Speaker City http://www.brandonwhichard.com This is Brandon Whichard's blog, these are my thoughts. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:02:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 en SpeakerCityhttp://feedburner.google.com Links for March 9th http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SpeakerCity/~3/Xvdyl7OsChI/ http://www.brandonwhichard.com/2010/03/09/links-for-march-9th/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:02:34 +0000 linkposter http://www.brandonwhichard.com/2010/03/09/links-for-march-9th/
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  • Foursquare, Baby, Foursquare. - Foursquare may still be relatively small (around 450,000 users), but wow have they been able to woo certain areas of the mainstream quickly.
  • Facebook may open 200-person Austin office - Austin Business Journal: - Facebook may create 200 jobs in Austin over the next four years, thanks to a $1.4 million incentive from the state of Texas.
  • Uchi wins best food in Austin - Austin Business Journal: - The sushi specialists at Austin's Uchi on South Lamar have done it again. The restaurant was voted best food in Austin, according to Zagat survey.
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  • HomeAway buys B&B competitor - Austin Business Journal: - Austin-based HomeAway Inc. acquired the similarly-modeled BedandBreakfast.com company today for an undisclosed amount.
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  • Free multiplayer Curling game - Play Curling - A free java curling game for you to play online! The objective is simply to leave one of your "rocks" closest to the centre of the "house".
  • Socialware Launches Social Middleware Platform | AustinStartup - Socialware is emerging from stealth mode, and being increasingly public about its products and services. In the interest of full disclosure,
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  • GoWalla Worth Nearly $30 Million After Financing. Time To Make Your Move, Facebook. - Austin, Texas based mobile social network GoWalla’s pre-money valuation in their recent financing was $20 million, we’ve confirmed from multiple sources. The company raised $8.4 million in that round, making their post-money valuation $28.4 million.
  • IBM buying Austin-based Lombardi Software - * Small Type

    Austin-based Lombardi Software Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to be acquired by IBM Corp.

  • Pangea Software - About Us - Founded in 1987 by Brian Greenstone, Pangea Software, Inc. is a versatile and progressive software developer that is independently owned and operated. Based in Austin, TX, the award-winning Pangea team is focused on creating original software for the Apple/Mac/iPhone platforms that are fun for the entire family.
  • NetQoS Acquired by CA for $200M in Cash | AustinStartup - Recently, NetQoS was named to the Inc. 5000, ranking #2081 with $56.5M in trailing revenue. Being acquired for $200M in an all cash deal is certainly a healthy mutiplier on their revenue.
  • Phurnace Acquired by BMC Software | AustinStartup - Congratulations to the Phurnace team for having the company you’ve built recognized for the value it provides the developer community. Phurnace was a winner of the Moot Corp competiton at the University of Texas, and is also a graduate of the Austin Technology Incubator.
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  • TabbedOut Lets You Settle Up Via Your iPhone - Austinist - Your iPhone can help you find a local restaurant or bar, so why can't it let you pay your tab at the end of the night? Local software firm ATX Innovation proves that it can.
  • Monster Buys HotJobs From Yahoo For $225 Million - washingtonpost.com - Both Hotjobs and Monster have been lagging newer job search sites such as Indeed, which searches the entire Web for job listings. According to comScore, Indeed's jog search reached 8.4 million individuals in the U.S. in December, 2009, compared to only 5.4 million for HotJobs and 6.1 million for Monster.
  • Fear and Loathing of Roadmaps: Why your PM won’t give you a date - Orion Product Team blog - thwack - Every PM on our team has worked in traditional enterprise software companies. We have all created a set of roadmap slides and flown out to see a large customers and showed them a 2- or 3-year roadmap. We’ve made (or at least implied) promises about the future and how bright it will be when we deliver the features that the customer wants. We’ve also eaten those promises. Choked on them, really.
  • SolarWinds CEO to step down next month - SolarWinds Inc. CEO Mike Bennett will leave the company's helm March 1 because of ongoing health issues, spurring changes in the company's senior management team.
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  • Google's speed freaks tweak suggestions, Chrome | Relevant Results - CNET News - Google introduced two search features Friday that focus on delivering search results without having to visit the search results page.
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  • How Will Jimbo Fisher Change Florida State? - Tomahawk Nation - Bowden and co. wouldn't let Fisher implement a lot of the changes he desired, but now FSU looks to be committed to winning. Expect Fisher to turn FSU into an SEC program.
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  • Open Source Proves Elusive as a Business Model - NYTimes.com - European regulators view MySQL as sort of a database of the people, a low-cost alternative to Oracle’s costly proprietary products.
  • Open source: No vow of poverty (or get-rich-quick scheme) | The Open Road - CNET News - With open-source software businesses, you have two options. Actually, three, but the third belongs to Red Hat, and it applies to roughly no one else.
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