An individual who invests his or her own money in a private company, which is typically a startup. An angel investor is not an employee or member of a bank, venture capital firm or other financial institution that normally makes such investments.
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- Study: Google uses 21X more bandwidth than it pays for
- Google is by far the largest user of Internet bandwidth, its share of bandwidth usage is rising rapidly, and its bandwidth use is orders of magnitude greater than its payment for its cost, according to a new study by NETCompetition.org, a site committed to Net Neutrality "pro-competition Internet forum funded...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- LeWeb sold out
- Much to my surprise but relief LeWeb 2008 has sold out. That's what Loic LeMeur told me the other evening. Given the economic downturn, that has to count as an extraordinary result. Perhaps things in Paris are not as bad as they are elsewhere. Several of those attending have been...
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Google analyst sees falling revenue and board conflict
- Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry predicts Google's revenue will fall in the next two years and the company is about to hit its adolescent stage with board conflicts and layoffs. In a research note, Chowdhry lays out the case. The gist: The economy is putting pressure...
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Taleo: Management's comments regarding their November to forget
- A Different and More Optimistic View - Execs Confirm Many Prior Assumptions Last week, Taleo's Katy Murray, CFO, and Nate Swanson, Investor Relations, were kind enough to spend a few minutes with me to discuss my recent post on Taleo. The overall tone was positive and not...
- Blog posts 2008-11-30
- Fastest-growing German financial sites in September 2008
- Property Aug-2008 Sep-2008 % Change Total German Internet Audience 35,447 35,676 1% Business/Finance - news/research 4,760 4,881 3% Manager-Magazin.de 339 471 39% AOL Money & Finance 308 414 35% Finanztreff.de 134 180 34% T-Online.de Finance 513 660 29%...
- Blog posts 2008-11-29
- Oh Mamma.com: SEC charges Mark Cuban with insider trading; Cuban responds
- Updated: The Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday that it has charged Mark Cuban with insider trading for selling 600,000 shares of Mamma.com. Specifically, the SEC says that search engine Mamma.com, known today as Copernic, invited Cuban--owner of the Dallas Mavericks and former Yahoo and Broadcast.com exec--to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- Will Microsoft apply 'Vista-Capable' lessons to Win 7 netbooks?
- As the e-mail trail in the "Vista-capable" class-action suit continues to unfold, I can't help but wonder whether Microsoft will apply some of the lessons it hopefully learned about working with OEMs to Windows 7 -- especially in the netbook space. The original suit, filed in March...
- Blog posts 2008-11-17
- BearingPoint's Q3 earnings call - part 1
- To BE or not BE Several news groups and Wall Street firms covered BearingPoint's BE Q3 results this week but one point was not well covered, if at all. Look at this bullet point that is at the bottom of a list of points BE...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Nokia: Global mobile phone market will fall in 2009
- Nokia said today that the world's mobile phone market would fall in Q4 2008 and 2009 as the slowing economy eases consumer demand around the world.1.24 billion phones would be sold worldwide this year, down from a previous estimate of 1.26 billion, with handset market volumes and the overall telecommunications...
- Blog posts 2008-11-14
- Yahoo dips below $10; Icahn, board called out
- Yahoo's stock is struggling to stay above $10, the ad deal with Google is in the history books and Microsoft has been quick to say "Not interested." And CEO Jerry Yang has turned into the Internet whipping boy over it. But Kara Swisher over at AllThingsDigital poses...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Dell CTO Kettler retiring
- Kevin Kettler, Dell's Chief Technology Officer and an active member of the Austin, TX community, reportedly will retire, sources told CNET. His departure is not part of Dell's reorganization activities Apparently, word of his retirement has been expected for some time and he recently announced it to...
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Microsoft search boss: 'Silk Road' will lead to greater market share
- Microsoft search boss: 'Silk Road' will lead to greater market shareNo ...because their minds are set on market share first.^0^Relevance, relevance, relevance...Give me relevance - that what I want to find, I do find.Silk Road...How Originalhttp://www.joymax.com/silkroad/Try to come up with something someone else hasn't used for a name.Slippery Slope fits...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-13
- CES gets the carbon treatment
- Could the mammoth trade show that is the Consumer Electronics Show be in for the green treatment? I mean, after all, most of the vendors there will be preaching green goodness and yet the very act of traveling to a trade show is increasingly in for scrutiny. ...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Will Tim Cook be the next Steve Jobs?
- Last month, after a press event at Apple's Cupertino headquarters, I made an off-the-cuff observation about the future leadership of the company. In short, I commented on how Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook, who took a portion of stage time from Jobs to talk about new notebooks, was wearing blue...
- Blog posts 2008-11-10
- Microsoft is falling behind in mobile
- Steve Ballmer is quick to say that Google's new Android operating system is nothing to worry about, and that he doesn't get their business model -- but when was the last time you heard anything interesting about Windows Mobile? "This is [Google's] first phone, they're not easy....
- Blog posts 2008-11-08
- Linux: The Joe Sixpack Strategy
- On the surface, it would appear that a slowing economy might pave the way for increased Linux and Open Source software adoption by the unwashed masses, those who may want newer software than what their current XP system provides but don't want to pay the high...
- Blog posts 2008-11-03
- BD+ busted - Blu-ray on Linux one step closer?
- BD+ busted - Blu-ray on Linux one step closer?Blu-ray on Linux?We already have some of that covered:https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestrictedFormats/BluRayAndHDDVDBefore people start crying DMCA you have to remember that the United States != rest of the world, thankfully. ;)RE: BD busted - Blu-ray on Linux one step closer?Great news. DMCA needs...
- Discussion threads 2008-11-03
- Tech giants reach deal to preserve human rights
- corrected: Yahoo, Google and Microsoft have agreed to limit the information they share with foreign governments, the result of widespread criticism over human rights. The three are working with human rights groups to create a set of guidelines to govern how they operate in countries where free speech and privacy...
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Chairman Bill says let a hundred projects bloom
- Chairman Bill says let a hundred projects bloomAll anyone with a working brain can say is, *OUTSTANDING*Rant away bashers, make yourself look as stupid as you are.they are all stillborn...unless they use Linux and OSSRE: Chairman Bill says let a hundred projects bloomThat is great news. Excellent effort from...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-23
- Fastest-growing searches in September 2008
- Rank Search Term Volume 1. dancing with the stars 0.03% 2. paul newman 0.02% 3. david blaine 0.01% 4. clay aiken 0.01% 5. britney spears 0.01% 6. 2009 ford mustang concept car 0.01% 7. hooters 0.01%...
- Blog posts 2008-10-22
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