Filed in archive Technology
by tj on July 30, 2003
Having the pain of typing with a pen on my IPAQ every day I researched a bit, what could solve the issue. MyOrigo has announced some time back MyDevice that uses tilting combined with a touch screen...
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by tj on July 30, 2003
While it sounds crazy at first hand to bet real money on terror incidents, like the DARPA futures market suggest, it can be a much more exact tool to predict terror. Instead it has been furiously...
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Filed in archive Venture Capital
by tj on July 30, 2003
There are a couple of articles suggesting a recovery of VC investments actually. According to the mentioned study "After hitting an eight-year low in the first quarter of 2003, the number of...
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by tj on July 29, 2003
As I'm still new to the blogging universe, I discover various forms how to approach this topic. The number of blogs in general is rising rapidly. But what are possible the business cases behind?...
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by tj on July 29, 2003
I don't want to be too optimistic, but more positive reports arrive about the recovery of the Silicon Valley. CNET devotes an article about changing VC climate.......
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by tj on July 28, 2003
Techdirt runs a good headline on a research paper about pricing strategies. Although I do not share the great concern about privacy issues, pointed out by the author, it gives good insight on how to...
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by tj on July 28, 2003
Shazam Entertainment has established a new concept to sell digital music. Shazam recognizes music recorded through mobiles and sends you a SMS with buying recommendations from the respective band....
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by tj on July 28, 2003
The company providing my favorite contact managing tool has secured another $8 million in a second round of investment. There is more information about Plaxo: an introduction into Plaxo and social...
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by tj on July 26, 2003
Garderos could convince Wellington Partners to invest USD 2.5 mio in series B. Wellington hasn't done significant investments for some time now. Garderos is in a quite competitive segment with its...
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by tj on July 26, 2003
24/7 Customer has raised impressive USD 22 mio. in their second round of investment. Sequoia Capital backs the increasingly popular Business Process Outsourcing model provided by 24/7 Customer.......
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by tj on July 26, 2003
Cachelogic an interesting provider of a technology to decrease traffic from P2P applications could manage to get an early investment of USD 2 mio.......
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by tj on July 26, 2003
I have been watching the changes in the airline industry for some time. There have been some interesting developments recently. Low-cost airlines have become the major new buyers for Boeing and...
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by tj on July 26, 2003
Tim Oren gives an excellent in-depth review of a reverse merger (bringing a company public through a shell company). Don't miss. The bubble has produced quite a number of shell companies at...
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by tj on July 25, 2003
I'm quite interested in following up the privatization in emerging markets. I could find a surprisingly good news source today.......
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by tj on July 25, 2003
The World Economic Forum has an interesting list of 100 Leaders of Tomorrow. (Thanks Joi)......
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by tj on July 25, 2003
is a new approach to use wireless technology. Vocera enables users in the covered area to use Star Trek like communication devices. It is a mix between a mobile and a walkie-talkie. Vocera could...
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by tj on July 24, 2003
My domain has been blacked out for almost 36 hours. The typical issue, when providers argue about who is in charge while overtaking a domain. Changing the domain is still a real pain. If you have seen...
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Filed in archive by tj on July 22, 2003
Indeed I wasn't too impressed by Amazon's cash intensive business until now. Stefan seems to be a more convinced 'Amazonian'. However Amazon announced two interesting improvements of...
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Filed in archive by tj on July 22, 2003
The NYT elaborates on two startups for online payment systems. I wouldn't bet on it, but let's see how they will develop.......
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by tj on July 22, 2003
VC-Facts provides a new service and concludes investments in German startups or activities from German VCs in two spreadsheets. Unfortunately it's only free this month.......
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by tj on July 21, 2003
In extension to some broader statements some weeks ago here about the importance of bandwidth the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has just finalized the solicitation of bids for the...
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by tj on July 21, 2003
Extertion Interfaces offers a new kind of online games, it's anew kind of "feedback soccer". The idea is to shoot a ball against a wall and provide the validity of the shot in the game...
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by tj on July 18, 2003
c't features a very informative article about personal navigation in its latest issue (unfortunately the article isn't available online yet). It presents four more or less practicable ways of...
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Filed in archive by tj on July 16, 2003
A new kind of the portal model has been financed with fresh VC. Knowledgestorm.com has received USD 2.4 mio in a second round. I'm skeptical about the business model in general. They claim to be...
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by tj on July 16, 2003
Matrics has secured another round of USD 20 mio. after an initial round of USD 14 mio. in January last year. It could prove as a good investment ... If you are interested in more in-depth coverage...
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Filed in archive by tj on July 15, 2003
It seems Silicon Valley is recovering slightly. There have been some more enthusiastic reports recently. (via Techdirt)......
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by tj on July 15, 2003
The ECB seems passionate to incorporate RFID's into notes printed from on 2005. I'm surprised by such a fast pace of innovation. The aim is to ensure the counterfeit. On the other hand why it...
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by tj on July 15, 2003
As a follow up on my article last week, Wired features a nice and funny story. It researches deeper on the result of working for a company servicing US clients. The authors claims that night shifts:...
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by tj on July 15, 2003
I learned from the NYT article that I have to be more patient with the breakthrough of distributed computing. The article outlines the establishment of standards such as "GRAM (Globus resource...
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by tj on July 14, 2003
Rosum a Silicon Valley start-up claims to have "... developed a technology that uses television signals to provide accurate, dependable mobile positioning." It enables the positioning of...
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Filed in archive by tj on July 14, 2003
Wi-Fi Networking News made it into NYT with a statement about their Wi-Fi optimism. The author bases his assumption on Intel's recently growing commitment on wireless technologies and the...
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