Devicescape connects your device to WiFi hotspots
Devicescape releases a software today that connects any of your WiFi devices automatically to a WiFi hotspot or muni network.
This is significant, because more cellphones are being equipped with WiFi, as the cost of WiFI chips hit bottom rates of $2. And by accessing WiFi with a Skype or other Internet (VoIP) phone, you can make cheap calls.
The service, a software download, automatically detects when there’s a Wifi network nearby; you can set the… Continue Reading
Applied Ventures invests $3M more into Solaicx
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Applied Ventures, the venture capital fund of Applied Materials, has invested $3 million in Solaicx, a Santa Clara, Calif. start-up that makes single-crystal silicon wafers for the solar photovoltaic process.
Solaicx said it plans to use the investment to expand its business with a second U.S. manufacturing site in Portland, Oreg., scheduled for 2007 operation. The money comes in the form of a covertible note, part of a third round of funding that the company… Continue Reading
Sigma appoints Fahri Diner as partner
Sigma Partners, a Menlo Park venture capital firm, has appointed Fahri Diner as partner.
Here is the announcement, which provides a bio of Diner.
Diner is a former entrepreneur active in the communications area. The appointment is notable because it is getting rarer for venture firms to hire people in the communications area. Firms like Sevin Rosen, WorldView and many others have experienced hardships because of the maturity in that sector.
Still, Diner founded Qtera Corporation, which… Continue Reading