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UNDER THE RADAR JUDGE PROFILE: STEVE HECK, GETTY IMAGES
Try googling “Getty Images” and you’ll understand the proliferation of their business across the web. A supplier of stock photos, footage, music, and now royalty-free audio tracks, they target creative professionals, the media, and corporate design/marketing departments.
When you think about the “creative types” - cloud computing [...]
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I have an unhealthy love affair with my Blackberry.
I also have a strong relationship with my Pandora Radio… It just feels good to have my (music) needs taken care of…
Combine the two together in a super hot bondage of Crackberry and Crunk - and I’m dancin’ into ecstasy.
What does it take to get a mobile [...]
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GUEST POST: Jeff Milum has been living in the bay area and in technology continuously since 1989 when the XT was king and the Valley still had orange groves. Ever since advising his co-worker not to become the 12th employee at a strange company named Netscape, he has sworn to remain more on top [...]
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On Monday, Troy Angrignon posted “Cloud Computing Ecosystem Map v1.0: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants“.
It’s the most comprehensive (and I might say, mind-blowing) visual layout of how over 100 companies in the cloud space fit together. More importantly, it highlights opportunities for both startups and technology giants alike.
Since there’s been so much [...]
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Michael Krigsman posted some great tips on ZDNet this morning on how to pitch a CIO successfully.
Startups that are springing up in the cloud space right now are hurrying to get in front of CIOs. Before they do, I caution them to sit back and ask themselves if the CIO is actually the person they [...]
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Quattro Wireless, a Mobile Ad Network company, raised $10 Million from Highland Capital Partners of Lexington and Globespan Capital Partners of Boston. Quattro Wireless presented as a Graduate Circle company at our Under the Radar Mobility in 2007
Another past Graduate Circle presenter, Transera, a leading VoIP service provider focused on next generation IP communication [...]
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33Across, who presented at one of our past Under the Radar: Social Media and Entertainment conferences in 2008 just announced their recent funding round led by First Round Capital.
33Across’s CEO Eric Wheeler certainly piqued the audience?s interest at Under the Radar. You can watch his presentation here.
Since presenting at Under the Radar, 49% of startups [...]
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Is there a promised land in cloud computing?
Troy Angrignon, our friend and co-chair of the upcoming Under the Radar: Clarity in the Cloud conference has spent many sleepless nights for months with that question on his mind.
To come up with an answer, he created the most comprehensive (and continually evolving) cloud ecosystem map available [...]
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Twitter has started to advertise a number of applications using the small box on profile pages that it first introduced earlier this month. Before today Twitter had reserved the space for links to its own services like Search, but now they are advertising a number of sites and apps, including Tweetie, a [...]
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What was a bad situation in November 2008 is starting to turn outright ugly - Facebook is now well over twice the size of MySpace, according to recent worldwide Comscore data. And what's worse, MySpace is losing audience while Facebook absolutely hockey sticks: MySpace lost 2% of users in just one month, while Facebook grew by nearly 40 million members in February alone. MySpace currently has 124 million monthly unique visitors, compared to Facebook's 276 million.
That's a 16.6% growth rate at...
