Comments on: Viigo raises $6.4M for mobile phone content service http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/ News About Tech, Money and Innovation Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:19:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Viigo launches at WPC | DavidCrow.ca http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/comment-page-1/#comment-820258 Viigo launches at WPC | DavidCrow.ca Thu, 10 Jul 2008 01:21:51 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/#comment-820258 [...] announcements and partnerships with companies like Microsoft and Blackberry will help them raise additional rounds of funding, now that it looks like Ventures West is having some difficulty raising another [...] [...] announcements and partnerships with companies like Microsoft and Blackberry will help them raise additional rounds of funding, now that it looks like Ventures West is having some difficulty raising another [...]

]]> By: Matt Marshall http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/comment-page-1/#comment-685652 Matt Marshall Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:11:53 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/#comment-685652 Mark, corrected with update. Matt Mark, corrected with update.
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]]> By: Ron http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/comment-page-1/#comment-685176 Ron Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:54:22 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/#comment-685176 Have you checked out mobispine? They do something similar, and have been doing this for some time... Have you checked out mobispine? They do something similar, and have been doing this for some time…

]]> By: Mark http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/comment-page-1/#comment-684658 Mark Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:49:11 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/#comment-684658 Thanks for the mention Matt ... a few quick corrections to the post: (1) As the press release mentioned, the $6.4MM reflects the total raised to date ... not just this round. (2) We do not pre-download images in the RSS feeds so as to avoid the user picking up data charges for images that they might never view. The articles themselves are tightly compressed so as to minimize data traffic. The minute the user views an article, the pictures appear. Our costs are not an issue either way. Bob ... I seriously doubt a sophisticated investor such as Ventures West would invest in the type of company you described above. Stay tuned, this really isn't about an RSS reader at all. Mark Thanks for the mention Matt … a few quick corrections to the post:

(1) As the press release mentioned, the $6.4MM reflects the total raised to date … not just this round.
(2) We do not pre-download images in the RSS feeds so as to avoid the user picking up data charges for images that they might never view. The articles themselves are tightly compressed so as to minimize data traffic. The minute the user views an article, the pictures appear. Our costs are not an issue either way.

Bob … I seriously doubt a sophisticated investor such as Ventures West would invest in the type of company you described above.

Stay tuned, this really isn’t about an RSS reader at all.

Mark

]]> By: Bob http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/comment-page-1/#comment-684490 Bob Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:22:43 +0000 http://venturebeat.com/2007/12/18/viigo-raises-64m-for-mobile-phone-content-service/#comment-684490 Are you kidding me? $6.4M for a pre-revenue startup with no revenue streams out in the world. And their product is an RSS reader and deployed basically on the Microsoft platform (probably using .Net and whipped together in a month) ??? Rediculous. Are you kidding me? $6.4M for a pre-revenue startup with no revenue streams out in the world. And their product is an RSS reader and deployed basically on the Microsoft platform (probably using .Net and whipped together in a month) ???

Rediculous.

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