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As Interest in Online Learning Grows, Udemy Lands $1 Million in Angel Funding

August 31, 2010 NET News No Comments

“Five years from now on the web for free you’ll be able to find the best lectures in the world,” Bill Gates said at the recent Techonomy conference, arguing that online education will be “better than any single university.” Gates’s timeline might be debatable – could be ten years, five years, three years, now – as is his contention that the widespread availability of online lectures means we can supplant a brick-and-mortar school. But there’s little doubt that more and more learning experiences and learning resources are available online.

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Skype Founders’ Experience Helps Music Startup Top the Charts

August 18, 2010 NET News No Comments

Startups flourish when entrepreneurs find new ways to disrupt existing markets and industries. One of the oldest businesses that has been in dire need of innovation is the music industry, and startups have begun to crowd the industry, rethinking the way people share, buy and experience music.

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Ed-Tech Startup LearnBoost Takes Aim at Legacy Software Systems

July 26, 2010 NET News No Comments

Education technology has long been dominated by large, enterprise players – Blackboard , Follett Software and Pearson , for example – but as school budgets are slashed and as educators become more tech-savvy, many schools are looking for new tech solutions (and free tech solutions) for classroom instruction and administration.

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Using Social Games to Teach Kids Entrepreneurship

July 20, 2010 NET News No Comments

If as we wrote about last week and Newsweek suggests, Americans are really in the midst of a “creativity crisis,” it’s not simply our “creative” endeavors that are in trouble. If our abilities to innovate and problem-solve are on the decline, the future of American entrepreneurship may be in jeopardy as well. Sponsor But even if we ignore claims about falling “creativity quotients,” it’s hard to overlook some of the other statistics that indicate kids may not be equipped to become future business leaders

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101 Goals in a Year: What Would it Mean For Your Startup?

July 8, 2010 NET News No Comments

Could you complete 101 goals in a year? That’s a simple yet powerful question that a new project is trying to answer

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Advanced Media Relations For Startups: How to Be Newsworthy

June 18, 2010 NET News No Comments

Media relations starts with understanding the basics and finding the right leads . Next, you want to craft a powerful enough message that will make the media want to cover you

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To Incubate or Not To Incubate: Kicklabs Incubator Launches in San Francisco

June 9, 2010 NET News No Comments

So you have a couple of people, a decent idea and that’s about it – what next? If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area, then the answer might be Kicklabs , a new startup incubator launching today for very early-stage technology and online media startups. That answer, then again, might simply be investment by a venture capitalist, but the pros and cons of incubation should be evaluated first.

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GenJuice Tour Seeks to Connect Young Entrepreneurs

June 2, 2010 NET News No Comments

Final exams are a thing of the past, your diploma is in hand and summer is in the air – what’s the next logical step? Road trip, of course! That’s the case for three recent college grads, at least, who are embarking on their “GenJuice Gen Y Trendsetters Tour” later this month with the mission of connecting more than 1,300 “young go-getters” across the country. Sponsor Starting on June 20 in San Francisco at the offices of Justin.tv , Arielle Scott , Virgilia Singh and Danielle Leslie will kick off a month and a half long tour of the country with the mission of bringing the supportive entrepreneurial environment they’ve found in San Francisco Bay Area to other areas of the country.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Don’t Waste Precious Years Of Your Life

May 28, 2010 NET News No Comments

Today quite a variety of entrepreneurs presented their business ideas at my Online Strategy Roundtables . Several times I brought up how precious our time is and we need to treat it as such.

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UK Startup Failbetter Games: Steampunk, Storytelling, Flowcharts, and Twitter as a Gaming Platform

May 11, 2010 NET News No Comments

Although the popularity of games like Farmville has caused social gaming to be associated primarily with Facebook , UK gaming startup Failbetter Games demonstrates that Twitter can also be a viable platform for game developers. In early April, investor Fred Wilson wrote on his blog that Twitter was at an ” inflection point ,” and pointed to the potential for “killer apps” to emerge in several areas, including social gaming.

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Online Learning Startup Udemy Launches With Plans to "Democratize Online Education"

May 11, 2010 NET News No Comments

Online learning website Udemy announces its official launch today. The site has been in testing for several months and has amassed over 1000 active users spread over some 400 courses.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Validation is the First Step

May 6, 2010 NET News No Comments

Today five very early stage entrepreneurs presented their businesses to me. They all still have much work to do to validate their businesses

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Symbian peeps can now have at Swype

September 2, 2010

Texting has never been so much fun, thanks to the high-speed magic of the keyboard that could: Swype. But I know there are a lot of sad pandas out there who want to Swype, but just can’t because they own a Nokia. Well, you can turn that from upside down, matey, as Swype is now available for S60 5th Edition through Nokia Beta Labs ! Now, now, before you get too excited, I have to let you know that it is currently only available for the Nokia N97, N97mini, X6, 5800, and 5230, with other devices coming later

28nm Cortex A9 processors now possible thanks to Globalfoundries. Next stop: 20nm

September 2, 2010

All the engineers in the audience will be pleased to hear that Globalfoundries today announced that the very first 28nm ARM Cortex A9 dual-processor qualification vehicle has now been taped out.

T-mobile G2 will rock an 800MHz Scorpion CPU, Froyo, Flash 10.1

September 2, 2010

T-mobile have now confirmed, via their Scoop page , that the upcoming T-mobile G2 will rock an 800MHz Scorpion processor (as part of the new MSM7x30 Snapdragon chipset), run the Android hotness that is Froyo (sans Sense, as previously thought ), and will also be “ready” for flash 10.1. Now, those in the audience with an insatiable appetite for teh megahurtzes will probably be disappointed to hear that the clock is a full 200MHz slower than the usual 1GHz Snapdragon that most all high-end phones are gifted with.

More Revealed About the G2

September 2, 2010

T-mobile is really going to draw out this whole limited knowledge launch of the G2 .  This time, though, we have some confirmation on what you can actually expect.  It is well known that this will be the first HSPA+ phone , and T-mobile is telling you to “brace yourself for blazing-fast downloads, browsing and search” on the “fastest smartphone experience in America.”  Another note, and I do not get sick of posting this, vanilla Android 2.2 out of the box with one-touch quick keys (for quick access to Google shortcuts and applications) and Adobe Flash Player 10.1 ready (which probably means you will have to download it from the market yourself).  T-Mobile is also confirming that that Qualcomm MSM 7230 Scorpion silicone will be clocked at 800 MHz.  I know some of you wish it was clocked up to 1 GHz, but you need to remember that GHz isn’t everything.  Nothing really new there, but some official confirmation is always good.  The rest of the scroll box, from the Scoop page, can be found below.  Don’t forget to leave your thoughts in the comments! T-Mobile SCOOP

T-Mobile Outage In Seattle?

September 2, 2010

Unconfirmed reports are coming in via Twitter that T-Mobile is currently out in the Seattle areas. No information is known at this time, stay tuned for details!

Ding! Windows Phone 7 Is Done, Released To Manufacturing

September 1, 2010

According to a post at the Windows Phone 7 blog , Microsoft’s latest operating system is now fully cooked and ready to consume.

T-Mobile G2 Pricing Revealed: $200 With Contract, $500 Without

September 1, 2010

Not a lot to say here.

MyTouch HD Also Known As “Emerald” To Release November 3rd?

September 1, 2010

In case you aren’t interested in the T-Mobile G2 or the HD7 , perhaps the MyTouch HD aka “Emerald” suits your fancy? A trusted tipster has dropped off word that the release date for the next phone in the myTouch lineup will drop November 3 rd at your local T-Mobile store. That lovely little roadmap we’ve been following so closely I believe if I am reading it correctly states that the Emerald is dropping November 5 th , then again it could be a 3, its blurry as can be in this picture.

Are The HTC Shubert, HTC HD3 And HTC HD7 The Same Device?

September 1, 2010

A trusted source dropped off a piece of info a few days ago which we’ve been wanting to get up but when we saw an article this morning over at Engadget , it peaked our curiosity even more. This one goes out to all you Windows Phone 7 fans who are looking to see what phone Magenta might be picking up to deliver the brand new Windows Phone goodness

And Just Like That, T-Mobile G2 Pricing

September 1, 2010

So we’ve seen images , have a great guess at a release date and a pretty decent idea as to what to expect inside the device . How about price, you guys want to know price don’t you

Here We Go Again, T-Mobile and iPhone Rumors Persist

September 1, 2010

Another day, another rumor.  Yesterday we heard about merging with Sprint , but what about surpassing them?  Well, it is very possible that that could happen if this particular rumor came true.  It’s not the first time we have been on this roller coaster, but yet another analyst says the iPhone is coming to T-Mobile.  Tee Examiner’ s source says “There were talks about it, then strong rumors. Then, there were problems with the carrier. But now, the iPhone will definitely be available for T-Mobile.”  Is there any reason to believe this iPhone rumor over any other iPhone rumor

Apple Releases iOS 4.1

September 1, 2010

iOS 4.1, which has had a few beta releases over the last couple months, has been released. It’s nothing too major, but let’s go down the additions: Updated Game Center HDR photos HD video uploads over WiFi TV show rentals It should be arriving next week.

Sure Enough, SkyFire Announces They’ve Submitted To The App Store

September 1, 2010

Just last week, a couple of much-trusted birdies popped into the MobileCrunch office, claiming to have some details on SkyFire (a Flash-friendly mobile browser already available on a number of smartphone platforms) and its impending iPhone release. “They’ve entered the very final round of testing!” they said. “It’s going to get submitted to Apple early next week!” We’re one day past what we’d personally consider “early next week”, but sure enough: SkyFire has just announced that they’ve submitted the browser for Apple’s oh-so-important stamp of approval.

Live from Apple’s September 2010 Event

September 1, 2010

It seems like just yesterday, we were fighting our way through traffic on the way to Apple’s iPhone 4 antenna press conference. Today, we’re joining Apple for something a bit less out-of-the-blue: their annual September product announcement in San Francisco.

Droid Incredible Froyo update now rolling out to the masses. For real.

September 1, 2010

Now I know that the Froyo update for the Incredible was released on the 27th of this month, but that was just one of those limited-release roll-outs used to weed out any major faux pas before making it available to the great unwashed. If you weren’t lucky enough to get that joyous notification this past week, well, hold onto your hats, coz word on the web/streets is that the Froyo update is now being pushed out to all users. If this is the first you’ve heard of the Froyo update, and you’re peachy-keen (and you should be) to get it onto your device ASAP, then Android Central have a how-to on manually updating your phone.

T-mobile’s “almost 4G” HSPA+ 3G now live in 9 more cities

September 1, 2010

T-mobile continues to bring the latest update to their 3G network to more cities today, with the “4G-like” HSPA+ speeds now available in: Boston, Mass. Erie, Penn.