It’s been a fantastic three years, but today is my last day at Ridge Ventures. Although I’ll no longer be an investor on the investment…
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I’ve made the much-fabled transition from founder to venture capitalist – I’m excited to have joined the team at Ridge Ventures. Over a year ago…
Comments closedAs always on benmetcalfe.com: the views and opinions expressed here are solely my own and may not be opinions shared, supported, or endorsed in any…
19 CommentsMaggie Brown asks in the Guardian today ‘whether the BBC has become too affraid to take risks?‘. Her piece focuses around the dreaded “BBC Editorial…
One CommentGenetic testing startup 23andMe is running a ‘1-day sale’ that removes their normal up-front testing fee of $199. The catch- you have to agree to…
2 CommentsIt was interesting to read tonight that Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie, isn’t sure whether there is a long term future for…
2 CommentsBack in October 2010 the BBC announced that BBC Backstage – the developer platform and open data project I had created with Tom Loosemore and…
4 CommentsI’ve been wondering why RackSpace acquired CloudKick (see RWW for a good overview of the announcement). CloudKick provides monitoring and performance measurements of your servers…
Comments closedI’ve been saying for sometime that Apple is about to kill off the optical drive inside its future laptop ranges. And tucked into Steve Jobs’…
3 Comments(for those not familiar with the back story, check here). Having become clear Libya has no intention of ever releasing the vb.ly domain back to…
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