facebook at face value

By Azam on February 3, 2012 Add a Comment

The facebook IPO has arrived with the company filling with SEC to raise 5B  in the public offering.  Most startups  achieve the IPO milestone to raise funds to fund growth.  In the case of facebook, the company may have reached…

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Greplin Grabs Your Personal Content

By Azam on September 23, 2011 Add a Comment

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A few years ago, Daniel Gross was on his way to a party in his native Israel when he pulled out his smartphone to look up the address. The invitation could have been buried in his e-mail, on Facebook, or…

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Ness Being More Subjective on Search

By Azam on July 19, 2011 Add a Comment

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Ness is working on developing highly personalized search engine and recently received 5M from investors.  Vinod Khosla  of Khosla Ventures lead the Series A round, with participation from Alsop Louie Partners, TomorrowVentures, Bullpen Capital, and Angel investors.

The Alsop-incubated company is…

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BitCoin the New Currency

By Azam on June 10, 2011 Add a Comment

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BitCoin is the ultimate currency in the modern and well connected world.  BitCoin has recently been in the spotlight to news of being tied to the nefarious purposes.  The growing interest in the currency offers a real the validation on…

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Groupon is a lot like Group Sex

By Azam on June 3, 2011 Add a Comment

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Everyone wants to have some fun at first and things get too messy and ultimately you are disappointed. You do not want to let others know you caught up there in between all of it.  Groupon was fun in the beginning…

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Mobile Payment is Getting Very Near

By Azam on May 24, 2011 Add a Comment

googlogosprintGoogle and Sprint set to announce today the launch of mobile payment using Near Field Technology. The market for mobile payment is heating up with launch of NFC technology and commercial availability.  The mobile payment service requires a NFC semi…

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Measure Your LocalResponse

By Azam on May 11, 2011 Add a Comment

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Local Response has changed the buzzd model of location awareness into measuring the different response across different social applications.  The model is more helpful than being tied to a single location application such as foursquare or gowalla.  LocalResponse goes beyond…

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On the Right Path

By Azam on April 4, 2011 Add a Comment

 pathlogoPath is the new social networking tool being developed by Dave Morin the ex facebooker focusing on real friends. Path is available as an iPhone app, and if focusing on sharing photos. Path is focused on the closest 50 friends…

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VivoTech Brings Life to Near Field Communications for Mobile Payments

By Azam on March 29, 2011 Add a Comment

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Vivotech is the leader in NFC mobile payments systems and is behind the technology most of dominant players are using to deliver to ease and convenience of mobile payment systems

 

ViVOtech’s reader devices rely on a technology called Near Field Comminications,…

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Serve Goes Online So You Can Leave Home Without AMEX Card

By Azam on March 28, 2011 Add a Comment

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American Express is going online with Serve to handle transaction payments over the web and compete with the PayPal the leading payment system and others. 

Serve will let consumers make purchases, take cash withdrawals from ATMs and make peer 2 peer…

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