http://blog.venturedin.com ... following ideas Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:10:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many of these trends have been evolving for some time now and will surely receive attention in 2010. Flex & Flash: Most websites now integrate flash/flex to some degree while standalone applications are also on the rise. The technology is being used for way more than web animation. Micro-blogging/Messaging/Status Updates: Twitter made famous ... http://blog.venturedin.com/?p=345 [caption id="attachment_331" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Google Nexus One"][/caption] No longer an issue of hardware: Stacked up side by side the Nexus One has better hardware than the iPhone but that is a meaningless fact as Apple can ultimately upgrade iPhone’s hardware for future releases. Differentiating phones by upgrading hardware as the unique differentiator ... http://blog.venturedin.com/?p=324 Nuance Communications bought SpinVox for $102.5M which was a combined $66M in cash and $36.5M in stock. This purchase was a steep decrease from the rumored $150M Nuance was considering, and an especially low amount when compared to the roughly $200M already invested in the company. Was this a good ... http://blog.venturedin.com/?p=299 So it seems Twitter went holiday shopping and bought Mixer Labs, the developer of GeoAPI. How do you think Twitter will use this acquisition? Was the acquisition a good strategic move? What’s next? How will they use this acquisition? As the company already stated, they plan on adding location information to tweets. This can help ... http://blog.venturedin.com/?p=280 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqrRSsvZNNU I highly recommend watching this video about Adam Smith's startup experience at Xobni but here are a list of highlights for those in a hurry. OVERVIEW SUMMARY: Networking: Adam emphasizes networking in order to build your team, attain funding, and expand business opportunities. Financing: He promotes using ones money wisely but has probably ... http://blog.venturedin.com/?p=257 If you are not familiar with “augmented reality” or Pranav Mistry then I recommend you take a few minutes to watch this TED video. Initially I was introduced to this particular MIT project in February of 2009 when an earlier video was posted on TED (www.TED.com). This earlier video is ... http://blog.venturedin.com/?p=216 Fenwick & West's recent survey of venture capital investing leaves room for optimism as the 4th quarter of 2009 is already underway. The survey tracks numerous points of venture capital spending and is able to highlight percentage changes from quarter to quarter. Although precise explanations for statistical changes are hard ... http://blog.venturedin.com/?p=193 Chegg.com, the Netflix of the textbook rental industry, raised an unprecedented $57M in a recent round of fundraising. The exorbitant amount bucks the trend of depreciated investing and valuations by venture capitalists in a struggling economy hinting at a possible resurgence of confidence and investing. With total investments estimated at $160M ... http://blog.venturedin.com/?p=165