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September 4, 2010
by vatsal
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TV – the next frontier

TV is the next frontier for innovators. In the coming months we’ll see many products trying to bring a wide array of technologies and feature sets to consumers.

It remains to be seen what will win – the two major products to watch are Apple TV obviously with it’s sub $100 price point and the Google TV with it’s Android strategy.

It surely keeps things exciting …

Apple TV versus Google TV – The Times of India.

Kindle on iPad

July 21, 2010
by vatsal
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Amazon Says E-Book Sales Outpace Hardcovers – WSJ.com

This is a major milestone for the dotcom age. The published books have been around for 200 years and Amazon is one of the pioneers in selling books over the web. They just announced that the first time e-Book sales have surpassed published books.

Amazon Says E-Book Sales Outpace Hardcovers – WSJ.com.

This also indicates that Apple’s timing of releasing the iPad is perfect at the market inflection point. Apple has already sold 3.3 Million iPads since its April 3rd launch date – thats apprx: 36000 iPads a day !

IMO – this is a significant shift towards a more widespread dotcom economy.

money

July 14, 2010
by vatsal
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Venture capital Q2 Investment report

Venture capital in Q2 2010 has been very interesting, we have seen a gradual comeback in VC investment though it has many headwinds. People are generally risk averse and there is a lot more renewed interest in dotcom, renewable energy and biotech.

Here is the report from CalibreOne

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