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Palm investor: Pre will trump iPhone

Palm investor: Pre will trump iPhoneToo much coolaid?This thing has ZERO buzz on the street among the general population. You go into any mall... it's iPhone, Storm, or something by Nokia.I don't see how this is going to be a "must have". And in a recession, the only way to...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Amazon Music Store, McNamee, Palm Inc., Apple iPhone, Pre, Sprint Communications

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

The third Web wave--two degrees of separation

During a panel with venture capitalists at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit O7, Roger McNamee, co-founder of the private equity firm Elevation Partners, gave his view on the latest Internet driving force--the era of social networking."Predicting the future is really an unproductive activity," he said. "What's going on in the...

Tags: Web Technology, Social networking

Blog posts 2007-08-01

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Works of Sophocles (Mobile)

Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any chapter from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-15

5 years of insights and lessons as a professional "journalist - blogger"

It was about five years ago that I left my job as a reporter and columnist for the Financial Times in the San Francisco bureau. And it's been a tremendous journey. I didn't realize at the time that I would become the first reporter to leave a...

Tags: Newspaper, Blogger, Blogging, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Palm's Pre launch: Assessing the risks

Palm's Pre launch: Assessing the risksI think it will beat iPhoneIt just offers everything good from iPhone. And most importantly, it has a KEYBOARD! I just hate typing in iPhone. So it is more like a business phone + an entertainment device.The TRUTH of Palm Pre from Palm Legal! :)Some...

Tags: Smart phones, Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Palm Inc., Pre, Apple iPhone, Palm Pre

Discussion threads 2009-05-20

Palm Pre has a date: June 6; Price: $199.99; A 'crossover' device?

Palm Pre has a date: June 6; Price: $199.99; A 'crossover' device?Good luck, they'll need it...It ain't no iPhone, and never will be an iPhone. No AppStore, iTunes or iPod and limited to what it comes with. Why would I buy one of these when I can buy an iPhone...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Digital music, Apple iPhone, Palm Pre, Palm Inc., Pre

Discussion threads 2009-05-19

News to know: Firefox, Palm, AT&T, Sprint, Facebook friends

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Paula Rooney: Firefox 3.1 beta 3 "done," Firefox 3.5 beta 4 due April 14 Sam Diaz: Palm to SEC:...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Mozilla Firefox, Palm Inc., Mary Jo Foley, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sprint Communications, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Mice, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Peripherals

Blog posts 2009-03-11

Palm to SEC: McNamee's comments about Pre need clarifications, corrections

Just to be clear: Palm is not expecting every first-generation iPhone user to magically dump the Apple device for a Palm Pre when it's released later this year, as investor Roger McNamee suggested in an interview with Bloomberg. Likewise, the company isn't saying how much faster - if at all...

Tags: Palm Inc., SEC, Bloomberg L.P., Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Telecom & Utilities, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-03-10

Palm investor: Pre will trump iPhone

Palm investor Roger McNamee is talking smack and arguing that Apple iPhone users will jump ship to the to-be-launched Pre.  According to Bloomberg, McNamee said: “You know the beautiful thing: June 29, 2009, is the two- year anniversary of the first shipment...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Palm Inc., Investor, Pre, Roger McNamee, Financial Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-06

Palm WebOS will serve as your true personal assistant

A few more details and functionality of the Palm WebOS have been coming out now that the announcement has been made and Palm is moving towards release of the Pre. PreCentral.net posted the Sarah Lacy video interview with Elevation Partner Roger McNamee and there were some real treasures revealed that...

Tags: Palm Inc., Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-01-21

Palm scores a $100 million lifeline to keep up the fight

The cavalry has arrived for Palm - in the form of a $100 million injection from Elevation Partners announced today.  The company, which has been burning through cash, will now be able to afford some promotion for Nova, the new Palm OS expected to be announced at CES, as well...

Tags: Palm Inc., Cavalry, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Cellular Phones, Strategy, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-12-22

YouTube: Does your video ID system really work?

YouTube: Does your video ID system really work?Repeated Two Times!"Meanwhile, the vice president of business development at The Copyright Clearance Center, Miles McNamee, is even less convinced of the efficacy of YouTube's system, more than a year after it was introduced....Meanwhile, the vice president of business development at The Copyright...

Tags: Corporate communications, YouTube Inc., video, Viacom Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-11-06

YouTube: Does your video ID system really work?

It's been a little more than a year since YouTube announced the launch of its system to identify videos uploaded to its site that contained, without authorization, copyrighted content from television program and movie producers. And it won't be until next year that the $1 billion suit filed by Viacom...

Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-11-06

Apple's biggest rumor: iPod or Jobs?

The Apple rumor mill is back in action - and this time the bloggers are calling the date: Sept. 9. That's the day the company is expected to announce a new look for the iPod Nano, a new version of iTunes, an OS X update and more.  Apple, of course,...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Health Care, Apple Inc., Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Churchill Club podcast: Top tech trends

In this installment of the Churchill Club podcast series, a panel of experts outline the top 10 tech trends. The panelists include: Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures Josh Kopelman, Managing Partner, First Round Capital ...

Tags: Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Palm sells stake; hopes to capture some iPod magic

Palm said Monday it will sell at 25 percent stake to private equity firm Elevation partners. As part of the transaction former Apple executives Jon Rubinstein and Fred Anderson will join Palm's board.The transaction Techmeme discussion recapitalizes Palm in a way that would have occurred if it had gone private....

Tags: Wired & Wireless, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Palm, Mobile, Innovation, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-04

Churchill Club: 9th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends

The Churchill Club held its "9th Annual Top Ten Tech Trends Debate" at the San Jose Fairmont last week. Four of the the top venture investors gave their predictions gave their predictions on the top tech trends emerging over the next few years. The event was moderated by Tony Perkins,...

Tags: Steve Jurvetson, Memory, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Semiconductors, Marketing, Networking, Hardware, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-04-03

Is SOA too much for the IT department?

Are vendors asking IT to carry too much of a load when it comes to selling the business benefits of SOA? If SOA is about the business, why hasnt it ever been mentioned in Fortune magazine? The catch-phrase of SOA these days -- coming out of every...

Tags: General, SOA

Blog posts 2007-01-16

Roger McNamee: Reinventing journalism

As the Web 2.0 Summit a few weeks ago, legendary investor and rock band leader Roger McNamee talked about his firm Elevation Partners recent minority investment in Forbes for a few hundred million. McNamee said a key part of his Forbes investment strategy is to be on the ground floor...

Tags: Forbes, journalism, Roger McNamee, Elevation Partners

Blog posts 2006-11-21

Versus GooYa (or YaGoo?), Ballmer's secret sauce will have to be special

I just got done listening to, and transcribing parts of two interviews. The first of these is parts is from the interview of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer by Elevation Partners co-founder Roger McNamee the segment about the new business models. The second of these excerpts comes from the...

Tags: advertisement, Steve Ballmer

Blog posts 2006-05-15