More names for the GreenBeat marquee: Gee, Wagner, and Wong
A new flock of experts and industry leaders has joined the roster for GreenBeat 2009, the seminal event on the Smart Grid, on Nov. 18 and 19. We are very excited to announce this group, as it spans analysts, purse-string holders, and an inspiring new… Continue Reading
DEMO: 7 Billion People’s WebLegend personalizes the web shopping experience
Updated with mention of more competitors
7 Billion People promises to personalize the web shopping experience for — you guessed it — all of the nearly 7 billion people in the world.
The company’s WebLegend product is an e-commerce add-on that web shopping sites can incorporate into… Continue Reading
DEMO: Watch and comment on companies with Facebook and Twitter
Trying to keep track of what’s happening at the DEMO startup conference beginning today? Tune in, with the help of Facebook Connect or Twitter — or both. Just go to the DEMO web site, at Demo.com and click on the large button front and center… Continue Reading
Roundup: The financial crisis explained, land line usage still dropping, and more
Still don’t understand the financial crisis? — Neither does anybody else, it seems, but The New York Times has a good write-up of various issues, in brief question-and-answer format.
Telephone land lines continue to get unplugged — More people are switching to just using cell phones. See screenshot.
Conservative… Continue Reading
Let the games begin: DEMOfall, TechCrunch50 and you
Welcome to our first day of covering the season’s two big startup conferences — DEMOfall 08 and TechCrunch50. Here’s a little primer on the two conferences, and how VentureBeat is covering them.
DEMOfall, of course, is the fall arm of the DEMO conference, a well-established launching… Continue Reading
DEMO startups launch Monday — here’s a list of companies
The late-summer drought in tech news has already started to lift, but the real flood is coming Monday, as a bunch of startups launch new products at the DEMOfall conference and at TechCrunch 50. Impressive companies have made their starts at both conferences, and VentureBeat… Continue Reading
Trouble in conference land: TechCrunch50, DEMO happening at the same time
The dates are out for the next TechCrunch conference, and surprise: TechCrunch50, in its second year, will be held on almost the exact same dates as venerable — or some might say vulnerable — tech-startup conference DEMO, which is about to enter its second decade.
DEMO… Continue Reading