In The Future, The Business Founder Will Not Be Ignored
2012-02-06 00:50:55
The entrepreneurial world loves nothing like a good meme. One of the more recent ones making the rounds from Palo Alto to Paris is that a startup simply can’t get off the ground without a technical founder. Investors, entrepreneurs and tech journalists alike will tell you that if you’re not a whiz kid fresh out of Stanford’s CS program, you are essentially not fundable -- entrepreneura non grata. Well, I am here to tell you that they are right. For now. Soon, however, I believe we’ll see a marked shift in who holds the cards in the startup world.

Big Year for Tech Mergers
2012-02-06 00:01:48
Companies are scrambling to handle a torrent of data, pushing them into bigger M&A frenzy since 2007

Andreessen Horowitz-Backed Nicira Pulls The Curtains Back On Disruptive Network Virtualization Platform
2012-02-06 00:00:25
The enterprise is moving towards simplicity, and this extends to the data center. Nicira, a stealthy virtualization startup with backing from big-name investors, is pulling the curtains back on its disruptive platform that hopes to change the way server and storage virtualization is done. And Nicira is revealing that it has raised with million in funding to date from Andreessen Horowitz, Lightspeed Venture Partners and New Enterprise Associates, as well as individual investors including VMware co-founder Diane Greene and Benchmark Capital cofounder Andy Rachleff. Nicira's NVP is a software-based system that creates a distributed virtual network infrastructure in cloud data centers that is completely decoupled and independent from physical network hardware. Nicira says that it is shifting the intelligence and control of the network away from hardware and into software, simplifying the virtualization process.

Twitter: In The Final 3 Minutes Of The Super Bowl, There Were 10,000 Tweets Per Second
2012-02-05 23:29:08
Big TV events are becoming an increasingly popular catalyst of activity on social media, with sporting events being at the top of the list. Many of us can no longer enjoy a Super Bowl without checking Twitter every three seconds. Last year, there were several moments during the Super Bowl that set records for the most tweets per second during a sporting event, with a high of 4,064 TPS. The highs during the Super Bowl were no match for New Years Eve 2011 in Japan, which saw 6,939 tweets per second.

Misys Holds Merger Talks With Swiss Software Maker Temenos
2012-02-05 23:17:39
Misys Plc, the U.K. software maker that failed to reach a deal to be taken over by Fidelity National Information Services Inc. last August, is in talks to merge with Temenos Group AG of Switzerland.

Vodafone Said to Abandon Greek Merger After Opposition
2012-02-05 23:17:09
Vodafone Group Plc has decided to abandon an attempt to merge its Greek unit with rival Wind Hellas after facing European Union regulatory opposition, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

Nikon Gains After Raising Forecast on Cameras: Tokyo Mover
2012-02-05 23:04:39
Nikon Corp. surged the most in three years in Tokyo trading after the world’s second-biggest maker of professional-grade cameras raised its operating profit forecast on higher-than-expected sales.

First Legal Streaming Super Bowl A Success, But Audience Still Denied The Real Show
2012-02-05 23:03:08
Lately, we've been seeing more and more big television events come with an online streaming counterpart. Big sporting and televised events are showing up online, with the 2010 Olympics seeming to be one of the first big global events where both viewers and media publicly recognized the power and potential of carrying an event like that online. For the first time ever, the Super Bowl is being shown online, for free. And it's completely legal. I was going to say 'in a brilliant move by the NFL,' but this should be default. Showing an enormously popular event like the Super Bowl online should not be a 'brilliant' move. It should just be second nature. But, wishful thinking aside, the NFL and NBC both wanted to give home viewers options to watch the big game on the Web, without having to rub elbows with the riff raff at a local sports bar.

Tech Bowl: Best Buy Spotlights Mobile Innovators, Founders In Super Bowl Spot
2012-02-05 20:48:33
Every year, Best Buy runs a big Super Bowl spot, and traditionally they go the route of hiring a big celebrity to hawk their brand message. Last year, it was 'the Biebs' and Ozzy Osbourne. This year, Best Buy has opted for something a bit different, choosing to highlight innovators and give more than a nod to geeks in its tech-focused Super Bowl ad. Drew Panayiotou, Best Buy’s U.S. marketing chief, told Bloomberg that the company had initially planned to continue down the celebrity track, but the outpouring of affection for Steve Jobs after the Apple CEO passed away was strong evidence that 'Silicon Valley inventors are today’s stars.'

Zuckerberg May Sell to Pay Taxes
2012-02-05 19:44:25
Mark Zuckerberg may sell about .67 billion of Facebook stock in the company's initial public offering to pay off taxes he will owe when he exercises options to buy 120 million shares

To Heck With The Super Bowl: GOG Features Sierra Game Three-Packs For
2012-02-05 19:43:29
Good Old Games is running a .99 sale on multiple Sierra titles including Space Quest and Kings Quest. The games come in packages of three and are compatible with Windows (sorry, Mac users, but here's a consolation prize).

Ahead Of Its IPO On The NYSE, Yelp Shows Growing Losses
2012-02-05 18:30:44
It may now be obscured by all the hoopla surrounding Facebook's going public, but back in November the popular user-generated review site, Yelp, filed to go public and planned to raise 0 million ahead of its IPO (at an expected to billion valuation). On Friday, Yelp filed an amended S-1 that shows that the company plans to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol 'YELP.'

Keep It Simple, Stupid: The Enterprise Version
2012-02-05 18:30:22
Back in 2009, my colleague MG Siegler wrote a brilliant piece titled 'Keep It Simple, Stupid,' which delved into how having a simple and easy to use product is a key formula for winning in the consumer tech space. A few days ago, Greylock Partner John Lilly echoed MG's thoughts, explaining that simplicity is quite simply very hard to beat. While this doctrine has been applied tonconsumer technology products like Dropbox, Gmail, Twitter and most famously, Apple; reinforcing simplicity in the product thought process is becoming an ever-present part of enterprise technology as well.

Android 2.3.3 es la versión más popular de todas
2012-02-05 17:45:12
Desde hace unos días tengo un nuevo celular con Android, el cual todavía estoy probando y conociendo sus funciones, aunque también he tenido algún que otro problema con el dispositivo, pero esa es una anécdota para otro post. Les quería contar que quizás comiencen a encontrar en ChicaSEO, más información sobre este sistema operativo, el [...]

Facebook Could Jumpstart HTML5 Platform With App Bookmarks On News Feed
2012-02-05 17:22:52
Facebook's late-comer HTML5 mobile app platform lags way behind the Apple App Store and Android Marketplace. Yesterday I spotted Facebook's latest effort to catch up -- a test showing bookmarks for third-party applications at the top of the mobile news feed. Currently, Facebook buries HTML5 app bookmarks at the bottom of its mobile site's pull-out navigation menu, and only shows them in the iOS or Android Facebook app's search bar. Placing them much more prominently atop the mobile home page could increase engagement -- the first step in attracting developers to the platform and earning money on in-app purchases.