| | Dow Jones VentureWire periodically holds a conference to highlight young companies with exciting new technology and business plans. In November, 2005 they held such a conference on consumer technologies. These technologies varied from a way to make a digital projector in your cell phone, to creating a music station based on your unique preferences in one minute, to a way to forward a 1 Gigabyte file to someone, to a chip that receives virtually any format of mobile video. 60 of these companies are listed with a few facts about each, and eleven companies are singled out for a slightly more detailed description. There was also a fascinating story about the beginnings of Skype from the VC that discovered them, Walt Mossbergs current five big trends in consumer technology, and some interesting statistics on the venture capital front. Download a Free Excerpt
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