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Bitesize Friday: Compass EOS, Soho OS, Supersonicads, Legolas Media and More

Some call it “quick hits”, “first read” or “readings”. At VC Cafe we calls it Bitesize.

Below are the headlines for the week of July 8 2010:
Startups of the week

virtual good paymentsSupersonicAds – a dominant leader in virtual currency monetization for online games, virtual worlds and social networks. The company’s customizable, plug and play payment platform gives consumers the opportunity to earn virtual currency for free by completing targeted offers

Bitesize Monday: Twitter links for your morning coffee

A few links to start the week: The power of Chartly as an idea generation tool: http://blog.chart.ly/2009/10/18/the-power-of-chart-ly-2/ Why Freakonomics like geo-engineering and why they are wrong http://ow.ly/v6HP Begin with the gate of humility http://bit.ly/2oP5gV A good start AND a long way to go: M-Commerce covered in BW:http://bit.ly/14ZOPo How to Use Apture http://b5m.cc/fh Gizmodo article on value of software …

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Bitesize Tuesday: Israel High Tech in The News and More

Last weekend was a double Bank Holiday in the UK (don’t ask me why they call it Bank holiday), which means everyone was on vacation from Thursday to Tuesday. Great start to the week.  Below are the headlines that caught VC Cafe’s attention: Search suggest, a Google service developed in Israel launched in 51 languages in …

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Bitesize Monday: 10 Links I Caught on Twitter (March 8)

IAB’s Interactive Advertising Outlook for 2009 paints an optimistic picture: more money flowing into online ads as a result of increased reach, mobile penetration and more people online.  DocJax is a new search engine for documents, I loved playing with it. More effective than advanced Search on Google sometimes.   The WSJ’s Decoder tells us …

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Biteseize Monday: 10 Links I Caught on Twitter (Feb 22)

Happy Monday everyone.  Below is a short list of links that caught my attention on the week ending on February 22 2009: 1. Hulu no longer plays on Boxee-  It turns out that CBS decided that it wants to keep total control of who watches its content. As a result, Hulu writes on its blog: …

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Bitesize Monday: User Experience and Customer Happiness

These past couple of weeks have brought me one bad customer experience after another.  In the midst of a global recession you would think businesses would make customer happiness a priority.  Client retention should be of paramount importance as they are fighting over fewer spending dollars.  In honor of this less-than-stellar treatment, this week’s bitesize …

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Bitesize Friday: On a positive note…

For your weekend reading pleasure, I put together a short list of “pirate links”. Why pirate? because they took over my Firefox tabs and refuse to release them until they get posted somehow. Economic Downturn Despite the economic situation, 3 million tourists visited Israel in 2008, and 24 million stays were booked in hotels. The …

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Bitesize Friday: VC Rounds, M&A and Weekend Reading

Twitter, Facebook, Microsoft-Yahoo and maybe a tiny bit of Google/Open Social here and there. Are you getting a bit tired reading about the same companies over and over again. Me neither, but hey, it’s good to mix up your diet a little every now and then. Below are a few recommended reading links for the …

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Bitesize Friday: Israeli Starup and High Tech Links for 5/23/08

Memorial day weekend is upon us, and most of you will probably stay away from the computer (or at least try to) for a few days. While you’re waiting for your flight or getting ready to leave the office, enjoy the Israeli linkfest below. A story with pictures:Israeli high tech innovation centers BusinessWeek identifies the …

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