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H.264 Opens Up a Free & Clear Video Codec Landscape

Another salvo was fired in the battle for the future of Internet video today. MPEG LA is making permanent, thats forever, the royalty free use of their license portfolio for AVC/H.264 for free Internet video applications. The moratorium for payment was to be reconsidered in 2014 and recently extended to 2015 but as they say […]

Recession or Not: Anytime is a Good Time to Start Company

Angel investor, Ron Conway, of investment firm SV Angel has recently completed and audit of the 500 plus companies they have invested in over the last 12 years and has formed some surprising conclusions from the data he found. Speaking at the Social Currency CrunchUp, organized by TechCrunch, Mr Conway talked about his expectations that […]

Google Follows Microsoft Kin, Ends Nexus One -Lessons Learned?

Another smartphone is added to the mobile device graveyard with the Google announcement, “Nexus One changes in availability,” a quick interpretation, the Nexus One will not be available from Google online but will be available through carrier partners, or maybe not. The real memorial is for the web store and Google’s ill fated attempt to match […]

What is the Internet and what will it be?

If you were to ask yourself or someone next to you at your favorite coffee shop, with wireless of course, what is the internet? What would the answer be? Most would have not thought about it much. They like what it does and they like what can do while they are connected. Most users think […]