Robbie Bach, president of the Entertainment and Devices Division, announced today at the WMC in Barcelona that Microsoft acquired Danger. Over the past 12 months, it is Microsoft’s 3rd acquisition in the mobile space after Screentonic and Musiwave. Danger, a California based company provides services that allow people to keep in touch, stay organized and […]
Avez vous remarqué les couvertures de la presse News Magazine de cette semaine? La disgrâce après l’état de grâce. Ajoutez à cela l’affaire du SMS par Le Nouvel Observateur et vous conviendrez que la presse fait elle aussi l’apprentissage hésitant d’un président qui a bouleversé la perception de sa fonction. Le fait que celui-ci ait […]
Nicolas Charbonnier operates Techvideoblog from Denmark. We had an interesting chat about the OLPC One Laptop Per Child $100 dollar laptop which we believe could also change usage in western Europe. Nicolas Charbonnier interviewed February 7, 2008, Geneva, Lift
LIFT in Geneva selected 8 winners among 35 start-ups competing. They presented their companies today. Here is my personal ranking, starting with my favourite. Don’t ask me how I ranked them : gut feeling based on my personal interest. Barry Schiffman, co-founder and COO, presented Viewdle Video indexing platform. It can search videos based on […]
I’ll be attending the following events over the next few weeks. Lift in Geneva on February 6-8 focuses on innovation in the internet. 3GSM in Barcelona on February 11-14 is THE show about mobile. Most the players will be sharing their plans and demoing new products. Web 2.0 expo in San Francisco April […]