The first push-back against the rumored acquisition.

The first push-back against the rumored acquisition.

A Clearwire exec noted that the pre-paid segment now includes young, tech savvy urbanites who value contract independence along with style and functionality for their devices.

One of the biggest problems startups face is getting attention. In order to obtain funding, users and other good things, they need to stand out from the crowd. Various events try to solve the problem for at least some of them, offering high profile showcases where the startups can present their cases. One of the best-known of these, DEMO, charges the startups a lot of money to present. Another, TechCrunch Disrupt, the successor to the TechCrunch 50 (and, previously, 40) events, does it for free. Both events focus on high-tech startups across the board. Read more »

One of the biggest problems startups face is getting attention. In order to obtain funding, users and other good things, they need to stand out from the crowd. Various events try to solve the problem for at least some of them, offering high profile showcases where the startups can present their cases. One of the best-known of these, DEMO, charges the startups a lot of money to present. Another, TechCrunch Disrupt, the successor to the TechCrunch 50 (and, previously, 40) events, does it for free. Both events focus on high-tech startups across the board. Read more »

Enterprises can’t just gobble up the latest "new thing." Those sticky issues like security, interoperability, scalability and manageability--not to mention ROI--need to be addressed before any new product or service makes it into the mainstream.