Archive for May 29th, 2007
Canadian firm powers Google Maps “street-level” views
29 May 2007Google unveiled a new feature on Google Maps today that allows you to get a 360 view of any particular street / intersection in certain major cities. You can even “walk” up or down the street and have the imagery follow you along to help give you a better bearing when visiting an unfamiliar [...]
KKR Founder Henry Kravis on PE climate
29 May 2007Henry Kravis, co-founder of KKR, just finished up his keynote address “Current State of the Private Equity Business” to about 500 people attending the CVCA AGM in Halifax. I’ll do a follow-up post on some of his PE trends once the day is out.
The first point that has to be made is that he [...]
Yahoo! not dead yet
29 May 2007Any chance that you can use a Monty Python reference, you do it.
Here is the Hitwise report on U.S. internet news & media traffic for the week ending May 5, 2007. For all the pounding that Yahoo! takes for having lost its way, the site(s) still attract an excellent following. #1 for hits [...]
CVCA AGM in Halifax
29 May 2007A few of us from the firm are down in Halifax for the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association annual meeting (I’m on the board). In fact, 450 people are registered for the event. A decent uptick from last year’s 415 at the Vancouver meeting. A decent assortment of East Coast-based [...]