Tag Archives: Google

Google and the ecosystem test

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Simeon Simeonov

I am roaming the halls of Google I/O 2013 and wondering whether Google’s platform passes the ecosystem test. … no platform has become hugely successful without a corresponding ecosystem of vendors building significant businesses on top of the platform. Typically, … Continue reading →

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Anatomy of an online ad

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Simeon Simeonov

I’ve been asked to explain how online ads are delivered many times and every time I’m surprised by the complexity of covering even the most basic elements of how ads appear on Web pages. Since Wikipedia’s article on ad serving … Continue reading →

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The master moves to the cloud

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Simeon Simeonov

Fact: data is moving en masse from PCs and enterprise networks to SaaS applications in the cloud. This trend will reshape the computing industry and change the very core of how we think about data and applications. For example, we … Continue reading →

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Mobile advertising got more (less?) competitive

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

Google just nabbed AdMob for a handy $750M. Congrats to AdMob founder Omar Hamoui who got into the space early and executed very aggressively. More details on the acqusition here. The background story here is of the explosion in mobile … Continue reading →

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How IBM and Yahoo made Microsoft and Google

Posted on July 30, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

Here is the five-step recipe for creating the most important software companies of the past 30 years: Convince the market leader to give you something big they don’t see the value in for cheap Innovate, innovate, innovate Make a ton … Continue reading →

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Facebook – Google rivalry has Net at stake

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

I’m enjoying Net access on a Virgin flight to SF on FastIgnite and other business. While prepping for meetings with Thing Labs, Facebook and Mozilla I came across this Wired article on the mounting Facebook – Google rivalry. It’s a … Continue reading →

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Interview with Google Ventures co-founder Rich Miner

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

Scott Kirsner interviews Rich Miner, co-founder of Android who recently switched from Google mobile to start Google Ventures with Bill Maris. (I’ve spent time with both Rich and Bill and I think they are doing many things right at Google … Continue reading →

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Cloudy, With a Chance of Rain

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Simeon Simeonov

Xconomy put together a cloud computing event at Akamai‘s HQ in Cambridge today. The location was appropriate since Akamai was one of the first companies to work on computing in the cloud or, more specifically, at the edge of the … Continue reading →

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Adobe Engage 2008 To Launch Flex 3.0 and AIR

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Simeon Simeonov

Tomorrow, at the invitation-only Engage 2008 event in SF Adobe will launch AIR and Flex 3.0. If you want to get a sense of what will be shown, here are the slides from the January pre-release tour. The event has … Continue reading →

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MySpace + Google >= Facebook?

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Simeon Simeonov

The much expected, joked about and pre-announced MySpace developer platform is finally here. Well, not quite: As Aber mentioned, we’re currently in a sandbox phase. Here are the important points to understand about this phase: Your application profiles are private … Continue reading →

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