MYBLOG by Ouriel: Israeli startup boycott, part 2. A wind of hope. OpenTable files for first venture-backed IPO of 2009 » VentureBeat. Why Google Latitude is Viral Marketing for Brightkite, Loopt. By Corvida Raven of SheGeeks.net (FriendFeed/Twitter) "They're more about keeping tabs on your friends; we focus more on community and meeting new people based on the places you go. " - Brightkite There's no doubt that mobile social networks are vying to be the next big thing for consumers as the mobile handset arena heats up. Plenty of services have gotten their feet wet, but haven't really made it outside of the early adopter crowd.
So it comes as no surprise that early adopters and techies are wondering if mobiles services such as Loopt and Brightkite should be worried about Google's latest product: Google Latitude. In one sentence, Latitude is Google's location awareness application. It's geared to take over a niche that's been dominated by other aforementioned services for quite sometime now.
The million dollar bubble buster is whether the competition should be threatened. Keeping The Community: Different Strokes For Different Folks Google is a worldwide brand. Google reaches out, treads carefully with startup community - TechFlash: Seattle's Technology News Source. Superstar Team To Launch Flash MMOG Called Ohai.
Mike Butcher: 5 ways start-up culture in Europe has changed - Blog - Plugg. The Economy According To Mint. Aaron Patzer is the CEO and founder of Mint.com, a personal finance site that helps 900,000 consumers keep track of their spending. Mint’s data is a snapshot of the consumer economy. In the guest post below, Aaron parses the data to tell us what the economy looks like from consumer’s eyes. Consumers are hurting, but if Mint’s data is indicative of the economy as a whole, it is not as bad as you might think. (Mint was the the winner of our first TechCrunch40 conference, an experience Aaron wrote about in another guest post ).
At the World Economic Forum in Davos Switzerland this week, it’s a somber environment. Nearly every session – at least every session that’s full – is about the global economic crisis. While there is much rhetoric and shifting of blame, there is little mention of hard data beyond stock market declines and the price of bailouts. As an engineer, and founder of a company where one of our core values is “quantify everything”, lack of numbers bothers me. Comment / Analysis - Markets: New stock on the block. What to do if your startup is about fail (or “Don’t Stop Believing”) « The Jason Calacanis Weblog. 5 On Black: Near Term Startup Trends | College Mogul. EuroTour 09 kicks off in Barcelona at MWC. State of Innovation in India: 2009 - ReadWriteWeb. A year ago, I wrote about the State of Innovation in India, keying off an article I had written 10 years previously. Rather than wait another 10 years, ReadWriteWeb has decided to make this an annual review.
This time, we have restricted ourselves to web technology. We are looking for breakout innovation, companies creating and getting traction with technology that will change and create markets. The Big Change to the Risk vs. Reward Equation Last year we wrote: "The fundamental issue in India is the risk/reward equation. This has changed, thanks to the global financial crisis. Three kids working together, living at home, with free food and bandwidth, can change the world.
This is a big change. The innovation we are already seeing in the market today has been despite these and all the other hurdles faced by entrepreneurs everywhere. Zoho: Finally, the Indian Software Product Success Story I know firsthand from working with a few of these pioneers that it is not an easy ambition to fulfill.