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Cleantech + more news
Cleantech Insight: How cleantech tarnished Kleiner and VC star John Doerr | Reuters – when thinking about cleantech it is worth remembering that Doerr also made crazy bets on Netscape. It may have been the wrong thing to do from a finance point-of-view but the direction was right. Robert X. Cringely described technology as being…
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Lenovo + more news
Lenovo How did Lenovo become the world’s biggest computer company? (Economist) – large home market giving it enough time and capital to invest in products. Lenovo started off in 1984 as a television manufacturer called Legend. Lenovo then moved into making and selling PCs. In 1994, they managed to raise US$30 million. By 1999 Legend…
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Nokia in China + more news
Nokia in China Nokia in China: it’s all relative | FT.com – doesn’t mention that Nokia screwed over Chinese partners by abandoning MeeGO and Symbian. Having a Nokia in China meant that you were part of the middle class when I first visited Shenzhen. There were domestic phones and competitors like Samsung and Motorola, but…
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Windows 8 phone + more
Windows 8 phone Nokia Cuts U.S. Price of Flagship Phone in Half – WSJ.com – gives an indication of how Windows 8 Phone is hurting Nokia. Clear the inventory press reset and hope that Windows 8 phone does the business for them. Windows 8 phone requires a Qualcomm reference board and components. This had a…
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Carlos Slim + more news
Carlos Slim What is Carlos Slim up to? | beyondbrics – Carlos Slim has been buying distressed mobile telecom assets in Europe and Argentina. Carlos Slim is a Mexican businessman. Grupo Carso is the holding company that Carlos Slim uses to buy these firms. Beauty American women most likely to use anti-aging face creams, the…
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Butzi Porsche + more news
Butzi Porsche Ferdinand A. Porsche, 76, Dies – Designed Celebrated 911 – NYTimes.com – Butzi Porsche dead. Butzi Porsche came from a family of engineers. His grandfather led the original team behind the Volkswagen Beetle. His father had been part of that engineering team and went on to found what we now know as Porsche.…
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Goretex + more news
Goretex Gore-Tex Under Siege from Waterproof Fabric Newcomers | OutsideOnline.com – interesting how Goretex waterproof fabric stranglehold mirrors Microsoft’s position in the technology sector. Goretex was historically under threat from a number of systems that had varying degrees of impact. Hipora is a silicon coating structure invented by Korean firm Kolon, Schoeller’s C change which…
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Palm | HP portable devices
I decided to jot down some thoughts on the demise of the Palm | HP portable devices business. I am not going to say whether it was the right or wrong thing to do mainly because other people have been doing that already. HP and the mobile device HP was arguably the original modern mobile…
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Ron Conway + more news
Ron Conway Ron Conway’s Confidential Investment “Megatrend” — “O2O Commerce” – for those of you who don’t know Ron Conway is a Silicon Valley angel investor who is hyper-connected and said to have the golden touch. Online to offline (O2O) commerce has been big in Asia where QRcodes provided the connective tissue between apps and…