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  CTO Interview—Patrick Harding, Ping Identity The way digital identities are used and managed has become a strategic imperative. And one that Ping Identity set out to address—developing the world’s first rapidly deployable identity federation software, PingFederate. It provides users throughout an... 22 hours, 22 minutes ago by Startup Superstars to Startup Superstars Filed under: Why Microsoft?, CTO Interview, Ping Identity

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  Microsoft PDC - Windows 7, Cloud Computing, Live Mesh, and more Microsoft PDC2008 (Professional Developers Conference) will be in Los Angeles, October 27 - 30. Microsoft will unveil it's vision for cloud computing and building applications that seamlessly bridge the gaps between PC, Web, and phone. Windows 7, the... 09-29-2008, 1:40 PM by Don Dodge to Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing

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  A September to Remember September has been, by nearly every account, insane: Personally , I was traveling for over half of the month (with another trip starting this Wednesday). Institutionally , my team hosted its annual VC Summit last week in Mountain View, California, and... 09-29-2008, 1:28 PM by Christopher Griffin to Christopher Griffin on Startup Thinking

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  CTO Interview—Dharmesh Shah, Hubspot Hubspot CAMBRIDGE, MA http://www.hubspot.com In early August 2008, Kris Olson stopped by the Cambridge Mass office of Dharmesh Shah, Chief Software Architect and Founder of Hubspot. Hubspot is designed to provide “a (killer) marketing application and... 09-26-2008, 8:00 AM by Startup Superstars to Startup Superstars Filed under: CTO Interview, Hubspot, Dharmesh Shah

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  Where are They Now, Aras Corp. Revisited   Aras Corp.   ANDOVER, MA http://www.aras.com   Kris Olson stopped by the Aras headquarters in Andover Mass in early August to talk to Marc Lind, VP Marketing. Marc covered Aras’s choice of .NET for their SaaS application; their decision... 09-25-2008, 4:00 PM by Startup Superstars to Startup Superstars

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  Skyfire will change your life One of the most impressive DEMO s I’d seen at DEMO last year was Skyfire ’s. For those of us who have had smartphones with limited web browsing capabilities (like Pocket IE with Windows Mobile), Skyfire will forever change the way you use your smartphone.... 09-24-2008, 8:28 PM by Anand Iyer to Artificial Ignorance - Anand Iyer Filed under: windows mobiile

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  Desktop Virtualization 2.0: Bare Metal Client Virtualization Despite energetic media coverage about desktop virtualization, actual deployments have been modest at best. What’s holding it back, and what needs to happen in order to propel it across the chasm? To be clear, “desktop virtualization” can mean at least... 09-23-2008, 6:53 PM by Yi-Jian Ngo to Core Infrastructure by Yi-Jian Ngo Filed under: Virtual Computer, sentillion, Neocleus, parallels, VDI

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  10Things from 37Signals at Web 2.0 Expo On Wednesday, Jason Fried from 37Signals spoke to a packed room in a Web 2.0 Expo session titled "10 Things We've Learned at 37Signals." As a Web 2.0 influencer, Jason is near the top of the pile, and he didn't disappoint in delivering pithy, but highly... 09-19-2008, 3:04 PM by Christopher Griffin to Christopher Griffin on Startup Thinking

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  Peter Ueberroth, Contrarian Investor This past Tuesday I had the pleasure of listening to Peter Ueberroth deliver the keynote address at Seattle's Zino Zillionaire startup competition. While many only know Ueberroth as a the sixth Commissioner of Major League Baseball (1984-1989), he has... 09-19-2008, 2:22 AM by Christopher Griffin to Christopher Griffin on Startup Thinking

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  Billions of VC Dollars in Boston Commonwealth Capital held their annual open house this week at their Winter Street offices on "VC Hill" in Waltham. VC Hill is to Boston/Waltham what Sand Hill Rd is to Silicon Valley...the center of Venture Capital for the region. Commonwealth Capital... 09-17-2008, 2:33 PM by Don Dodge to Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing

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  Due Diligence LIVE!: Zino Zillionaire Event Awards $150,000 I'm waiting to catch the redeye from Seattle to New York for Web 2.0 Expo, having just left Seattle's Zino Zillionaire Investment Forum, where 28 companies vied for $150,000 in startup funding today. Zino is a very interesting blend of social circle built... 09-17-2008, 12:48 AM by Christopher Griffin to Christopher Griffin on Startup Thinking

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  On Privacy, Adeona & Location Based Services 12,000 laptops are lost at US airports every week, according to a study commissioned by Dell. No doubt great news for laptop recovery service providers such as Absolute , zTrace and (of course) Dell. But less obvious to their eager customers are the risks... 09-15-2008, 2:04 PM by Yi-Jian Ngo to Core Infrastructure by Yi-Jian Ngo Filed under: ztrace, laptop theft

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  Cruising TechCrunch DemoPit: the Buzz and the Standouts While all the bloggers crowded in the main auditorium to cover the TC50 stars, I cruised the DemoPit, chatting with VC and entrepreneurs and the DemoPit exhibitors . It was like sneaking backstage at a rock concert: great rumor mill and lots of “wanna-be’s”... 09-13-2008, 2:42 PM by Anne-Marie Roussel to Connected Entertainment by Anne-Marie Roussel Filed under: Surface, MC Hammer, Ustream, Swype, Mulodo, TechCrunch, Deckkr, TC50, SnapPages, Mark Cuban, Ashton Kutcher, Steve Testone, Qik

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  TechCrunch50 – crème de la crème This week, TechCrunch reinforced itself as the most powerful tech blog on the planet. TechCrunch50 was everything it was made out to be. Startups, press, speakers – these guys were the crème de la crème of their respective contingents. The TechCrunch50... 09-12-2008, 9:34 PM by Anand Iyer to Artificial Ignorance - Anand Iyer Filed under: techcrunch, surface, tc50, ashton kutcher, techcrunch50

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  CTIA September 2008 Mobility Digest I attended the bi-Annual CTIA Mobility conference in San Francisco on Thursday Sept 12th 2008. The conference seemed smaller than in the past. However I did see one or two interesting companies at the event: Voice On The Go - This is a Canadian company... 09-12-2008, 1:24 PM by Rodney Bowen-Wright to Mobility & Vertical Markets by Rodney Bowen-Wright

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  Top 6 Startups at DEMOFall 2008 Had a blast at one of the startup world’s biggest shindigs, getting to know lots of interesting companies and the fiercely passionate entrepreneurs that run them. Here are my favorites: Awind allows mobile phone users to wirelessly transmit content (slide... 09-11-2008, 1:45 AM by Yi-Jian Ngo to Core Infrastructure by Yi-Jian Ngo Filed under: Maverick Mobile, UGA Digital, chumby, Microstaq, Usable Security Systems, usable security, Awind, Echo Nest, yougotphoto, demo startups, demo conference

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  Ashton Kutcher doesn’t think the Surface is just blah blah (blah) Ashton Kutcher launched his new startup, Blah Girls , at TechCrunch50 in San Francisco this week. Ashton walked by the Microsoft lounge several times, in and out of interviews as you can imagine. From Ashton’s most recent blog post , I think he liked... 09-10-2008, 5:30 PM by Anand Iyer to Artificial Ignorance - Anand Iyer Filed under: startup, techcrunch, surface, tc50, blah girls, ashton kutcher, techcrunch50

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  Microsoft Surface - Ashton Kutcher, Mark Cuban, Mike Arrington love it! Microsoft's new Surface Computer is a big hit at TechCrunch50. Ashton Kutcher, Mark Cuban, and Mike Arrington all stopped by our demo lounge and played with the Surface.   Ashton Kutcher was at TechCrunch50 to launch his new company called ... 09-10-2008, 3:15 PM by Don Dodge to Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing Filed under: TC50, TechCrunch50

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  Straight-Shooting: TechCrunch Interview with Mark Cuban Yesterday's Day 2 of TechCrunch50 ended (excluding the after-party) with a terrific interview with Mark Cuban , who, I suspect, needs no introduction. I have to tell you -- Mark's straight-shooting recounting of his past business deals and current thinking... 09-10-2008, 2:52 PM by Christopher Griffin to Christopher Griffin on Startup Thinking

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  Swype slide to type - at TechCrunch50 Swype is a new way to type text on a cell phone or tablet PC. One of the inventors of T9, the current method for entering text on a 9 key touch pad, has developed Swype. It is the most exciting technology I have seen at TechCrunch50. Swype works by simply... 09-10-2008, 2:38 PM by Don Dodge to Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing Filed under: TC50, TechCrunch50

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  Stock Market Data Without The Brain Freeze The average retail investor (you, me) is often faced with more investment data than they can consume or make decisions on. Enter Intellectual Property Licensing and the Microsoft Solver Foundation. The Microsoft Solver Foundation can perform optimization... 09-09-2008, 5:02 PM by Tony Bailey to Memo from Marketing

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  Investor tools and services companies at TC50 This group of TechCrunch50 companies is focused on Investing and financial tools. The companies include; PersonalRIA , Emerginvest , ExchangeP , Me-trics , and iCharts .   The TechCrunch Panel of Experts are; Mark Cuban (HDnet, Dallas Mavericks),... 09-09-2008, 3:34 PM by Don Dodge to Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing Filed under: TechCrunch50

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  Social Networks and Collaboration startups at TC50 TechCrunch50 is not just about Web2.0. Here are some companies focused on social collaboration networks in both the web and work environments. These companies include; Tingz , Mixtt , Imindi , and Popego .   The TechCrunch expert panel for this session... 09-09-2008, 3:23 PM by Don Dodge to Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing Filed under: TC50, TechCrunch50

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  TechCrunch50 Angels -- No More Excuses for Not Moving to the Money Yesterday's Day One of TechCrunch50 included a great angel panel consisting of the following investors: Ron Conway , Angel Investor Yossi Vardi , Investor and Entrepreneur David Kidder , Founder and CEO, Clickable Chris Sacca , Investor and Company Advisor... 09-09-2008, 3:18 PM by Christopher Griffin to Christopher Griffin on Startup Thinking

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  Advertising and Commerce startups at TC50 Advertising and online commerce are the hottest markets for startups, so of course TC50 has some companies in this segment. This group includes; Burt , Adgregate Markets , AdRocket , and OtherInbox .   The TechCrunch expert panel for this group is... 09-08-2008, 8:11 PM by Don Dodge to Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing Filed under: TC50, TechCrunch50