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Everyone Is a Journalist
The power of low-cost video and image capture coupled with the distribution power of social networks is literally changing the face of government across the world. An important ruling this week from the U.S 1st Circuit Court of Appeals provides legal reinforcement for the idea that the lines between a journalist and a private citizen…
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FCC Restarts 180 Day Clock on AT&T/ T-Mobile Merger- Cutting through all the Hype!
Tick Tock, Tick Tock The FCC is restarting the informal clock on the AT&T/ T-Mobile Merger effective today. “As such, today, August 26, 2011, is Day 83 under the time clock,” Rich Kaplan, Head of FCCs Wireless Telecom Bureau, wrote on the FCCs web site: http://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0826/DOC-309294A1.pdf. The FCC 180 day clock is officially known as…
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Viodi View – 08/17/11
Alan Weissberger may have said it best when he suggested that the Google purchase of Motorola Mobility is representative of what has become a sort of patent mania these days. At approximately $734k per existing patent or $500k if pending patents are included, this is a good deal compared to the $750k per patent that…
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TiE Angels 1 Year Check-Up: Outstanding Health & Getting Stronger!
Introduction Just over one year ago, TiE Angels was started as an experiment by the Silicon Valley (SV) Chapter of TiE. Short for “the Indus Entrepreneurs,” TiE is the world’s premier non profit organization promoting entrepreneurship. The Angels seem to fit perfectly with TiE’s charter–to inspire the next generation of entrepreneurs and to educate and…
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VC Falling over Internet Start-Ups, Telecom & Networking Left in Dust; TiE Angels Wins for Smaller Deals!
Introduction The just released PricewaterhouseCoopers National Venture Capital Association MoneyTreeTM Report for 2Q-2011 contains some very revealing information about the amounts and types of companies venture capitalists (VCs) are investing in. VCs opened their wallets and invested $7.5 billion in 966 deals in 2Q-2011. That was an increase of 19% in terms of both dollars…
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New Telecom Services that Capitalize on Broadband Connectivity – Part 3
Background and Recap The theme of this three part series is to examine potentially new and different telecom services that enable telcos to particpate in the value chain created by broadband Internet access. Pressure is on telcos to build out their fiber based and/or mobile broadband networks for greater coverage and higher traffic carrying capacity.…
Viodi View – The Bridge Between the Heartland and Silicon Valley