12 posts and columns on registration

SurveyMonkey Buys Online Forms Start-Up Wufoo for $35 Million

in News on April 25, 2011 at 8:28 am PT

SurveyMonkey, the quiet but profitable and fast-growing Web survey company, is buying online forms start-up Wufoo. While the terms of the transaction for the Tampa, Fla.-based Infinity Box–makers of Wufoo–were not disclosed, sources said the price was $35 million in cash and stock.

Apple App Happy Sonos Also Goes Android

in News on February 10, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

Sonos–the maker of innovative wireless music systems that has been boosted by its Apple iPhone and iPad Controller app–is set to roll out one for Google’s Android mobile operating system. The Sonos Controller for Android will officially introduce the app at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, although the Santa Barbara, Calif., company is announcing it today.

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How Adam Got @Adam and Became Cool Online

in News on January 19, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

All Rob Goldman ever wanted was to be himself. In the Silicon Valley start-up obsessed world he inhabits, that means being facebook.com/rob or @Rob on Twitter.

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New York Times Backs News-Aggregation Software Company

in News on September 29, 2010 at 5:00 am PT

The New York Times Co. is joining a group of news organizations in backing the maker of software that helps publishers aggregate news, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company, called Ongo, filed a trademark registration in April.

Online Privacy Follies Hit Home: BoomTown Was One of Those Exposed in the AT&T iPad Snafu

in News on June 11, 2010 at 12:15 am PT

Yesterday, it was revealed that AT&T–which usually and deservedly catches flak for its appalling dropping of voice calls–got caught up in a thorny security debacle related to the Apple iPad. The telecom giant had a flaw that allowed a group of computer experts to expose the email addresses and identity numbers of 114,000 owners of the popular tablet device. Including mine.

President Clinton Talks About His Internet Legacy (BTW, He's an iPhone Dude, While the GOP's #41 Is a BlackBerry Teen)

in News on March 18, 2010 at 12:38 am PT

Here is a video I did of former President Bill Clinton talking at an event related to the 25th anniversary of the first .com registration. Clinton gave a speech first–which was, inexplicably, about health-care legislation and global warming. But after Clintion was done, he sat down with VeriSign CEO Mark McLaughlin to talk about a range of Web-related topics, in a very amusing exchange.

Exclusive: Yahoo's Top Ad Money-Maker Bradford Leaving for New Job at Demand Media

in News on March 15, 2010 at 9:15 am PT

According to several sources, Yahoo’s SVP of U.S. Revenue and Market Development Joanne Bradford is planning on leaving the Internet giant to take a new position as Chief Revenue Officer of online content upstart Demand Media. The surprise move is sure to have reverberations throughout the online advertising arena, but more so at Yahoo, where Bradford’s job encompasses a wide range of key revenue-generating duties. She has also been tapped as one of the execs to play a key role in the recently approved search and online ad partnership with Microsoft.

CES Attendance Up

in News on January 12, 2010 at 6:02 am PT

The International Consumer Electronics Show didn’t break any attendance records this year, but it did post a slight increase in visitors–which is something in a down economy.
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IPO Market Just Really, Really Lousy

in News on April 1, 2009 at 1:25 pm PT

To hear tell from the National Venture Capital Association, the VC landscape is as burned out and desolate as the ashen vistas of Cormac McCarthy’s “The Road.” According to its latest data, not a single venture-backed company went public in the first quarter of 2009 or the one that preceded it. That’s the first time the association has ever recorded two consecutive quarters with no issues.
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Bailing on Big Tech Trade Shows

in News on December 5, 2008 at 11:00 am PT

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

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

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

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