Author Archives: Keith Teare

The Product Couch

All founders need a shrink… I know, I have been a founder many times and it doesn’t get any easier to figure out who is blowing smoke and who is giving sound advice….And even though you are Superman to your … Continue reading

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Update to web site

Well, it has been an age since this site was updated. Now it is… As you can see I have been quite busy and having great fun on a bunch of incubated projects and working with some great early stage … Continue reading

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Scraping and Stealing?

I have posted an essay on my personal blog covering this weekends controversy about scraping and stealing content.

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edgeio launches at PC Forum

Although there has been significant discussion on the web about edgeio for several weeks, the company had not formally launched until today. edgeio has formally launched the company at PC Forum in Carlsbad. There is a post on the edgeio … Continue reading

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EasyNet bought by BSkyB

I have been meaning to post on this for a while and didn’t do so because I wanted to wait for the dust to settle. This seems like a good time. My old company Easynet has been acquired by BSkyB … Continue reading

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Google launches Dbase, circa 1985, but with less functionality

Google launched GoogleBase last night. What a disappointment. Whilst Google Reader clearly points to somebody at Google “getting” the importance of edge published content and real-time indexing, GoogleBase is a throw back. Basically a dumb flat-file database system for the … Continue reading

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Mike Arrington launches CrunchNotes

Mike Arrington, editor of TechCrunch and a partner in Archimedes Ventures, has launched a second blog – CrunchNotes. In Mikes words: So, why am I starting CrunchNotes? The main reason is that I find that sometimes, I want to talk … Continue reading

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Weblogs.com sold to VeriSign

It was confirmed today that Dave Winer’s weblogs.com has sold its assets to VeriSign. The price has not been officially disclosed but the blogosphere has very efficiently decided the range ($2-5m). Dave has posted his story and his response to … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s Reorganization and Web 2.0

Microsoft announced a major reorganization this week. the crux of the reorg seems to be that the MSN and Windows divisions are being unified, and as part of this Jim Allchin is retiring. A new “Platform Products and Services Division” … Continue reading

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Archimedes launches to focus on Web 2.0 opportunities

Archimedes LLC is a partnership specializing in the development of companies focused on Web 2.0 technologies and solutions. We are looking to develop companies that take advantage of the way Web 2.0 has changed the architecture of the Internet from … Continue reading

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