Tech
Sports tickets on a commodity exchange?
I just read a very entertaining book called Rigged that was written about the Merc Exchange in NY. How it started as a place to trade potatoes and grew into what it is today, an oil exchange.
Well this weekend I read about my new favorite exchange that I really hope takes off. Yoonew, is an [...]
What will Bill do after Microsoft?
Bill Gates will be stepping down later this year from Microsoft. What does the world’s second richest man do after retiring?
Video: Bill Gates Last Day CES Clip
Actually, he’ll be heading up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, but a rich man can dream can’t he?
Blackberry and Facebook… making eachother better.
So last week Facebook released a Facebook Application strictly for the Blackberry. Now, I’m sure there are plenty of people using their iPhone’s to update their profiles on Facebook, but this app is going after a totally different market. Now there is a convenient way for the executives on the go to see when someone [...]
Twitter changes users name
A service I once used alot, and could see myself using again, if more friends used it, is twitter. Twitter, is a small tool that you post what you’re currently doing, and it sends the information out to your friends who are following your feed. Nothing that useful until your friends get up to a [...]
What some people call the triple play…
I am calling the 4 strikeout inning. If you include Gmail, Docs, Spreadsheets, and now this, that’s four big plays (not three) and I’m trying to stick with the baseball analogy. So there you have it, Google now has the 4 strikeout inning.
Google has now opened up "Presently" which is their new competitor to Microsoft’s [...]
Business Idea: Personalized Podcasts
I wanted to go for a run today, but the biggestfactor in me choosing not to run, was what I had on my ipod. I like listening to my music on the bus or when I’m walking around downtown. When I have to run for 25 to 45 minutes though, I need something new, something [...]
VMware’s huge mistake….
They’re a company that allows you to run more than one operating system on a computer and they went public two days ago. Everybody was talking about them yesterday because of their HUGE IPO, or at least the over 100% growth of their stock in the first day (from $22 to $51). As pointed out [...]
