Startup Camp 5 kicked off today in San Francisco at the Moscone Center. An impressive roster of attendees indicates that this conference has really gained some traction and generated interest since the first Startup Camp was held in November of 2006.
These unconferences offer enormous amounts of information and insights into new startups and give startups a great chance to show off to a well informed, influential audience.
Om Malik is reporting that Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz hinted in the keynote that Sun and Amazon have a major initiative planned that will be announced very soon More»

Labels: Jonathan Schwartz, San Francisco, startups, sun microsystems

Earthlink (NASDAQ:ELNK) is financially struggling, as the mortgage crisis deepens and Americans jump “home”, internet access is one of the first to get cut. So today the company jumped ship on its committement to build a Wi-Fi network with Google in San Francisco. Earthlink CEO called San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and said we are out.
Earthlink won the right to build the Wi-Fi network along with Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), which was expected to be the first in the country. For more on how the housing crisis is affecting More»

Labels: Mobile, San Francisco, Wireless