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This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, I'm allowing them to post anonymously (Read More)
Alzheimer's Reading Room:
Mi sento agitata....Bob DeMarco Alzheimer's Reading RoomEditorI'm feeling agitated. This is when my stomach starts bothering me. I am also suffering from a case of deja vu.Yesterday I published an article -- Study of aging in (Read More)
L.A. Times Tech Blog:
Thing Labs in their San Francisco office. Chris Wetherell, middle left, and Jason Shellen, middle right. Credit: Mark Milian / Los Angeles TimesThe mad scientists at Thing Labs have a very impressive track record.On the sixth (Read More)
TechCrunch UK:
This is our third guest post written by a London-based VC. To allow them to speak plainly without jeopardising their fund or their career in the small village that is the London VC scene, Iām allowing them to post anonymously (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Cisco Systems has put no limit on its budget for Smart Grid development,Ā the companyās grid guru Laura Ipsen told the audience at GreenBeat 2009 ā albeit quoting her boss John Chambers. The question now is what Cisco will us (Read More)
paidContent.org:
This is not a surprise considering the continued decline of Rhapsody music service in the face of lots of new competition and the general malaise in the digital music market: MT (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
So this is reasonably exciting. Some super secret source told PlayStation Insider that Sony has talked to Mozilla about porting Firefox to the PS3. Note the wording of that sentence: talks about porting Firefox. Needless to s (Read More)
The Guardian:
Under-fire FA chairman still paying the price for speaking out about Game 39 and Premier League clubs' debtThe vitriolic criticism directed at the FA chairman Lord Triesman, and the repeated assertion that he must step down f (Read More)
ReadWriteWeb:
Research firm Gartner has just put out a list of the top ten mobile applications of the future. Well, not the distant future, but the far off year of 2012. Nothing on the list is all that surprising or, in many cases, even al (Read More)
VentureBeat:
(Editorās note: This is a truncated version of an interview that originally ran on VCExperts.com)Dana Callow is the Managing Partner of Boston Millennia Partners. Ā Prior to foundingĀ Boston Millennia Partners, Dana co-founded (Read More)
VCCircle News:
Silicon Valley-based Norwest Venture Partners (NVP) has raised a $1.2-billion fund for venture and growth equity investments. The new fund will help NVP, which invests out of its global fund in India, step on the gas on India (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Santiago, Chile-based Austral Capital is one of a growing number of Latin American VC firms making names for themselves. Thanks to aggressive support from the Chilean government, the less than two-year old company has funded (Read More)
Submitted by competent
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ā Presenting Founder Collective Pitch yourself, not your idea November 14th, 2009 | startups, venture capital There is a widespread myth that the most important part of building a great compa (Read More)
VCCircle News:
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore has set up an independent and not-for-profit entity, IIMB Innovations, to raise funds for incubating startups. The new entity will also take a 5% stake in all startups that will be inc (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K. interdealer broker Icap said Tuesday that its fiscal first-half net profit edged up 2% to 94 million pounds ($158 million) as revenue rose 6% to 809 million pounds. The group said underlying oper (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Playfish scored big last week as Electronic Arts said it would buy the social gaming company for as much as $400 million. That is a remarkable achievement for a company that is just a couple of years old. Itās a validation of (Read More)
The Guardian:
I have never been happier. For Dynasty - greatest of all 80s soaps - starts tonightI literally could not ā wait, let me check myself over . . . yes, I am right ā I literally could not be happier. Not if I had a ginger kitte (Read More)
Mashable!:
Itās a brand new week, which means itās time for Mashableās guide to upcoming social media and web events, parties, and conferences. For more upcoming event listings, check out Mashableās Events section.Is your event not on t (Read More)
www.ft.com:
The lead administrator of the aircraft parts wholesaler says he was in early stage discussions with trade and financial buyers about purchasing all or part of the struggling company. (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
England 16-46 AustraliaDespite the lopsided final scoreline this was arguably the most exciting and exacting challenge a British team has presented to Australia in a series-deciding match since the third Test at the Sydney Cr (Read More)