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- The Right Way To Work At Yahoo
- Roundup: Rugged Flash Drives
- Keen On… Bob Metcalfe: No, Bob, The Internet Isn't About to Collapse (TCTV)
- Exclusive: Flashy Website Creator Wix Raises $40 Million
- Jack Dorsey Takes Over Product Again At Twitter As Executive Chairman
- Zapd Creates Themed Websites Right From Your Phone
| The Right Way To Work At Yahoo | Top |
| “6:30a and I am on my way into the office for the first time since November. Man, time flies,” tweets Yahoo front end engineer Dav Glass. Dropping by the office once every 4-5 months and still getting a full time paycheck sounds like the life to me. Glass lives in Illinois and has been working for Yahoo remotely for the last year. But he’s been with the company since 2006. he’s “one of the few talented front-end developers left there,” a former Yahoo employee tells me, adding “Yahoo is probably the best company to work for if you have above average talent and want to coast. You’ll stand out like crazy.” I’m certainly not implying that Dav is just “phoning it in,” but I will say this: I love the way he’s set up his work life. I may try something like that myself. CrunchBase Information Yahoo! Information provided by CrunchBase | |
| Roundup: Rugged Flash Drives | Top |
| Flash drives are a dime a dozen these days, so if you’re going to actually spend money on one, it may as well be one that can take a little abuse. After all, if you plan on having it with you everywhere you go, there’s a good chance this thing is going to get dropped, sat on, spilled on, and otherwise beaten up. The big flash drive sellers all have entries in this category, some newer than others. I thought it’d be worth taking a closer look at these to see whether they live up to their rugged pedigree, and whether that pedigree is worth the money to begin with. Here we check out devices from Corsair, Imation, Kingston, And LaCie. Continue reading… | |
| Keen On… Bob Metcalfe: No, Bob, The Internet Isn't About to Collapse (TCTV) | Top |
| In 2000, Internet pioneer Bob Metcalfe published a book entitled Internet Collapses and Other InfoWorld Punditry. Eleven years later, you can buy used copies of Internet Collapses for $0.01 on Amazon. But while Bob Metcalfe may have been wrong about the collapse of the Internet, he's been right about many many other things. Metcalfe not only invented the Ethernet in 1973 (and, by extension, wi-fi as wireless Ethernet), but he also has an eponymous Law named after him – the famous Metcalfe’s Law about the power of the network – as well as being the founder of 3COM, a one-time publisher of InfoWorld, a general partner at the Boston based Polaris Ventures and currently a Professor of Innovation at the University of Texas at Austin. So it was a real thrill for me to sit down with Metcalfe to talk not only about his invention of the Ethernet and Metcalfe's Law, but also about what most worries him about the robustness of today's Internet. And while Metcalfe not longer believes that the Internet is about to collapse, he remains worried about its security threats, particularly from organized criminals and hackers. And check back tomorrow for the second part of this two part interview when Metcalfe explains why there's a social networking bubble and what sectors of the Internet economy he believes are just about to take off. Pioneer of the Internet No, the Internet Didn’t Collapse CrunchBase Information Bob Metcalfe Information provided by CrunchBase | |
| Exclusive: Flashy Website Creator Wix Raises $40 Million | Top |
| Israeli startup Wix, which allows users to build flash websites, has just raised $40 million in Series D funding led by Insight Venture Partners and DAG ventures , with Benchmark Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners and Mangrove Capital Partners participating in the round. This brings Wix’s total funding to $61 million. Founded in 2006, Wix provides a simple mechanism for anyone to create Flash-based websites. Users can customize their Wix websites with a drag and drop editing tool and pretty templates, making the site user-friendly for users who may not be tech savvy. The site makes its money from a freemium model where users pay for extra customization and design features. Over the course of 2010 Wix, which has nine million users, has doubled in size and the company added a West-coast branch to its existing Tel Aviv and New York offices. To date, Wix has developed 8.5 million individual sites. But making a big bet on flash websites is a risk when you consider mobile. Many companies are scrapping Flash all together and betting on HTML5. Wix founder and CEO Avishai Abrahami tells us that Flash is the best platform for websites being viewed on PCs and other computers but that Wix will be rolling out a mobile site creator in the next few months, which will leverage HTML5 technology for mobile devices (a.k.a. will work on iOS devices). The company is also launching a Facebook application that allows users to integrate Wix websites with their fan pages. The new funding will be used towards Wix’s new social and mobile product launches in the coming months. Wix faces competition from Weebly and Yola. CrunchBase Information Wix Information provided by CrunchBase | |
| Jack Dorsey Takes Over Product Again At Twitter As Executive Chairman | Top |
| Jack Dorsey is back at Twitter in a big way. He just tweeted that he is now taking on the lead product role at Twitter, the company he co-founded and where he’s remained as chairman. To reflect his new operating role, his title will now be executive chairman. Dorsey will remain CEO of Square. News that Dorsey was negotiating with Twitter for an expanded role came out last week. There was some speculation that he might even take the CEO spot, but it is very difficult to be the CEO of two technology companies at the same time and Dorsey is “200%” committed to Square. All you have to do is watch this video to see how much he cares about building great products. And now he will be doing that at both Twitter and Square, while leaving the business side of Twitter to CEO Dick Costolo. Dorsey stepped down from the CEO spot at Twitter in 2008, when he was replaced by Evan Williams . Williams subsequently handed over the CEO title to Dick Costolo , ostensibly so that he could focus on the product. But Williams supposedly hasn’t been around that much. When Williams stepped down, that opened the door for Dorsey to expand his role (there was some bad blood between the two), which is what’s happening now. Twitter is now five years old. Dorsey recently put out some nostalgic Tweets about how the product got started. Today, Twitter is a different beast with more than 200 million users and an array of products (Web, mobile, tablets) that must be best-of-breed. Twitter began much more simply by providing the underlying service and encouraging other developers to build clients and features. The relationship with outside developers is now strained. Will Dorsey work to repair and reinvigorate those ties or focus more on making Twitter’s own products the only ones people need? @jack Jack Dorsey Today I'm thrilled to get back to work at @ Twitter leading product as Executive Chairman. And yes: leading @ Square forevermore as CEO. #200% about 3 hours ago via Twitter for iPhone Retweet Reply CrunchBase Information Jack Dorsey Twitter Square Information provided by CrunchBase | |
| Zapd Creates Themed Websites Right From Your Phone | Top |
| Tumblr and Posterous showed the world that making blogging simpler makes it more accessible. Both make also make it really easy to publish from your phone. Now Zapd , a new service from Seattle startup Pressplane, wants to take it one step further and let you create websites right from your phone. Zapd is an iPhone app that lets you create a themed, well-designed, mobile-friendly website in 60 seconds. You pick a theme, snap a photo, add a caption, and if you want you can even write a little text (don’t strain yourself). When you publish the site or a new entry, you can share a short URL with your friends via Twitter, Facebook, or email. (You can also sign in with your Facebook ID). I tried it and it literally took me a few minutes to create these two sites, Seeking and The Truth . “We’re trying to demonstrate a glimpse into the future of web publishing,” says CEO Kelly Smith. “It will start from your phone. Not the other way around.” All editing is done on the iPhone (although browser-based editing will come soon). The sites are optimized for tablet and phone browsers, supporting landscape mode and swiping templates. And you can change themes on the fly right from your phone. The app comes with a bunch to choose from. Pressplane’s other product is Inkd , a graphic design marketplace for business cards, brochures, and other printed designs. The company raised $1.7 million in 2008 and more recently another $400,000 to launch Zapd. Investors include Mika Salmi (formerly of MTV Networks and founder of Atom Entertainment), who is also the company’s new chairman, Mike Slade , and Zillow CEO Rich Barton . CrunchBase Information Inkd Mika Salmi Information provided by CrunchBase | |
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