Summit Notebook
Exclusive outtakes from industry leaders
from MediaFile:
Tech execs, where would you put a million dollars?
Most top technology executives are used to juggling businesses worth hundred of millions of dollars, yen or euros. But this week at the Reuters Technology Summit, we asked: if we gave you $1 million to invest anywhere -- but not in your own company -- where would you spend it?
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If you want the quick answer, I would invest it in Twitter. I'm sorry that we weren't in it. I don't know where it's going and it would be a fun ride.
-- Tim Draper, managing director of venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.
I would love to work more with some of these interesting startups like kiva.org that are developing interesting and innovative ways to create micro-lending programs for folks around the world.
AT&T: Beer keg, please phone home
Next time a bartender draws a long, cool German brew on tap at your favorite U.S. bar, you might be sipping beer that made a mobile phone call along the way.
At the Reuters Technology Summit in New York, AT&T’s Ralph de la Vega, who heads its wireless division, described a firm that has fitted its beer with mobile devices.
“We had a customer in Germany that wanted us — and we have found a way — to track their beer kegs as they were shipped,” said de la Vega. He said the wireless devices track how cold the keg is, whether it was properly pressurized and its location.
AT&T: Netbooks key to expansion beyond cellphones?
AT&T says it sees a lot of promise for the netbook and the connection fees that come with the devices as a growing source of revenue as consumers look to take broadband connectivity on the road. But will consumers be as enthusiatic to sign another contract for the service? Click below to hear AT&T’s President of Mobile & Consumer Markets talk about what he sees as the future of the netbook.
AT&T: Netbook popularity on the rise from Reuters TV on Vimeo.
