Oracle’s Larry Ellison rains on the ‘cloud’
As founder of Oracle, one of the pre-internet powerhouse technology companies, you might expect Larry Ellison to be cynical of all this talk about cloud computing. He is.
As founder of Oracle, one of the pre-internet powerhouse technology companies, you might expect Larry Ellison to be cynical of all this talk about cloud computing. He is.
25 entrepreneurs (including nine Aussies) board @TheStartupBus from San Francisco to attend the South by Southwest (SxSW) Conference in Austin. They are to build five businesses from concept to launch over the 48-hour road trip. Their biggest challenge so far is apparently overcoming motion sickness during the trip.
This spoof of “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys has been climbing up the viral charts. Produced by Pantless Knights, it’s a tribute to The New Dork ruling the roost in today’s tech world. It’s catchy, and you can even download the free MP3.
It’s not often that today’s technology media inspires thoughts of William Shakespeare. However, it’s likely that The Bard, had he lived in the 21st Century, would draw great inspiration from the brief and turbulent history of one of the world’s premier tech blogs, TechCrunch, and its founder Michael Arrington.
The brand that normally can do no wrong is now feeling the unfamiliar sting of consumers and tech mavens worldwide who believe their expectations have been thoroughly unmet.
I’ve been watching a lot of great video lectures on entrepreneurship lately. Gorging myself, really. After all, this was a resource that was difficult to get your hands on until recently. And now so much of it is online, for free. In this video, Randy Komisar, from successful Silicon Valley-based VC firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield…
Flickr co-founder Stewart Butterfield is a free agent again. After creating the world’s premier online photo-sharing community, selling it to Yahoo and spending three years working inside the walls of that now troubled internet giant, he’s out and ready for something new. Paul Ryan sat down with him in Melbourne at the recent X|Media|Lab conference.
Imagine if Australia’s innovators and entrepreneurs received the same media attention as sporting celebrities. Maybe we would find Ziggy Switkowski being tested for caffeine ingestion before Telstra’s next annual general meeting. Or Coles Myer board members being cited for boardroom melees. I know there are a few members of the business elite that I would…
Imagine if Australia’s innovators and entrepreneurs received the same media attention as sporting celebrities. Maybe we would find Ziggy Switkowski being tested for caffeine ingestion before Telstra’s next annual general meeting. Or Coles Myer board members being cited for boardroom melees. I know there are a few members of the business elite that I would…
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