Alec had a good post yesterday on the state of VC funding in Ontario, calling it “a mess”, based in part on a post by Ian Graham: “Is Startup Funding Broken in Ontario?“.
One of the points raised in both posts is the legal cost of doing small rounds of funding. We certainly felt that pinch […]
Archive for January, 2008
This post is a bit off-topic, but geolocation has been a side interest of mine for some time.
There are two ways a mobile device can figure out its location. GPS is the most common way and it is appearing in ever-cheaper phones and car navigation systems. But adding the GPS radio and chipset still has […]
Wired put out a great piece today on the iPhone, calling it a “4.8-ounce sliver of glass and aluminum … that has forever changed the mobile-phone business, wresting power from carriers and giving it to manufacturers, developers, and consumers.”
Interesting info on the profits to Apple: “The company nets an estimated $80 for every $399 iPhone […]
Yahoo Counters Android with Mobile Widgets
Published by January 7th, 2008 in Uncategorized. 3 CommentsYahoo announced today the next revision of their mobile strategy. Lots of press coverage, including the NYTimes which opened with the sentence: “There may not be a Yahoo phone in the works, but…”, an obvious comparison with the “Google Phone”. Man, that must be frustrating for Yahoo’s PR team.
Main reaction from the press is that, […]
Techcrunch has the news that Pudding Media just raised a substantial round of funding from Opus Capital and BRM Capital. Pudding is offering free phone calls throughout North America in exchange for showing you ads on their website. The catch is that the ads are targeted based on extracting key words from your conversation in […]
