Cooliris has created a portfolio of free and easy-to-use products that provide consistent content experiences across different screens. The company offers a unique value proposition to consumers, website owners, content providers, and advertisers. Cooliris for the desktop is a browser add-on that is the fastest and most stunning way to browse, search, and discover Web and desktop media, using the immersive and cinematic Cooliris 3D Wall.

The video portrays an electronics store employee trying to convince a person wanting an iPhone 4 to buy an HTC EVO 4G instead. The video has had about seven million views.The video was made by Brian Maupin, a 25-year-old from Kansas City, Mo. For the past three and a half years he worked at Best Buy selling mobile phones, something he may decide never to do again. This comes after he was suspended from work and faced threats of being fired. Maupin explained Best Buy felt it disparaged a brand they carried (iPhone/Apple) as well as the store itself and were fearful of stockholders and customers being turned off to Best Buy Mobile. But if you watch the video, you will see there is not any mention of Best Buy at all. The cartoon employee identifies the store as Phone Mart. The characters are not wearing anything that resembles the Best Buy uniform and are standing in an outdoor field with a pink tree. Best Buy recently announced they will not fire Maupin.

FunMobility delivers a unique, integrated mobile entertainment experience through mobile multimedia applications that let users connect and express themselves through mobile photos, videos, music, graphics, and slideshows. FunMobility distributes applications through every North American carrier as well as direct to consumers through FunMo.com. FunMobility builds America's largest mobile content community through some of the wireless industry's most popular applications.

Here at home, the angel community in New England is really starting to flex its muscles.  Thanks to Scott Kirsner's arbitrary declaration (and admirable leadership), June is Innovation Month in New England and there is a ridiculous amount of activity going on.It started off on June 1st with Angel Boot Camp, a confab that gathered over 200 angels, VCs and start-ups. Last night was Tech Stars Boston Investor Night, which continues to gain momentum heading into its second season, as well as the big annual the MITX Awards event.  Every night this month, there is something going on.  You can see the master schedule at www.neinnovation.com. Many of these venues didn't exist 3-4 years ago - Mobile Mondays, Web Inno, Open Coffee, etc.  New events are coming to Boston this month, including the Open Angel Forum, which is June 18th.

It's with great excitement that we introduce the eighth annual AlwaysOn Global 250 top  private companies. The AlwaysOn Global 250 represent the top emerging companies in the Global Silicon Valley that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technologies in on-demand computing, digital media, and greentech.

The AlwaysOn editorial team, along with partners at Manatt, Morgan Stanley, the Blackstone Group, KPMG, Silicon Valley Bank, Sonnenschein, and Bridge Bank, as well as industry experts across the globe, scoured the entrepreneurial community to identify the top 250 private companies that are taking old notions of doing things and forging solutions that will lead to industry shake-up and huge value-creation opportunities.

Tuesday's Stanford Technology Ventures Program & AlwaysOn Summit at Stanford 2010: Satjiv Chahil and  Vivienne Tam unveil HP's newest sexy netbook. Satjiv, Global Marketing Whiz at HP, was Tony Perkins' first surprise. Vivienne Tam was Satjiv's surprise guest. If you want mobility, power, and fashion you'll find it here.

HP and Vivienne came together to make this hot mini netbook. Check out the video, slide deck, and live group discussion here.

Private equity and venture capital funds continued to show strength during the quarter ending December 31, 2009, with each asset class earning positive returns for the third consecutive quarter, one of the best since 2007. Overall, fourth quarter returns on private equity investments outpaced those in venture capital funds, though both continued to outperform the public markets over the long term, according to Cambridge Associates LLC, a provider of independent research and investment advice to institutional investors and private clients.

The first annual AlwaysOn Venture Capital East 50 highlights the 50 individuals based in the eastern U.S. who have backed the most profitable winners during the last four years. To compile the first VC East 50, our editorial team sourced data from our research partners Morgan Stanley, VentureDeal, and the 451 Group on more than 700 active venture capitalists, 1,400 VC investments, and 1,000 technology liquidity events during the last four years, from October 1, 2005, to September 30, 2009.

AlwaysOn's fifth annual OnHollywood is a two-and-a-half-day executive event features high-level debates on which forces are disrupting user behavior and creating new opportunities, content strategies and monetization schemes in the video, music, gaming, search, and mobile industries. Innovative technology CEOs from the back streets of Silicon Valley will meet up the Hollywood digital entertainment and media elite.