Thursday, April 27, 2006Interview with Scott Rocher, The Black StripeI've recently been looking around at Web 2.0 companies, the companies and often just projects that are helping to pave the next generation of the Internet. I happened to run across The Black Stripe (www.theblackstripe.com), a web site that is getting some buzz in Web 2.0 circles. The Black Stripe allows for collaboration and sharing of photos, stories, blogs, and other information with friends, and I discovered that the site was based in Los Angeles. Even more, I found out--like many Web 2.0 pro (More info...)
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Vitesse To Restate ResultsCamarillo-based Vitesse said late yesterday that its financial statements for the three months ending December 31, and the prior three years should not be relied upon, and that it has engaged an external firm to provide an acting CFO. Vitesse had announced last week that it had suspended its CEO and CFO over irregularities in stock option grants. The firm said that it is conducting an internal investigation over past stock option grants, the timing of those grants, and other related accounting a (More info...)
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DuPont Makes OLED BreakthroughDupont announced yesterday that it has made a significant technology
breakthrough in the area of organic, light-emitting diodes. The firm said that its researchers in Santa Barbara, California and Wilmington, Delaware have made a breakthrough in commercialization of OLEDs for next generation flat panel displays. The firm said that its breakthrough enables high performance and long lifetime of small molecule OLED materials with a printing process, that allows it to scale displays to larger displ (More info...)
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Amp'd Goes SurfingLos Angeles-based MVNO Amp'd Mobile continues to sign up additional content providers, saying yesterday that it is simulcasting the Body Glove Surfbout finals to its subscribers. Amp'd Mobile said yesterday that it will simulcast the event to its subscribers mobile phones, and at the same time launch a service that will allow mobile subscribers to get access to nineteen live wave cameras at major surf breaks. Amp'd is targeting the youth market with its branded, cell phone surface, and this is t (More info...)
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Gizmo Project Adds Conference CallingSan Diego-based SIPphone has tapped Vapps, a provider of VoIP conference calling, to provide free conference calling services for users of the Gizmo project, an open-source, SIP-based voice over IP calling service. Vapps said that its conference calling service will enable Gizmo subscribers to connect multiple users over the Internet. Vapps platform provides traditional conference calling features such as participant management.
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RF Magic Names VPSan Diego-based RF Magic, a provider of integrated RF chips for the broadband market, said that it has named a new VP of Sales. RF Magic said that it has named Gordon Schenk as VP of Worldwide Sales. Schenk has served at Infineon, Mobilian, Quorom Systems, and Provigent. RF Magic provides silicon for digital broadcast satellite, set top boxes, and fixed wireless systems. The firm is backed by Anthem Ventures, Comcast, Conexant, EchoStar, Finaventures, Hamilton Apex, STMicroelectronics, and Waypo (More info...)
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