Augmented Reality Now Silverlight Does Augmented Reality Too Last year, the ARToolkit, a fundamental building block for creating augmented reality applications, was ported to Flash in the form of the FLARToolkit. This was a watershed moment for AR, as it became exponentially easier for Flash developers to create their own augmented reality experiences. Before then, AR had been a high-tech concept that… Play Chris Cameron View comments
Startups In Hindsight: When VC Associates Misread the Landscape When a startup entrepreneur tells the story of his/her mistakes and how they've corrected them, it's endearing. When an investment associate for one of the more prestigious VC firms does it, it's surprising. Union Square Ventures' Andrew Parker recently started a Got It Wrong Series on his Gong Show blog where he identifies his own mistakes and… Dana Oshiro View comments
Analysis SaaS Report: Is Salesforce.com Over or Under Valued? It's rare when you will see a post in this blog about Saas and its place in the financial markets. But a report by former ReadWriteWeb-er Bernard Lunn shines an interesting perspective on the SaaS market. The report is noteworthy as it comes on the heels of the annual earnings report from Salesforce.com, the first SaaS provider to hit $1… Enterprise Alex Williams View comments
Startups Weekend Reading: Guy Kawasaki Author Spotlight Highly recognized Silicon Valley venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki is not only the author of the inspiringly titled blog How to Change the World, but he has also penned nine books on various business and marketing topics. After attending college at Stanford and receiving his MBA from UCLA, Kawasaki cut his business teeth at a jewelry manufacturer… Chris Cameron View comments
Analysis Lady Gaga as the Killer App: Moving Identity into the Cloud Protocols, protocols, everywhere, and not a drop to drink. OAuth, OpenID, UX, Shibboleth, SAML, XRI, FOAF, Facebook Connect, that is a small sampling of some of the technologies that have been invented to move Internet Identity forward forward for the web. Today, at the Open ID User Experience Summit, a jaw-dropping statistic was given that… Mike Kirkwood View comments