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  • Viodi View – 08/31/11

    Viodi View – 08/31/11

    With August coming to a close and the Labor day weekend upon us, summer vacations will soon be distant memories.  September will usher in the hectic pace of trade shows and conferences.   Time is not only running down on summer, but the FCC’s clock regarding the deadline for approving the AT&T-T-Mobile merger is ticking…

  • Everyone Is a Journalist

    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…

  • 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…

  • Viodi View – 08/17/11

    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…

  • 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…

  • 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…