July 2007 - Posts

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What exactly is an iPhone application? by Tim Marman

Scoble mentions 3 new iPhone apps today from Newsgator, Bloglines, and Google. It's interesting that companies keep saying they are doing "iPhone development", when really these are nothing more than sites skinned to look more natural on the iPhone. The...
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Facebook: Lawsuits, IPOs, and Acquisitions by Tim Marman

ConnectU is suing Facebook for, among other things, copyright infringement, breach of contract, theft of trade secret. (It should be noted that Facebook is counter-suing for business torts and unfair business practices). ConnectU (which started at Harvard...
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What's the best state to incorporate in? (Hint: Delaware) by Tim Marman

AskTheVC recently addressed the question of what was the best state of incorporation . The short answer is one of 3 preferred states: "Delaware, whatever state the company is in and whatever state(s) the VCs are located in." Obviously, the last is hard...
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Looking at Google's acquisition of Postini by Tim Marman

Last week, Google (GOOG) purchased Postini for $625m . Jason calls this Google's most enterprisey acquisition yet - and despite all the other acquisitions, it's "the first evidence . . . that Google is ready to take the kid gloves off outside of the ad...
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This is a temporary post that was not deleted. Please delete this manually. (67c4a409-130f-4b34-9d45-e9577b8c8896) Syndicated from Loosely Coupled // Tim Marman's Weblog | Slashstar ( rss )
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Valuation: Sometimes you *can* take too much money by Tim Marman

If you're raising capital for a technical startup, how much should you take? Marc Andreessen says as much as possible , a sentiment echoed by Jason Calacanis . Jeremy Liew expounded on some of the risks of having a valuation that's either too high or...
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The Hypocrisy of Live Earth by Tim Marman

I'm with Fred on this one - the Live Earth is disgusting and self-serving. As Arctic Monkey drummer Matt Helders said, "Especially when we're using enough power for 10 houses just for (stage) lighting. It'd be a bit hypocritical." The hypocrisy doesn...
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Friday Fun: The perfect car for Manhattan? by Tim Marman

The perfect car for Manhattan - or just an extra from the Transformers movie? Syndicated from Loosely Coupled // Tim Marman's Weblog | Slashstar ( rss )
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The iPhone is a game-changer by Tim Marman

I recently wrote a piece for the TechDirt Insight Community about the impact of the iPhone and how the other carriers and device manufacturers can respond to the iPhone. I've come to realize that the iPhone has indeed changed the game, but maybe not for...
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iPhone impressions by Tim Marman

Alex has an iPhone (two, actually) and posted his first impressions (but not until he shared his activation woes ). In talking to Alex and reading other reviews, the general consensus is that the iPhone is very good, but underneath it all it's still the...
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