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It’s All About Cloud Computing

June 28, 2008

For those of you who were not able to attend GigaOm’s Structure 2008 Conference, Kara Swisher takes viewers on a tour with wise words from GigaOm’s CEO Om Malik and Raanan Bar-Cohen of Automattic.

Filtrbox On The Inside

June 26, 2008

Inc.com magazines names Filtrbox amongst the contenders to be the next Digg. Filtrbox clears away the noise of the Web to provide users with current, relevant, necessary information as the news happens.

BrightRoll Named In Nollenberger Top 200

June 26, 2008

BrightRoll was listed as part of Nollenberger Capital Partners’ prestigious Top 200 Privately Held Companies’ list. Selections for this list are based on “technological innovation, the pursuit of broad market stakes, demonstrated solid management, investment professional backing, revenue-building solutions as well as anticipated potential for raising significant capital in the next 12 to 24 months.” This is a wonderful honor, and the Nollenberger alumni are a great group to be associated with.

Great job, Tod & team!

Jared Kim At Ypulse Mashup

June 26, 2008

WeGame CEO Jared Kim will be speaking at Totally Wired’s Superstar Panel at the Ypulse Mashup in San Francisco on Monday, July 14th, 2008.

Om Malik Panelist For TechCrunch50

June 26, 2008

GigaOm’s Om Malik will be a panelist in TechCrunch50 this July.

User-Generated Content Matters

June 26, 2008

Three Rings’ CEO Daniel James recently participated in a panel at the Social Gaming Summit. In this Gamasutra article, James and his fellow panelists discuss user-generated content and virtual spaces vs virtual worlds. In addition to gaming participation, users find the ability to create within a game to be both satisfying and rewarding, James comments.

Meebo Analysizes Advertising

June 26, 2008

Meebo has partnered with 33Across in an effort to more accurately research and analyze user demographics and marketing promotion effectiveness. This targeting allows Meebo to charge more on the dollar for advertising.

“We’re giving advertisers more information on how their ads are pervading the network,” Meebo’s Martin Green said. “We’re looking at the nature of the people who shared that studio’s trailer or content with friends. Are they (the) same ‘connectors’ in the network? Or did you appeal to people who don’t normally act on promotions?”

Atypical Search

June 25, 2008

Business Week published a special report on talented and minimalistic Web Designer Dan Cederholm of SimpleBits and his handiwork – the redesigned Sphere website that launched this past March.

GigaOm Hosts Structure 2008

June 17, 2008

Next Wednesday, June 25th, GigaOm will host the Structure 2008 conference in San Francisco. As of yesterday, there were only 25 tickets left. With speakers such as Werner Vogels, VP & CTO of Amazon; James Crowe, President & CEO of Level 3 Communications; Greg Papadopoulou, CTO & EVP Research of Sun Microsystems; and the GigaOm brand of excellence, this conference is a must-see.

Featuring Matt Mullenweg

June 16, 2008

Check out Automattic Founder Matt Mullenweg on the cover of the July 2008 issue of the Linux Journal, where he discusses the WordPress blogging platform with writer Katherine Druckman in Keep on Blogging in a Free World.

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