers Start-Up Package
For any potential and/or current entrepreneur, Andrews Kurth, a leading law firm for entrepreneurs and emerging growth companies, announced this week the launch of a new fixed-fee, start-up organization package. In an effort to create cost certainty and streamline the process associated with launching a new company, Andrews Kurth is offering...
An Open Letter to the City of Austin
Some of the top cities in the world have opened government data to better serve their citizens and cities. Not only should the City of Austin get on board, but they should lead in the movement towards Semantic Web standards....
Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook
JD Salinger, Lessons in Creativity & Innovation
I feel compelled to write something about J.D. Salinger. I loved his work and read all of it, which sadly for fans such as I, wasn’t really that much. Beyond Catcher in the Rye, there was Franny and Zooey, Nine Stories, and Raise High the Roombeam Carpenters, and Seymour an Introduction....
A Tribute to Bob’s Big Boy, a Cartoon
Branding is something we are imprinted with at a subconscious level. I saw this guy at Hobgoblins, a quite ordinary guy, but with this poofy quiff. I asked myself why? The result is this drawing. Non-Americans might not get the Bob’s Big Boy reference, click here and you’ll see what...
Creativity is Where Prosperity Starts
I have no idea who Steven Weber is, but I’m going to find out. He posted a piece on The Huffington Post today that I think is brilliant. In my view, it’s one of those things that needs to be said more often. The simple fact Steven brings up is...
Thomas Friedman – Spot on Re: Jobs, Jobs, (Steve) Jobs
Thomas Friedman is one of my favorite writers in the political-economic arena. Probably because he’s a great thinker. When he writes a column you can be sure it is well thought out, well researched, and to the point. He also has ideas — he goes beyond reporting. Yesterday he wrote a...
Pop Culture Report: Mickey Dolenz Is Alive
Briefly noted, a quick from-the-field pop culture report. How many lives can a show biz cat have? I was shocked, and delighted, to see Mickey Dolenz featured on a poster in the London Underground. Apparently he has the part of Wilbur Turnblad in Hairspray. Dolenz is well on his way to becoming the...
American Mfg’s Can Be Successful At Home
Shout out to Black & Decker as they celebrate 100 years of innovation. What a marvelous achievement. This is something American (and European for that matter) manufacturers should take a good close look at. As we see jobs being shipped overseas and as we see the manufacturing base slowly ebbing...
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How to design an iPhone app for business – with no coding skills!
So, you’ve decided you want to build an iPhone app for your business. What’s the next step? Well, you can hire a developer to create a custom application for you to the tune of $5,000, $10,000, $25,000 or more. Or you can do it yourself for about 200 bucks. AppMakr, created by...
Equipping Your Business with Uncle Sam’s Extras
Anyone who has started or expanded a business is well aware of the costs involved. Even for the home-based entrepreneur, the expense of necessary business tools adds up fast. Between basic office furniture, computing equipment, printers, and any required specialized equipment, the numbers can be daunting. Of course these costs...
Is College Necessary for Young Entrepreneurs?
Let’s face it. We live in a world where information can be found online for just about anything. What can’t be found online can be found in books, and what can’t be found in books can be found through internships, jobs, and mentors. This leaves a lot of young entrepreneurs...
Interview with Jeff Rosenthal of Summit Series
My brother Matthew and I recently had the opportunity to attend an exclusive event in Miami called Summit Series , and we were both blown away by the experience. Never before had we attended an event with such an amazing group of entrepreneurs – talented, motivated, forward-thinking. The kind of...
The Computer Electronics Show took place in Las Vegas recently and in addition to all the electronic gadgetry and eye candy, served to remind us just how computing power is now everywhere and how we have moved on from the days of the computer to a world where we can...
How to Make a Connection with Top Bloggers
Blogs have certainly evolved over the last several years. Far from being the realm of quirky enthusiasts with more than just a passing interest in Internet matters, blogging now is starting to reach the mainstream. Technorati has said that there are over 112 million English-language blogs and counting that they...
Startup Meme
God Save Us From Zynga! Farmville Spreads To MSN Games And The Messenger
There you go, I thought Facebook will be the only one being infected by Zynga. Sadly that is not happening as the lead developer of Facebook Apps, like Farmville and many other Ville has shook hands with MSN Games. The result? Well all those Farmville addicts will now be able...
Facebook Turns 6 And a Bright Future Awaits
Time goes by pretty quick, I still remember very clearly that I started my university around the same time when Facebook was launched and Orkut was reigning supreme and so was MySpace. To be honest I always thought that Facebook wouldn’t go ahead. I was so wrong, so very wrong...
Facebook: The Platform Of Platforms, RSS [Really Simply Stated]
Why doesn’t it surprise me, or does it even surprise anyone around when Hitwise reports of Facebook being the largest platform for reading news? Now it might be following the likes of Google, Yahoo and even MSN at number four, the point why I would consider it even more important...
Facebook Rap Song: Wonder If There Is 2010 Version Coming Out Too?
I always find it interesting to browse through YouTube for funny videos on anything. Just thought about performing a similar search for Funny Facebook videos, though the results were filled with many useless videos I found the song worth sharing. It might not be very funny or meaningful, but it...
Video: What Would Social Networks Be Without Internet?
I seriously don’t want to imagine the world without Internet, primarily because it would cut me off from the entire world and blogging. The second reason being it would make my job as a researcher in my channel a very tiring task. No matter what horror it brings for us...
Success, the only thing that needs to be done to achieve it on Facebook is for anything to go viral. Forget about it being sensible or not, just a few clicks from users who fall prey to it. The most recent is the scam involving Automation Labs and it is...
First Class Fashionista
Miley Cyrus’ Grammy Awards Dress Designer
Miley Cyrus on the Red Carpet of the 2010 Grammy Awards. Miley Cyrus’ red carpet hairstyle and dress at the 52nd Annual “Grammy Awards” held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 2010 . Who is Miley Cyrus’ 2010 Grammy Awards Dress Designer? Miley Cyrus is wearing a Hervé Léger...
Fergie’s Grammy Awards Dress Designer
Fergie on the Red Carpet of the 2010 Grammy Awards. Fergie’s red carpet hairstyle and dress at the 52nd Annual “Grammy Awards” held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 2010 . Who is Fergie’s 2010 Grammy Awards Dress Designer? Fergie is wearing a dress by Emilio Pucci accessorized with...
Pink’s Grammy Awards Dress Designer
Pink on the Red Carpet of the 2010 Grammy Awards. Pink’s red carpet hairstyle and dress at the 52nd Annual “Grammy Awards” held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 2010 . Who is Pink’s 2010 Grammy Awards Dress Designer? Pink is wearing a Tony Ward gown accessorized with Neil...
Lea Michele’s Grammy Awards Dress Designer
Lea Michele on the Red Carpet of the 2010 Grammy Awards. Lea Michele’s red carpet hairstyle and dress at the 52nd Annual “Grammy Awards” held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 2010 . Who is Lea Michele’s 2010 Grammy Awards Dress Designer? Lea Michele is wearing a dress by...
Katy Perry’s Grammy Awards Dress Designer
Katy Perry on the Red Carpet of the 2010 Grammy Awards. Katy Perry’s red carpet hairstyle and dress at the 52nd Annual “Grammy Awards” held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 2010 . Who is Katy Perry’s 2010 Grammy Awards Dress Designer? Katy Perry is wearing a Zac Posen...
Mary J Blige’s Grammy Awards Dress Designer
Mary J. Blige on the Red Carpet of the 2010 Grammy Awards. Mary J Blige’s red carpet hairstyle and dress at the 52nd Annual “Grammy Awards” held at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on January 31, 2010 . Who is Mary J Blige’s 2010 Grammy Awards Dress Designer? Mary J Blige is...
Startup Africa
Africa’s New Frontier – Day 2 – Morning Sessions
9:30 – Plenary Session Topic: Innovative Approaches by African universities to meet Africa’s Development Challenges Speaker: Goolam Mohamedbhai, Secretary General, Association of African Universities Participation in HE is no more then 5% in Africa, while it is as much as 20% in developed countries. Challenges to Higher Education in Africa Coping with huge demand Gender disparity Poort...
Africa’s New Frontier – Afternoon Sessions
13:30 – Society Topic: Educating Generation Next: Expanding higher education for future African leaders What are the connections between higher education and long-term economic growth How can international partnerships expand access to higher education in African countries, and for African students What kind of higher education is most relevant for Africans and Africa How are...
Africa’s New Frontier – Creating Prosperity Through Innovation
I previously wrote about Africa’s New Frontier conference here in Ottawa. I will be live blogging the event, you can refresh the page to get the latest updates. I will cover each session with a different post. 11:00 – Creating Prosperity Through Innovation Speaker: Minister Venancio Massingue, Minister of Science & Technology...
SAFIPA Knowledge Exchange Visit 2010
SAFIPA have announced that they are accepting applications for the 2010 knowledge exchange visit to Finland. I previously wrote about the Knowledge exchange visit: The Governments of Finland and South Africa have been working together in the fields of Science, Technology and Innovation, as part of that mandate SAFIPA is planning a...
Zoopy, a social media and content sharing platform has just redesigned their site. This is the fourth iteration, and over time the site seems to be getting better and better. However, i wonder if the focus on content produced internally by Zoopy over user generated content is wise? New Zoopy...
Exclusive: Seth Godin Interview with NetwebTV
Seth Godin has just finished another book, Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?. In this exclusive interview, he speaks to Mongezi Mtati of NetWebTV....
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Infographic: The world's satellites orbiting Earth, by nation
In a neat infographic, Austrian designer Michael Paukner maps out all the satellites and large debris orbiting the Earth -- and which nations are......
How energy efficient is that Super Bowl instant replay video?
When even the National Footfall League starts thinking sustainably, you know the idea is hitting the mainstream. by Heather Clancy...
Drill-free cavities; rewritable printing; carbon credits hacked; hospital of the future; lithium-ion battery life. by Andrew Nusca...
Survey: more unemployed testing the waters of entrepreneurship
The number of displaced managers and professionals pursuing entrepreneurial opportunities rose by 69% over the past year; most are over 40. by Joe......
Google, pharmaceutical giants pursue smarter antibody drug discovery
Google is spending millions of dollars on computing infrastructure in pursuit of a new computer model that will efficiently discover targeted......
Super-insulating aerogels promise to make homes more energy-efficient
Aspen Aerogels says it has begun selling air-filled aerogel insulation blankets to make existing buildings more energy efficient. by Andrew Nusca...
Up and Running
Top Startup Mistake 8: Misunderstanding Equity
There is only 100 percent ownership in a company. It’s for founders who are totally committed to it, for investors who spend money and, later, for the most important trusted key employees. It’s not for your cousins, your in-laws, the lawyer who did the initial paperwork or the vendor who did...
Top Startup Mistake No. 9: Incomplete Teams
(This is number nine in my list of top 10 startup mistakes. I started yesterday with number 10, and will going from these less significant issues all the way to number 1, the most important mistakes to avoid .) So many of us do it. I certainly did, in my early...
Top Startup Mistake No. 10: Unrealistic Forecasts
This is number 10 on my list of top 10 startup mistakes. I used the list last week at the Growth 2.0 conference in Miami, so I want to share it here. Once upon a time, I sat down for lunch with a venture capitalist friend of mine. To the standard...
What If There Are Already Lots of Competitors?
New kinds of businesses, based on entirely new ideas, are extremely rare. The vast majority of new businesses are new attempts at existing types of business. And that’s fine. Don’t ever focus too much attention on the new idea, as if that were the only foundation for a good new...
Help for Teaching Entrepreneurship
Are you teaching a class on starting a business? If you are, then I’d like you to be aware of course.bplans.com. That’s where I’ve put up a full curriculum/syllabus including lesson plans, exercises and assignments, online videos, and more than a dozen PowerPoint slide presentations complete with slide-by-slide notes and distribution-friendly...
Why iPad vs. Kindle Flap is Win-Win for All Sides
I’m watching with great enjoyment the Apple iPad announcement and especially all the analysis of the iPad vs. Kindle implications. That seems like the big issue. Google “iPad vs Kindle” some time. As I write this, two mornings after the announcement, I get 4.3 million hits on that. For example,...
StartUpArabia
Altibbi, An Online Arabic Medical & Health Resource
Altibbi is an online Arabic medical and health resource, that aims to be a one stop destination for Arab users who are interested in researching and finding more about certain medical and health terms and conditions. The portal provides a medical dictionary, medical articles and news, as well as question and...
Fora9, A New Online Job Service For Women
Fora9 (read ‘Foras’, which means ‘Opportunities’ in Arabic) is a new free online job service out of Kuwait, created for women in the Middle East and North Africa, to make it easier for them to find job opportunities. The idea came to life when the developing company was looking to build...
Kngine, A New Semantic Web Search Engine
Kngine is a new semantic web search engine and question answering engine that was launched from Egypt, aiming to provide more meaningful search results to users. Unlike other regular search engines that focus more on the ranking of pages to serve search results to users, Kngine attempts to understand what the user...
Global Technology Forum 2010 – March 18th 2010
TechWadi, the leading networking association for Arab American professionals in the Technology industry, has announced a new conference under the title ‘Global Technology Forum 2010‘, which is a conference on entrepreneurship, venture capital, and a new initiative to accelerate the growth of both – in the Middle East as well...
Arab World Is A Step Closer To .Arab Domain Names
The recent Arab Top Level Domain Names Steering Committee Meetings held in Damascus, Syria, saw the appointment of Mr. Ahmed Al Doseri, the representative of Bahrain’s Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) as president of the Committee that comprises representatives from the Kingdom of Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Yemen. This Committee...
Yallakora Launches Mobile Version of Yallakora TV
Yallakora, one of the popular sports portals in the region has announced the launch of a mobile version of Yallakora TV, giving users the possibility to access sports news and information, as well as watch match commentary and analysis directly from their mobile phones, while on the go. Yallakora, which is...
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VentureBeat
Microsoft to discontinue Xbox Live for original Xbox
It has had long run, but Microsoft announced today that it will discontinue the online game service Xbox Live for the original Xbox game console that it launched in 2001. Xbox Live for the original console debuted in November, 2002. But by April 15, Microsoft is going to discontinue that service,...
Tesla has been throwing a few curve balls at us lately. Between the almost half-billion dollar government loans, the IPO (which contains a “no Roadsters will be built after 2011″ announcement) and now a right hand drive Roadster being announced, we have as many questions as answers. Tesla’s...
Deutsche Telekom considers T-Mobile USA IPO
It’s no big secret that Deutsche Telekom hasn’t been very pleased with the performance of its American wireless arm, T-Mobile USA. In September, we reported that the German telecom giant was considering a merger with Sprint — shortly after T-Mobile UK merged with Orange to create the largest wireless company...
Siri launches an iPhone personal assistant that actually works
The “personal assistant” label gets attached to a lot of websites and applications, but it’s always an exaggeration. Usually the service in question can only tackle a small slice of what a human assistant would do, such as organizing your emails. Plus, you can’t just tell the app what you...
Facebook launches Games Dashboard for millions of gamers
With its big redesign, Facebook is rolling out its Games Dashboard for millions of game players today. “The Games Dashboard will give game applications greater prominence with placement on the home page,” the company said in a blog post today. “While making it even easier for users to have a personalized...
Facebook overhauls search as it crosses 400 million users
On its sixth birthday, Facebook launched a host of new features as it crossed the 400-million user mark. The most interesting of them may be its revamped search. When you type in names, it auto-completes for people who are the closest to you by social promixity — e.g. the people you...