Dr. Taher Elgamal is a tremendously successful and talented cryptographer turned entrepreneur. He is the designer of the ElGamal signature scheme which has served as the basis for the Digitial Signature Algorithm. He holds a doctorate degree in Computer Science from Stanford University. I had the pleasure of talking with Taher, discussing not only his
The New York Times Company, under pressure from investors because of its stagnant stock performance, announced Thursday that it would raise its quarterly dividend by 31 percent. [The New York Times Wall Street Journal Gawker] All the young graduates at top journalism schools have stars in their eyes when they think about working for New
We have reviewed Yahoo, MSN, Marketwatch and AOL’s Personal Finance offerings in the earlier posts and today we are going to take a look at CNNMoney from the Web 3.0 perspective. CNNMoney is a financial news and information site similar to Yahoo, AOL and MSN Money and provides a host of financial tools and calculators.
Dow Jones & Company Inc. is a leading media Company engaged in providing global business and financial news across various media platforms that include newspapers, magazines, online content, radio and television. The Company aims to become the number one provider of high quality, easy accessible relevant business content. The Company has three operating segments Consumer
I conclude my conversation with Raj discussing some theoretical benefits of his plan to take high speed network access to the villages. Additionally, Raj explains what he feels is necessary for this vision to come to reality. SM: Anything that improves or provides their livelihood can be the killer app. RR: Yes, that is the
Here we trace some of Maggie’s early career steps, most notably her entrance into software and cable service industries when they were both in their infancy. What were some of your early career steps? Would you walk through them quickly and then come to McCaw Cellular? MW: When I graduated form college I got married
We have reviewed Yahoo, MSN and Marketwatch’s Personal Finance offerings in the earlier posts and today we are going to take a look at AOL Personal Finance from the Web 3.0 perspective.
We have been talking with Raj Reddy about education, and that led us to the subject of rural connectivity. This morning, we started talking with Maggie Wilderotter, CEO of Citizen Communications, a rural telecom company. Most likely, you have not heard about this company, so here is an overview.