DigiCam makers roll out new models
Punxsutawney Phil may have got it wrong. Based on the flurry of new digital camera announcements yesterday, Spring is on its way.
Digital camera makers typically launch a round of product updates about this time in order to catch the spring holidaymakers, and the early summer vacationers. Today both Fujifilm and Olympus announced their new Spring line up. Read more
Finding app backers – just a Flook?
In spite of all the excitement around the App Store “gold rush”, investors have been wary of backing companies on the basis of a single mobile application.
“Historically, VC investment into mobile apps has been a black hole,” one London venture capitalist told me earlier last year – great for small teams of developers but hardly the basis of a lasting company.
Which makes it all the more interesting that Amadeus Capital Partners and Eden Ventures have just put £1m ($1.6m) into Ambient Industries, maker of location-based iPhone app Flook. Read more
$75m funding flows to Ustream
Ustream, the internet live-video streaming service, has announced a $75m venture-capital roundled by Japan’s Softbank , primarily aimed at funding Asian expansion.
The Silicon Valley company said the second-round investment would help to fuel its growth in the US and Asia, specifically in Japan, China, Korea and India.
Giving individuals in China the ability to broadcast their thoughts live to the world sounds a risky business for any startup at present, but John Ham, chief executive, told me they would tread carefully. Read more
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Richard Waters has headed the FT's San Francisco bureau since 2002 and covers Google and Microsoft, among other things. A former New York bureau chief for the FT, he is intrigued by Silicon Valley's unique financial and business culture, and is looking forward to covering his second Tech Bust.
Chris Nuttall has been online and messing around with computers for more than 20 years and since 2004 has reported from the FT's San Francisco bureau on semiconductors, video games, consumer electronics and all things interwebby.
Maija Palmer has been writing about technology for the FT since 1999 and is fascinated by cybercrime, privacy and all the other issues of the information society. Based in London, she covers European tech companies and hopes that they won't all get acquired by American rivals.
Robin Kwong is the FT's technology, media and telecoms page editor in London. Formerly he was the Taipei correspondent and wrote about the companies that manufacture the vast majority of the world's computers and gadgets. He is interested in the intricacies of the technology supply chain and how China is increasingly changing the tech landscape.
Tim Bradshaw is the FT's digital media correspondent, and has just moved from London to join our team in San Francisco. He has covered start-ups such as Twitter and Spotify, as well as the online ambitions of more established media companies, such as the BBC iPlayer. He also covers the advertising, marketing and video-game industries. Tim has been writing about technology, business and finance since 2003.
