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Startup Talk: Time3 tries to solve the cloud security problem in its entirety
Mar 21st
Now that the “cloud” has taken over our lives it’s natural that startups will sprout like weeds in an ill maintained garden. But every now and then flowers blossom from among the weeds. Time3 is one such startup based out of Nevada, USA.
The most pressing issue about the cloud is about data security and privacy. What makes security implementation so difficult on the cloud is it’s complex architecture and multiple points of access, especially in public clouds. Time3 has engineered a brilliant solution that counters this problem by wrapping the entire cloud in a shield of sorts. By doing this, Time3 is trying to solve privacy and security problems as a whole instead of working on an incremental approach to cloud protection. Since the internet was designed to let you access prettily rendered HTML, the current scenario of web applications creates a scenario that was never imagined when the www was engineered in the first place. Time3 solves these issues while restructuring the way people access information from the cloud. We wouldn’t be surprised if Time3 is acquired by large cloud and security corporations such as EMC or Symantec in the near term. PR follows.
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US start-up company TIME3 Inc. has reached agreement to commercialize the Total Information Management Environment (cubed) “TIME3″ – a revolutionary framework that radically alters the paradigms underlying the World Wide Web. Online security, privacy, control, and efficiency are all at your fingertips with the TIME3 internet software solution.
TIME3 addresses the fundamental design flaws of the Web, including identity theft, e-Commerce fraud, privacy concerns, piracy issues, misuse of social networking, spam emailing and malicious viruses; that currently consumers have no option but to tolerate.
TIME3 achieves this by wrapping a protective layer (“Wrapper”) around the Cloud (content, information,applications and services) and providing a simple, secure, fast, relevant and integrated user interface that only talks to this Wrapper. TIME3 does not replace the Cloud, but provides this Wrapper to ensure the consumer is totally protected by providing them with a single, controlled entry point to the web. In effect TIME3 transforms the way people access and use the web by creating this controlled connection for each validated individual, through which they set their parameters for privacy and access to the Cloud.
The World Wide Web was never designed for the commercial applications and uses now being attempted. Companies like Microsoft, Google and Facebook are attempting to apply fixes and enhancements to address issues such as privacy, but they are just “band-aids” on a essentially flawed system.
TIME3 is a fundamental shift in the way you engage with the Cloud and as such is a dramatically different approach. TIME3 has been designed from scratch, with a commercial development approach that changes the underlying paradigms. Its unique 3-party Relationship Security model permeates the core technologies and begins with s SSL connection between the user interface and the Wrapper.
Key features of TIME3 come from each individual, business or other organization being uniquely validated ensuring they are identified throughout the framework. This validation of an entity enables core functions within TIME3 such as: secure access to the Cloud, eliminating the need for multiple login’s and passwords to each service; trusted communications eliminating spam, viruses and unrequested advertising; integrated functionality like Location Based Services providing a simple way for services to be enriched; data modifications needing to be approved by all relevant parties reducing the capability of fraud; and the removal of piracy through inherent Digital Rights Management. These are just some of the features of the TIME3 framework making the difference between this approach and the band-aids of the current technologies glaringly apparent.
TIME3 is not just a secure framework for the current Cloud technologies. It is also able to integrate legacy applications and non-web enabled applications, making this system just as relevant for businesses wanting to migrate in-house software into a Cloud.
TIME 3 Inc. is currently in discussion with a number of parties to secure country licensees to bring this product to the global market. For more information please visit http://www.Time3.org.
Contact: RJ Joksch, 602-324-9530, email info(at)intl-group(dot)com
Contact: Russ O’Kane, 918-407-2892, email russ(at)pacbri(dot)com
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The Ideabing Ideabook Vol 2 now available for download. FREE!
Mar 17th
Here it comes, the second edition of the Ideabing Ideabook. This time round we have filled it with a lot more original content than ever before thanks to a lot of factors. A lot of startups have been featured in this issue of the Ideabook (about 300 of them!!). This edition contains all blog posts from July 2010 to Feb 2011. There are guest posts by entrepreneurs and VC’s in this issue so let yourself loose on this one. The pdf file is fully linked which means you can click and go to articles. As usual, the book is available for download free of cost. The file is about 16 megs big so hold your horses while the book gets downloaded fully. Please feel free to print it and distribute it as you like, we won’t bother you with copyright bullcrap. Enjoy! Download the book here.
Startup Talk: Appsplit wants to create a massive app marketplace
Mar 17th
We are seeing this as a trend now. When there are too many things to be sold what’s more better than a marketplace? But where there are 500,000 apps available for purchasing, it takes a whole new twist. A few good apps bubble up to the top and the rest get left out sinking to the bottom. All that siad, the app business is so lucrative that more developers want to dive headlong into the app scene without a second thought.
In tha pst we had featured Appbistro – a startup trying to create a marketplace for facebook apps. Today we are featuring Appslit – a startup that wants to create a marketplace for iOS, Android, Blackberry, WebOS and Facbook apps. Technically speaking, the concept is quite simple but Appslit has a whole new angle to it. While the startup allows developers to sell apps at wholesale rates to potential buyers it also allows app developers to work with Appsplit on making a product successful, for a cut of course. This is a brand new way to attract developers to submit and let Appsplit (called the Split program) manage apps that may or may not sell too well while looking out for potential whole sale buyers. This way appslit is doubling up as an app marketing consultant and borderline investor – taking anywhere between 40% to 60% of app profits based on the contract period.
Stratups such as these bring to my mind questions about sustainability of single owner apps. Yes, there is an opportunity to grow thanks to the ever growing consumer and manufacturing base for mobile phones and the ever growing user base of facebook. However, there is also a need for liability sharing in the app developer’s invetments since there are too many apps put there. This is what Appbistro is doing. Taking a share of the liability in an app’s journey to success is a great way to encourage development of new innovative apps.
All this said, we believe that there is space for a bunch of app marketplaces in the ecosystem as single the Android market and Apple Appstore get crowded. All this given, an intermediary who can manage risk certainly helps.
Startup Talk: Publishedin brings non-commercial referral revenue to bloggers and publishers alike
Mar 15th
For too long now, bloggers and publishers have written honest words about companies and businesses without any expectation of reward. Publishedin wants to change all that. Publishedin is an Israel based startup that wants to put referral rewards into the hands of every blogger and online publisher just for writing about a business or a company that they naturally write about (Ideabing writes about startups).
This is how it works – the publisher installs a small snippet of tracking code from publishedin on the website. Publishedin then tracks clicks going out of the website and reports it on the publishedin control panel. The publisher then invites those businesses to sign up on publishedin so that the referring content starts getting rewarded by the beneficiary for the amount of traffic that has been sent out. Think of it as a “reward per click” program. Simple enough?
So how does it change things for publishers and bloggers? Publishedin has setup an active paid referral system for scribes who would otherwise have not bothered to ask the referee to pay for referrals since it’s natural online content. Publishedin allows publishers and bloggers command more respect by telling the business “look, we have written nice things about you, why don’t you reward us”. Another trouble that the writer does not have to go through is contacting these businesses asking them if they would be interested in signing up for a referral program. The answer would almost always be a no. This way publishedin is creating a brand new monetizing mechanism without the hard work of cold calling and cold emailing by the publisher. What we are skeptical about is wether the end businesses care enough about online media to sign up for such a service since blogs are essentially free to use media for PR agencies. Let’s see how this startup goes on into the future.
5 things Nokia can do to avoid becoming another Palm
Oct 6th
The mobile OS market is changing on a daily basis now. Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems have changed the way mobile phones work. Google’s Android platform recently became the #1 smart phone OS in the US. The Android platform is now profitable according to Google’s Eric Schmidt and well on its way to becoming a $10 billion business for Google. So where does Nokia fit in? Nokia has struggled to make inroads into the world’s largest high end handset market- the USA. A slew of bad handsets, dated Symbian and lack of technology in Nokia’s offerings have made these handsets lackluster. On the other hand, Apple and Google have been making their platforms stronger by adding better hardware, beautiful touch screens, great hardware designs and compelling app stores into their products. The latest blow to Nokia has been the resignation of Meego chief Ari Jasski apart from a slew of other departures from the exec cabins at Nokia.
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Guest Post: Leveraging the grass-roots in building our tomorrow
Oct 4th
There comes a point in the startups life, where external funding can really nudge the pace of growth and take the startup to the next level. Startups have furiously evolved in the past decade, with the contagious effects of the Internet, yet the funding sector to fuel this growth is still rather undeveloped.
In large VC firms, it’s a fact that the partners do not have resources to read every startups plan that approaches them; in super angel funds the issues are much in line. What’s more, personal relations, references and perceptions make a whole world of difference, which is only natural, but do you think these always help identify the best investment opportunities? How transparent is the decision process and is it as efficient as it should be? Where in the world is this capital available and are in fact all the brilliant innovations around Silicon Valley?
Instead of building green, you can fix it green
Oct 1st
After a full year of thorough field and lab testing, New York’s electric, gas and steam utility, Con Edison, gives the earth-friendly GreenPatch their official companywide approval for exclusive daily use. GreenPatch replaces the conventional petroleum-based cold asphalt patching material (commonly referred to as “cold patch”) used on all subsurface utility construction and repair projects
Fly Under Your Own Power by Flappin’ Your Wings
Sep 25th
A Canadian engineering student at the University of Toronto has achieved sustained flight with a human powered ornithopter, a contraption that allows a person to take flight by powering massive wings to create lift.
Todd Reichert, who designed the craft, took flight Wednesday, and sustained an altitude for 19.3 seconds, carrying him 475 feet and with an average speed of 16 miles per hour. The Snowbird, as it’s called, has a 105-foot wingspan (just six feet shorter than a Boeing 737) and weighs just 94 pounds. It is made of carbon fiber and balsa wood.
He actually flew the craft by pedaling with his legs, the Toronto Star reports. Pulleys and ropes attached to the wings would pull down when he pedaled forward, and the wing spar would bring them back up. The aircraft even sang as the wind blew past the airfoil and support lines.
Reichert noted that people have been trying to fly like birds throughout history: “This represents one of the last of the aviation firsts,” he said. Video after the break
Todd Reichert, who designed the craft, took flight Wednesday, and sustained an altitude for 19.3 seconds, carrying him 475 feet and with an average speed of 16 miles per hour. The Snowbird, as it’s called, has a 105-foot wingspan (just six feet shorter than a Boeing 737) and weighs just 94 pounds. It is made of carbon fiber and balsa wood.
He actually flew the craft by pedaling with his legs, the Toronto Star reports. Pulleys and ropes attached to the wings would pull down when he pedaled forward, and the wing spar would bring them back up. The aircraft even sang as the wind blew past the airfoil and support lines.
Reichert noted that people have been trying to fly like birds throughout history: “This represents one of the last of the aviation firsts,” he said. Video after the break
If You Are Into Product Design, Then Go To This Conference. 20% Off ticket price for Ideabingers!
Sep 24th
Imagine the ability to control a device with the mere swipe of your finger through a holographic image, the execution of a designer fashion show within a virtual world, or the freedom to read a bedtime story to your child while on the other side of the globe. At the 2010 Global Conference on Product Innovation Management’s Technology Showcase, imagination will become reality. This selective showcase, designed to be an exciting, interactive celebration of innovative product technologies, will take place October 18-20, 2010 in Rosen Shingle Creek, Orlando, Florida.
The Technology Showcase at the 34th Annual Global Conference is an on-site marketplace of new ideas and pre-commercialized emerging technologies that are experiential and have an outstanding “WOW” factor. Throughout the conference, attendees will be given the opportunity to interact with, experience, and learn from the participating technologies.
“Without a doubt, this year’s action-packed slate of inventions is sure to provide a unique representation and celebration of the innovation profession,” explained Sabina Gargiulo, Conference Director of the Product Development and Management Association.
After reviewing over 100 submissions from interested technologies, PDMA selected an elite array of innovations spanning a wide variety of industries, including:
- Virtual Runway™ and Black Dress Design Studio – A virtual world platform from Fashion Research Institute for designers to create their collections in a 3D, immersive, collaborative space, saving time and costs.
- Green Exchanger – An energy saving device that recovers the heat from a dryer to reduce household heating costs and save homeowners money.
- Xerox Silver Ink – A new silver ink that paves the way for commercialization and low-cost manufacturing of printable electronics.
- HoloTouch® HMI Technology – Allows people to intuitively control devices by simply passing a finger through holographic images floating freely in the air.
- Readeo – By combining children’s books with video chat, Readeo makes it possible for geographically separated family and friends to keep on the same page with the children in their lives.
Mention priority code INNOVATE and receive an additional 20% off. Visit http://2010conference.pdma.org.
Strong as steel, light as air
Sep 16th
It’s the Superman of man-made materials! Aerogel is one of the most powerful materials on Earth, supporting thousands of times its own weight and blocking out intense light, heat and sound. It’s 1,000 times less dense than gas and 99.8 percent air. It’s even lighter than air.
Aerogel was created almost a century ago and it still being experimented with today. NASA is performing experiments to find space-based applications. Technically, it’s “an open-celled, mesoporous, solid foam that is composed of a network of interconnected nanostructures and that exhibits a porosity (non-solid volume) of no less than 50%.” Aerogels have been used as insulation in skylights and thickening agents in paints and cosmetics. Arms control experts speculate that it could be used to transform radiation into pressure in multistage nuclear weaponry.
Aerogel was created almost a century ago and it still being experimented with today. NASA is performing experiments to find space-based applications. Technically, it’s “an open-celled, mesoporous, solid foam that is composed of a network of interconnected nanostructures and that exhibits a porosity (non-solid volume) of no less than 50%.” Aerogels have been used as insulation in skylights and thickening agents in paints and cosmetics. Arms control experts speculate that it could be used to transform radiation into pressure in multistage nuclear weaponry.
Aside from its other capabilities, aerogel also has amazing absorbing abilities. Some speculate it could be the future solution to oil spills. It is also being tested as a possible slow-release drug deliver system for potential human patients. Images after the break.
