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Ready for Its Video Close-Up? SlideShare Adds Live Web Conferencing.

Liz Gannes in Social on February 16, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Web conferencing is just the worst, but thankfully the tools for giving live remote demos are getting simpler and snappier all the time. Today SlideShare, the presentation-sharing site with 45 million monthly uniques, is launching its take.

I/O Ventures Returns to Train Second Class of Start-Ups

Liz Gannes in Social on January 20, 2011 at 10:14 am PT

With a swarm of start-up accelerators in the mold of Y Combinator all hitting the tech scene last year, it’s inevitable that some will fall by the wayside. But I/O Ventures, based in San Francisco’s Mission District, will be back for another season, co-founder Paul Bragiel tells NetworkEffect.

Exploring iStuff at CES With Mobilized (Video)

Ina Fried in Mobile on January 10, 2011 at 5:14 pm PT

Apple may not have been in Vegas, but its legions of followers were. The maker of the Mac and iPhone prefers having the stage to itself, but an entire section of CES was devoted to iStuff. Mobilized toured the show floor and has a video report.

One in Five to Own Tablet by 2014, Poll Finds

Ina Fried in Mobile on December 21, 2010 at 6:35 am PT

The market for slate computers is predicted to grow rapidly, with a new study pegging U.S. tablet penetration rising to about 20 percent in three years time. But will the increase be enough to make a business for all of the companies entering the market?

CES 2009: Three Booths and a Clapping Toy Monkey?

John Paczkowski in News on December 5, 2008 at 11:26 am PT

If a global manufacturer of computer hardware like Belkin’s not exhibiting at CES, who is? I posed that question jokingly earlier this morning, but turns out there’s a very real and ugly answer to it: Not Seagate. Not Logitech. Not Cisco. Not Philips. Not Yahoo. And not Sanyo, either.

If Belkin's Not Exhibiting at Macworld, Who Is?

John Paczkowski in News on December 5, 2008 at 10:23 am PT

Next month’s Macworld Conference & Expo show floor will be quite a bit easier to navigate than in years past. With registration down by 20 percent over last year, there are likely to be far fewer attendees, and with a growing list of companies pulling out of the show, there’ll be fewer booths for them to crowd. Earlier this week, Adobe said it had decided against exhibiting on the show floor. A coterie of other companies is joining it, top among them, Belkin, which has also pulled out of exhibiting at CES. What’s next–a Super Bowl boycott?

If Belkin’s Not Exhibiting at Macworld, Who Is?

John Paczkowski in News on December 5, 2008 at 10:23 am PT

Next month’s Macworld Conference & Expo show floor will be quite a bit easier to navigate than in years past. With registration down by 20 percent over last year, there are likely to be far fewer attendees, and with a growing list of companies pulling out of the show, there’ll be fewer booths for them to crowd. Earlier this week, Adobe said it had decided against exhibiting on the show floor. A coterie of other companies is joining it, top among them, Belkin, which has also pulled out of exhibiting at CES. What’s next–a Super Bowl boycott?