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SAN FRANCISCO, August 23, 2006 (PodTech News) – Friendster Inc. announced Monday that it has received $10 million in new funding. The money will support a renewed effort to refocus on its original mission to be a “real-world” social network. [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Allen Weiner, Friendster, Kent Lindstrom, social networking
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Change is coming fast for health care investors, executives and entrepreneurs. Public investors have rejected companies built on once-surefire models. Big Pharma, after years of nibbling, is acquiring private drug companies to boost internal pipelines. IT may finally be making [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Healthcare, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: Health Care Innovations, Healthcare IT
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LOS ANGELES, August 22, 2006, (PodTech News) — The online video sharing site YouTube sees dollar signs in Paris Hilton, launching it’s first brand channel featuring the hotel heiress. The new advertising revenue model will try to integrate advertiser brand [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Paris Hilton, Prison Break, Warner Brothers Records, YouTube
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A Symantec Security Response Podcast focusing on the top security measures a consumer should take when setting up a new personal computer. Additionally, this podcast outlines the critical steps new personal computer owners need to take to protect their valuable [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Corporate, Security, Symantec, Technology Tags: Cyber Risk Management
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LOS ANGELES, August 21, 2006 (PodTech News) — Horror and comedy mixed to narrowly edge out the competition and come out at the top of the box office over the weekend. “Snakes on a Plane” the suspense-thriller from New Line [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Box Office Mojo.com, Brandon Gray, New Line Cinema, Samuel L. Jackson, Snakes on a Plane
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Canonical COO Jane Silber speaks with PodTech’s Michael Johnson about collaborations between enterprise and open source software. Silber says the cooperative model is the inevitable wave of the future. [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: Canonical, Jane Silber
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Robert Thomas, CEO of Infoblox, a rapidly growing enterprise infrastructure player, sat down with PodTech founder John Furrier to discuss trends in DNS and infrastructure. “When you think about DNS, it’s boring stuff,” says Thomas. “But if you think [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Technology Tags: DHCP, DNS, Infoblox, Robert Thomas
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Venture capitalist Theresia Ranzetta Gouw sat down with PodTech founder John Furrier to talk about online trends. “I only use e-mail to talk to old people.” That’s what Ranzetta Gouw’s 15-year-old nephew told the partner at $450 million venture capital [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Enterprise 2.0, Entrepreneurship with John Furrier, Technology Tags: Accel, John Furrier, Theresia Ranzetta Gouw
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The Consumer Electronics Association predicts that video games will bring in more than $12 billion dollars this year. In this podcast, CEA’s Sean Wargo talks with PodTech’s Rio Pesino about the growth of the industry, the impact next-gen consoles will [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Gaming, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Blu-Ray, Consumer Electronics Association, Kaz Hirai, Nintendo, Sony, Sony Playstation 3, Tara Dunion, Wii, Xbox 360, Yankee Group
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LOS ANGELES, August 18, 2006(PodTech News) — On Thursday, August 17, 2006, iMesh subsidiary MusicLab LLC announced the launch of their new peer-to-peer application (P2P), BearShare 6.0. What does it mean for the company and how will it impact the [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: BearShare 6.0, BigChampagne.com, Eric Garland, iMesh, MusicLab LLC
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With traffic to his podcast site growing week by week, Tom Raftery is hosting an increasingly important forum for conversations with various thought leaders. His site, PodLeaders, deals with tech issues at home in Cork, Ireland, as well as [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Technology Tags: John Furrier, PodLeaders, Tom Raftery
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SAN FRANCISCO, August 18, 2006 (PodTech News) – “The radios worked in New Orleans until the power went out,” said Ellen Kirk, vice president of marketing for Tropos Networks, in an interview Wednesday with PodTech’s Catherine Girardeau. That test bodes [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Ellen Kirk, Google WiFi, Katie Fehrenbacher, Om Malik, Tropos Networks
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., August 17, 2006 (PodTech News) — Lease your lampposts for $39 a pop, and get a free WiFi network that serves the entire city? No wonder the Google WiFi proposal got a standing ovation and passage in [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Electronic Frontier Foundation, Google WiFi, Mountain View, Seth Schoen, Tropos Networks
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MENLO PARK, August 16, 2006 (PodTech News) – Google WiFi is open for business in the city of Mountain View. As of 9 p.m. Tuesday, the city of 72,000 became the second, and most populous, U.S. city with completely free [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Chris Sacca, Google WiFi
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Intel’s Richard Wirt continues his talk on the evolution of grid computing and real world applications with guest Peter Lee, CEO of DataSynapse who featured some real time virtualization demos. This is the 2nd of 2 parts from his keynote [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Corporate, Intel, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: DataSynapse, grid computing, Peter Lee, Richard Wirt
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University of Southern California is one of more than 10 universities adding Microsoft’s XNA Game Studio Express into their curricula. PodTech’s Rio Pesino spoke with Michael Zyda, who is the Director of USC’s Gamepipe game development school, about the impact [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Gaming, PodTech News, Technology Tags: Gamepipe, Michael Zyda, XNA Game Studio Express
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Richard Wirt, general manager of Intel’s software and solutions group and a senior fellow at Intel, talks about Linux and highlights the evolution of grid computing and real world applications. He was joined by Bill Coleman, CEO of Cassatt to [See the full post…] |
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Categories: Connected Social Media, Corporate, Intel, Tech Conferences and Events, Technology Tags: Bill Coleman, Cassatt, Intel, Linux, Richard Wirt