Building a Good Software Team

If your in the realm of software development, first start with "The Joel Test". This will tell you where you are now.  The big question is where are you going and how should you go about getting a better score.  One of the easiest and most important of these questions is: Do you use source control?  There are many free source control systems available.  You can host it locally, in the cloud, or one of your web servers.  Source control will protect your code and make sure it lasts as long as you can stand it. 

Zigbee and Z-wave could be out as Broadcom’s new chips bet on Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Broadcom is betting on Wifi/bluetooth to become the connection standard of well...all things. Broadcom’s vision is one that suggests other protocols are either closed or the standard is so open to interpretation (Zigbee) that it might as well be closed. For example, there’s no guarantee that Zigbee devices will work with other Zigbee devices, and for Z-Wave, the chips are more expensive. Broadcom is looking at a future where all devices are on the net and can connect to everything. Smart phones have become the universal controllers of our modern world and the current set of smart devices have zero support for Zigbee or Z-Wave. If Broadcom can develop a chip that will easily replace existing chips or be an easy and cheap addition to exisiting systems then perhaps the concept will manifest.

Read More:

http://gigaom.com/2013/05/29/zigbee-and-z-wave-are-out-broadcoms-new-chips-bet-on-bluetooth-and-wi-fi-for-iot/

Startup Money

Good article about statup money: "Many successful startup entrepreneurs follow a well-worn series of stages in their quest for funding from a first friends-and-family round, moving on to a seed investment and later a venture capital investment. As a business grows and becomes more successful, investors often become willing to invest greater sums in exchange for increasingly smaller amounts of equity." Read more: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/226650#ixzz2TNPnBMRs

Apple working on next-gen iPhone 5S and iPhone 6

Accoriding to rumors, Apple is working on several new iPhone models.  iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 parts were published online.  Apple stock has recentely taken a hit as Google continues to refine the Android OS.  Apple still has a few tricks in the bag and has a streamlined hardware software development cycle.  Google is obviously playing catchup with integrating Motorola, due to constant pressure from big hardware players like Samsung and HTC.

More info here:

http://bgr.com/2013/01/28/iphone-5s-iphone-6-photos-parts-leak-309500/