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I had the chance to sit down with Palm’s PR for a private briefing at CES 2008 and had some time for Q/A at the end.  I disclosed to them that I’m a big Palm supporter and are waiting for their big “come back,” so they knew I’m not the… Continue Reading »

“So, what is new?” is the first question I get as I get into the taxi from in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center.  I had been trying to answer that question for the past four days.  I’ve seen seas of LCD TVs (most black, shiny and look virtually… Continue Reading »

I was chatting up Leigh Geary of coolsmartphone.com about what his expectations were from Mr. Gates at tomorrow’s CES keynote.  With the iPhone entry, Google’s Android looming like a specter, we (both Leigh and I) are looking to Windows to bring something new to the table.  Will Bill deliver something… Continue Reading »

We’re meeting with the Facebook team a little later today, and want to know what questions you all have for them.  Leave them in the comments below and we’ll choose a few of the best ones to ask.  More to come. Continue Reading »

Karl Wiley is the Senior Director of eBay’s technology and media category. He is responsible for developing and executing long-term strategy, and implementing marketing and promotional programs to drive increased seller and buyer activity. Since joining eBay in 2001, Wiley has most notably created and manage eBay’s Preferred Solution Provider… Continue Reading »

This week we called up all the guys over at PerSecondPodcast. We talked to them about transforming the million dollar homepage to “the million dollar podcast.” Not only are these guys trying to make money to pay for school buy selling podcast space but they are also trying to keep… Continue Reading »

We had the opportunity to speak with Robert Sprogis, Vice-President of Your World Games, publish of The Shroud. The game is a fusion of the farming sim Harvest Moon and the original Legend of Zelda for the NES. It is designed for play on GPS enabled mobile phones and can… Continue Reading »

This week we called up Stewart Butterfield, co-founder of Flickr.com and Director of Product Management at Yahoo!. We talked to him about how he and his team transitioned from creating a PC game to the photo sharing service Flickr, what impact being acquired by Yahoo! had on the company, what… Continue Reading »

Michael has been fascinated by games and puzzles ever since receiving a copy of Masquerade for his seventh birthday. In his early twenties he co-founded the online retailer, Firebox.com. The first product Firebox designed was The Shot Glass Chess Set, an unusual fusion of chess and alcohol. The bizarre game… Continue Reading »

This week we called up Henry Houh, the Director of Technology, BBN Delta (the Podzinger project).  We talked to him about Podzinger’s position in the industry and what makes them better than the rest.  Plus, we get some juicy secrets out of Henry like the possible licensing of BBN’s voice-search… Continue Reading »