Year: 2004

Basecamp project management service launched

The design and usability gurus at 37 Signals have announced the availability of Basecamp, a hosted, Web-based service that helps you manage projects and quickly create client/project extranets. “It lets you and your clients (or just you and your own internal team) keep your conversations, ideas, schedules, to-do lists, and more in one password-protected central location,” explains the company.

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Opera announces plans for March IPO

Norway’s Opera Software, makers of the world’s No. 3 Web browser, today announced that it plans to publicly list shares on the Oslo stock exchange next month. “Opera has come far, and a public listing will give us more flexibility to expand our position as a leading player in the Internet arena,” said Opera co-founder and chief executive Jon von Tetzchner.

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‘Rebel’ Jobs has Hollywood clout

Steve Jobs, CEO of both Apple and Pixar, has great clout in Hollywood and Silicon Valley, but his “rebel status” could hurt him, analysts opine in a San Francisco Chronicle article. “Go back to the early ’90s, and people were talking breathlessly about digital convergence, about Hollywood and Silicon Valley (coming) together.

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