Twitter, an absolute obsession, nay, a way of life for some, is not even on the radar for many people outside Silicon Valley. The root of this lies in the fact that Silicon Valley is the first to know about new technology, either by word of mouth or by targeting of PR and marketing […]
Entries from April 2008
Twitter - Can it Escape the Valley?
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: North Carolina · Tech · Entrepreneur · Blogging · Opinionated · Mobile
Social Network for iPhone? Silicon Valley prepares to lose more social skills
April 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Mobile social networking has had more false starts than most “next wave” technologies, with the mild successes of dodgeball, jaiku, twitter, and LimeJuice. But so far they’ve been a mixed bag. Yes, Jaiku was acquried by Google, which is always cool, but did anyone really use it? And yes, Twitter almost qualifies […]
Tags: Tech · Entrepreneur · Opinionated · Mobile
Motricity to leave Durham for Bellevue WA; Layoff 250 employees
April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
This is not breaking news, but one of the Triangle’s most successful tech startups, Motricity, is moving their headquarters at the American Tobacco Campus in Durham for the greener pastures of Bellevue, Washington. Motricity has been both a symbol of the kind of success tech companies can have in the Triangle area, and of […]
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