Techmeme: Here's What No One Seems To Understand About Color's $41 Million Round (Henry Blodget/SAI)

9:15 PM ET, March 25, 2011

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Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:

Color Founder Bill Nguyen Explains Why You're All Wrong — It Really IS A $41 Million Idea — Color founder Bill Nguyen feels misunderstood, but he admits it's partly his own fault. — The launch of his stealth startup yesterday was overshadowed by news of the surprisingly huge $41 million investment it received.

Discussion: Daring Fireball, Fast Company, Fortune, GigaOM, paidContent:UK and Tools

Henry Blodget / SAI:

Here's What No One Seems To Understand About Color's $41 Million Round — A startup named Color has raised $41 million of capital. — This news has obsessed the tech world and beyond for the past 48 hours, with the majority of the peanut gallery huffing and snorting about how it's obviously ridiculous and a clear sign of a bubble.

Discussion: The Digital Letter, Geekosystem and broadstuff

Mike Melanson / ReadWriteWeb:
Color CEO: The Tech Justifies the $41 Million

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Amir Efrati / Wall Street Journal:

At Google, Page Seeks to Cut Red Tape — As Google Inc. co-founder Larry Page prepares to reclaim his role as chief executive on April 4, he has already taken steps to assume greater command of the Internet company. — Since Google said in January that longtime CEO Eric Schmidt was stepping aside …

Discussion: SAI, Gawker and Mixed Media

Steve Lacy / Slacy's Blog:

What Larry Page really needs to do to return Google to it's startup roots — I worked at Google from 2005-2010, and saw the company go through many changes, and a huge increase in staff. Most importantly, I saw the company go from a place where engineers were seen as violent disruptors and innovators …

Bloomberg:

Kodak Says $1 Billion at Stake in Apple, RIM Patent Dispute — A victory for Eastman Kodak Co. (EK) in its patent fight with Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Research in Motion Ltd. (RIMM) may add more than $1 billion in revenue from royalty payments, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Antonio Perez said.

Fritz Nelson / InformationWeek:

Samsung Galaxy Tablet Not Thinner Than iPad 2, But Who Cares — Samsung took a big shot at Apple at CTIA this week, boasting that its 10-inch Galaxy Tab Android tablet is thinner and lighter than the iPad 2. Our photos say otherwise. Regardless, the tablet competition just got hotter.

Discussion: PC World, The Raw Feed, Techland, GottaBeMobile and Electricpig.co.uk

Mike Masnick / Techdirt:

Samsung Hires ‘Actors’ To Pretend To Be Happy Galaxy Tab Testers? — I'm still waiting for Android tablet computers to catch up to the iPad in terms of usefulness, and I'm guessing there's probably still another year or so to go (if the phone market is any predictor).

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Georgina Prodhan / Reuters:

New iPad most expensive in Denmark, cheapest in U.S. — (Reuters) - Apple's new iPad went on sale in 25 countries internationally on Friday, but the United States is still the cheapest place to buy the latest version of the tablet computer. — Prices in the United States …

Discussion: 9 to 5 Mac, PhoneArena and AppleInsider

Jonathan S. Geller / BGR:

Apple iPad 2 launches internationally; ridiculous lines form in 25 countries — Apple's iPad 2 goes on sale Friday in 25 countries around the world, and early reports from Australia are showing monumental lines for Apple's latest tablet. AFP quotes an Apple fan as having waited over 53 hours …

Discussion: SAI, Macworld, Stage Two, Agence France Presse, CNET News, Inquirer, Bloomberg, Telegraph, VentureBeat, LAPTOP Magazine, GigaOM, Mobile Marketing Watch, App Advice, NBC Bay Area, Digital Daily, AppleInsider and Fortune

Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:

Groupon's “Real” U.S. Revenue Numbers For February — Two days ago, I published the chart below with monthly estimates of Groupon's U.S. revenues. The chart shows a startling 30 percent falloff in February from the month before. As I noted in the post:

Discussion: VatorNews, @mathewi, @caro, Webware.com and SAI, Thanks:alexia

Jim Moran / Yipit Blog:
Dead Heat: Groupon Down Another 32% in March, LivingSocial Ties It Up

Discussion: @fmanjoo, WebProNews, Screenwerk and SocialTimes.com, Thanks:jdmoran

Bloomberg:

Buffett Says Social-Networking Sites Overpriced Ahead of IPOs — Warren Buffett, the billionaire stock picker and takeover specialist, said investors should be wary of valuations for social networking websites as some of the industry's biggest companies prepare to sell shares.

Discussion: alarm:clock, NBC Bay Area and The Huffington Post

Bob Warfield / SmoothSpan Blog: The Art of Riding the Bubble

Bill Gurley / abovethecrowd.com:

The Freight Train That Is Android — “People get ready, there's a train a comin'” - The Impressions From Zacks via Yahoo: Mark Vickery, On Thursday March 24, 2011, 4:58 pm EDT “BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (NasdaqGS: RIMM - News) beat its fiscal 4Q EPS estimates by 2 cents per share …

Discussion: Techdirt, TechCrunch, netgarden's posterous and Hitchhiker's Guide to 650

Seth Weintraub / 9 to 5 Mac:

iPad 2′s thinner glass is remarkably stronger than iPad 1 — Remember when we discovered that the iPad 2 glass was about 27% thinner than iPad 1? The natural assumption was that the iPad 2 would be weaker than iPad 1 when it came to its glass front end. The iPhone repair experts at iFixyouri wanted to test that theory...

Discussion: iFixYouri Blog, everythingiCafe, Gadget Lab, MacNN, TUAW, VentureBeat, Apple Gazette, App Advice, Softpedia News, The Apple Core Blog, Guardian, LaptopMemo, Inquirer, PhoneArena, TiPb, PadGadget, Phones Review, MacHackPC and CrunchGear

Amy Lee / The Huffington Post:

The Majority Of America Is Now On Facebook — Facebook may be getting closer to taking over America. — According to Edison Research, more than half of all Americans aged 12 or older are now on Facebook. The study showed that 51 percent of these Americans are on the site.

Discussion: Edison Research, Switched, WebProNews, The Atlantic Online and Gawker

Greg Sandoval / CNET News:

Amazon may soon launch film, music locker service — Amazon has spoken with some of the major record companies and Hollywood film studios about creating a digital locker service and could announce the plans as early as next week, sources told CNET. — Sources from both the film …

Discussion: GigaOM, Electronista and Media Maverick

Susan Decker / Bloomberg:

Apple Wins U.S. Trade Ruling in Nokia Patent Fight Over Phones — Apple Inc. won a U.S. trade ruling in a patent fight brought by Nokia Oyj over mobile telephones. — A judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington today said Apple isn't violating Nokia patent rights.

Discussion: AppleInsider, Reuters, 9 to 5 Mac, MacRumors, Tech Trader Daily, Digital Daily, MacDailyNews, IntoMobile, iClarified and MacStories

Leena Rao / TechCrunch:

LinkedIn Founder Reid Hoffman Personally Thanks First Million Members For Being Early Adopters — As you may have heard, professional social network LinkedIn passed 100 million members this past week. Amid an upcoming IPO, this was a pretty significant milestone for the social network.

Discussion: Marketing Pilgrim and RyanSpoon.com

Electronista:

ASUS ships Eee Pad Transformer as its Android 3.0 tablet — ASUS on Friday began shipping the Eee Pad Transformer as its first real entry into the mobile tablet space. The Android 3.0 tablet earns its name through a keyboard dock that gives it a more notebook-like design.

Discussion: BGR and Engadget

David Carnoy / Crave: The gadget blog:

Nook Color Android app store coming in April along with Flash support — According to the HSN Web site, Barnes & Noble is launching the Nook Store in April and giving Flash support to the Nook Color. — While plenty of people have “rooted” their Nook Colors with custom firmware that allows …

Matt Rosoff / SAI: Silicon Alley Insider:

Google Will Continue Its Acquisition Binge This Year — Google expects to continue its acquisition spree this year, according to comments by one of its corporate development execs. — At a panel discussion at the Global Technology Symposium in Silicon Valley today, Google M …

Discussion: GeekWire and VentureBeat

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