Strands.com Tries Social Aggregation

As I posted on GigaOM Strands.com is trying to get into the social aggregation space. Currently the market dominated by FriendFeed which has gained an amazing among popularity amongst the web 2.0 crowd. Today’s news follows the NetworthIQ news from earlier this month. The service aims to take the social media aggregation FriendFeed offers to…

Samsung SCH-i760 Review

Introduction The Samsung SCH-i730 is among Verizon Wireless’ newest Windows Mobile smartphones to come on the market. The i730 is a slider style phone that is black in exterior color. The slider, when engaged, displays a full QWERTY keyboard. Like the Motorla Q9M, the i730 runs Windows Mobile 6. However the Samsung phone runs the…

A Local Boy Does Well – Strands Acquires NetworthIQ

As I reported on GigaOm, local web application developer Ryan Williams‘ NetworthIQ has been acquired for an undisclosed amount by Strands, a Corvallis based startup who is heavily involved in social recommendation software. Strands, formerly MyStrands, is a company known for social recommendation technologies mainly surrounding online media. The company’s core product is a music…

Analyzing the Sprint/ClearWire Deal

I’m trying to process the information coming out of the newswire and blogosphere regarding the ClearWire/Sprint story. For those unaware, an interesting batch of companies is coming out of the woodwork to contribute to the new company and in effect help build a wireless network. As Om points out, Google and Intel have contributed $1…