Top 10 tech trends: Smart phones, alternative energies, Boomer technologies

Top 10 tech trends: Smart phones, alternative energies, Boomer technologies

Where is technology headed?

The Churchill Club of Silicon Valley just wrapped up one of its most anticipated events: the Annual Top Ten Tech Trends Debate. Five well-known and opinionated venture capitalists weighed in on what trends will take flight and what trends will fizzle out in the months ahead.

(The VCs are pictured, from left to right: Steve Jurvetson, Vinod Khosla, Josh Kopelman, Roger McNamee, Joe Schoendorf.)

The audience of around 300 people was asked whether it… Continue Reading

Aggregate Knowledge raises $5M from Kleiner, on a roll

Aggregate Knowledge raises $5M from Kleiner, on a roll

You’re familiar with Amazon.com’s recommendation feature: “People who bought this book, also bought these books.”

Aggregate Knowledge is a Menlo Park start-up offering such a recommendation service on a mass scale — to any Web site. But it does Amazon one-better by watching consumer reading patterns online, and giving recommendation feedback immediately. (Amazon updates its recommendations once a month)

By all accounts, AK is doing very well. It started in April, and is already making $2… Continue Reading