Comments on: Confirmed: Akimbo Closed for Good http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/ NewTeeVee Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:17:22 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: What’s Next for Apple’s Living Room Strategy? | Mac Bargains http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/#comment-264658 What’s Next for Apple’s Living Room Strategy? | Mac Bargains Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:12:59 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4138#comment-264658 <p>[...] While Apple is in no danger of extinction, they are no doubt aware of the struggles that a host of startups and big vendors have faced in the consumer electronics market. While Apple has largely bucked the [...]</p> [...] While Apple is in no danger of extinction, they are no doubt aware of the struggles that a host of startups and big vendors have faced in the consumer electronics market. While Apple has largely bucked the [...]

]]> By: What’s Next for Apple’s Living Room Strategy? http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/#comment-264541 What’s Next for Apple’s Living Room Strategy? Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:51:12 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4138#comment-264541 <p>[...] While Apple is in no danger of extinction, they are no doubt aware of the struggles that a host of startups and big vendors have faced in the consumer electronics market. While Apple has largely bucked the [...]</p> [...] While Apple is in no danger of extinction, they are no doubt aware of the struggles that a host of startups and big vendors have faced in the consumer electronics market. While Apple has largely bucked the [...]

]]> By: Akimbo, Dot Gone - GigaOM http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/#comment-238168 Akimbo, Dot Gone - GigaOM Sat, 24 May 2008 00:26:46 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4138#comment-238168 <p>[...] entrant in the Internet Video game has shuttered its doors, as first indicated by VentureBeat and confirmed by NewTeeVee. Peter Chantel, CFO of the company told NewTeeVee that the nine-year-old company has held onto a [...]</p> [...] entrant in the Internet Video game has shuttered its doors, as first indicated by VentureBeat and confirmed by NewTeeVee. Peter Chantel, CFO of the company told NewTeeVee that the nine-year-old company has held onto a [...]

]]> By: Akimbo, Dot Gone - GigaOM http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/#comment-238169 Akimbo, Dot Gone - GigaOM Sat, 24 May 2008 00:26:46 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4138#comment-238169 <p>[...] entrant in the Internet Video game has shuttered its doors, as first indicated by VentureBeat and confirmed by NewTeeVee. Peter Chantel, CFO of the company told NewTeeVee that the nine-year-old company has held onto a [...]</p> [...] entrant in the Internet Video game has shuttered its doors, as first indicated by VentureBeat and confirmed by NewTeeVee. Peter Chantel, CFO of the company told NewTeeVee that the nine-year-old company has held onto a [...]

]]> By: vaxen var http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/#comment-238161 vaxen var Fri, 23 May 2008 18:36:00 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4138#comment-238161 <p>Oi! "Lie" in the above comment should be Life! So sorry about that... "Life in general is about flow."</p> <p>Vax</p> Oi! “Lie” in the above comment should be Life! So sorry about that… “Life in general is about flow.”

Vax

]]> By: vaxen var http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/#comment-238160 vaxen var Fri, 23 May 2008 18:34:34 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4138#comment-238160 <p>Lie in general is about flow. Well designed systems are theproduct of evolution. If you aren't evolving you're devolving. Looks like Akimbo is just that. The web isn't television! Hey, web 4.0 is just around the corner, eh? ;)</p> Lie in general is about flow. Well designed systems are theproduct of evolution. If you aren’t evolving you’re devolving. Looks like Akimbo is just that. The web isn’t television! Hey, web 4.0 is just around the corner, eh? ;)

]]> By: G http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/#comment-238159 G Fri, 23 May 2008 18:34:17 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4138#comment-238159 <p>11.29.04 - "So when Shannon pitched the Akimbo idea to dozens of venture capital firms two years ago, right in the teeth of the tech crash, he was unsurprised to see his listeners roll their eyes in disdain. "I was practically climbing over dead bodies to show them another moron with an interactive TV idea," he says." http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/1129/162_2.html</p> 11.29.04 – “So when Shannon pitched the Akimbo idea to dozens of venture capital firms two years ago, right in the teeth of the tech crash, he was unsurprised to see his listeners roll their eyes in disdain. “I was practically climbing over dead bodies to show them another moron with an interactive TV idea,” he says.”
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2004/1129/162_2.html

]]> By: UPDATE: Akimbo Skeleton Crew Looking for a Buyer « NewTeeVee http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/#comment-238154 UPDATE: Akimbo Skeleton Crew Looking for a Buyer « NewTeeVee Fri, 23 May 2008 17:29:48 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4138#comment-238154 <p>[...] Akimbo Skeleton Crew Looking for a Buyer As we confirmed earlier this morning, Akimbo has laid off most of its staff and closed operations. We’ve now learned [...]</p> [...] Akimbo Skeleton Crew Looking for a Buyer As we confirmed earlier this morning, Akimbo has laid off most of its staff and closed operations. We’ve now learned [...]

]]> By: Daisy Whitney http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/#comment-238142 Daisy Whitney Fri, 23 May 2008 16:18:27 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4138#comment-238142 <p>very interesting as it looked for a while like Akimbo was trying to make a comedback</p> very interesting as it looked for a while like Akimbo was trying to make a comedback

]]> By: May 23: What’s Interesting This Morning - GigaOM http://newteevee.com/2008/05/23/developing-akimbo-closed-for-good/#comment-238141 May 23: What’s Interesting This Morning - GigaOM Fri, 23 May 2008 15:59:19 +0000 http://newteevee.com/?p=4138#comment-238141 <p>[...] Looks like Akimbo is finally dead. [...]</p> [...] Looks like Akimbo is finally dead. [...]

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