eaglecheergirl7 says "I love my pink Casio camera because it is a great value!" about Casio – Exilm Ex-Z33 Digital Camera
I love my Casio Exilm XZ-33. I picked it out because I loved the hot pink color and super compact size. I was looking for a camera that I could easily put in my pocket and this was the winner. It also has 10.1 megapixles, which is good and a 3x optical zoom. It also [...]
Investing Or Marketing? The Real Reason Lightspeed Invested In Ning At A Crazy Valuation
A lot of readers were incredulous over last week’s news that Ning raised another $15 million in venture capital from Lightspeed Venture Partners at a $750 million valuation. That comes despite the fact that Ning traffic appears to be flatlining, and revenue to date is likely very small.
A typical comment to that post: “What an [...]
Silicon Valley, It’s Time to Clean Up
When I first moved to Silicon Valley there was no such thing as “geek chic.” A trip through Frye’s Electronics told you everything you needed to know about engineer culture: It was a one-stop-shop for circuits and motherboards, huge bags of candy, cases of Jolt, and porn.
Things have changed a bit. Today, the hair is [...]
Arrington On Charlie Rose: Talks Twittergate, CrunchPad, and Competition
TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington recently visited Charlie Rose for a chat about the latest news and events in technology. Michael gave his take on the Google vs. Microsoft rivalry, saying that each tech giant is going after the other’s core businesses. Michael also touched upon the latest news around the CrunchPad and Apple’s much [...]
Tim Armstrong At Fortune Brainstorm: The First 100 Days Are Over. So Now What?
New AOL CEO Tim Armstrong takes the stage at the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference in Pasadena, California this morning for an early interview by David Kirkpatrick.
Armstrong has been on a bit of a road show recently, talking in vague terms to press about the future of AOL after the spinoff from Time Warner. Erick [...]
Bubble Motion Scores $6 Million In Funding For Voice Messaging Solutions
Voice messaging company Bubble Motion has secured $6 million in financing from Palomar Ventures, for which this is the first investment in the startup, and existing investors Sequoia Capital and Comcast Interactive Capital.
Venturebeat had earlier confirmed the fundraising based on a regulatory filing but at the time it was unclear who the investors were. Al [...]
Silicon Valley summit to gather 10 global telecom carriers
Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by Telecom Council.
With over 40% of US Telecom investment dollars flowing through the Silicon Valley, the Bay Area is the global hot-bed for telecom. This gravity has drawn 6 of the top 10 global wireless carriers to locate innovation offices in the region, along with many more fixed and [...]
Tech sector flying low but gunning for takeoff
Valley companies’ quarterly results have made it hard to plot a trend this week. Apple reported a quarter that the company’s PR pros have dubbed “the best non-holiday quarter in Apple’s history.” By contrast, Yahoo’s revenue headed down for the third straight quarter. Google hung in there with a 3 percent increase over 2008.
What’s happening right [...]
Valley job-clingers: Why you need to get fired
“Valley culture has an unwritten rule that if you don’t like a job, or if you think your company isn’t going anywhere, you leave. Instead of hanging around the office whining, you walk out the door and find something better and cooler to do. Because skilled tech workers are hard to find and interesting companies [...]
