YouTube business exec joins startup Cooliris
YouTube’s head of monetization Shashi Seth has left YouTube-owner Google to become the chief revenue officer at a Menlo Park, Calif. startup called Cooliris. Seth is just the latest in a series of Google executives to join the startup world, a group that also includes former Google vice president and current Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg.
Seth was appointed to his position at YouTube in January 2007. It probably wasn’t the easiest job in the… Continue Reading
Pique recommends products across Web sites (and Web 2.0 is dead?)
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Aggregate Knowledge, a Silicon Valley company that recommend products to visitors of Web sites based on what people like them have previously chosen, is offering its service across Web sites.
The service is called the Pique Discovery Network.
The San Mateo, Calif., company’s technology seeks to put products or content in front of you that pique your interest. So if you’re reading an article on WashingtonPost.com about your favorite sports player, says the Yankees’ Alex Rodriguez, the… Continue Reading
Green, the new boom
The excitement among green technology investors continues in the wake of the Supreme Court ruling earlier this month on climate change, and Rob Day has a good summary of the latest chatter.
“People are comparing it to the Internet boom of 1999,” said one green entrepreneur to the Washington Post, about the ruling, which gives finally gives Congress the right to regulate climate change.
In the majority opinion written by Justice John Paul Stevens, the court said… Continue Reading
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