Archive for December, 2006
Thursday, December 28th, 2006
I guess the title says it all but let me elaborate a bit on the news. Basically, Digg was able to raise $8.5 million in funding from the Greylock Partners and Omidyar Network. Greylock had previously invested $2.8 million on Digg. I guess it makes sense to give Digg money ...
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Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
Tech people need to seriously take some days off and enjoy life away from their computers. Why am I saying this? I say it because I just did a cursory review of the blogosphere for December 25th and I realized that most blogs were updated and commented on in the ...
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Sunday, December 24th, 2006
Google is by far the most loved technology company operating today. Techies love it for the numerous online tools that Google provides for free. Business people love it because it is a highly profitable company with a soaring stock price. During the last ten years, Google grew from a small, ...
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Saturday, December 23rd, 2006
Just a week ago, CNN money published a story discussing how retailers made several million dollars from unredeemed gift cards. For example, Best Buy Co. reported $43 million gain from gift cards that had not been used in two or more years. Other retailers have reported similar numbers for this ...
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Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
Net neutrality has been a hot topic this year. It is talked about in traditional media, the blogosphere and last summer the US House of Representatives. But what is net neutrality? Well, it turns out that this is not the easiest question to answer because it is a highly controversial ...
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