Cherry blossom season is just beginning here in Japan - beautiful!

Just landed in Frankfurt Germany for meetings here then on to Tokyo Japan on Wednesday

FCC proposes "National Broadband Plan" to cover over 90% of US households with 100 megabits per sec broadband connectivity.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30977_3-10468538-10347072.html

Confession of a 'Son of Hamas", a fascinating account of a Muslim who converted to Christianity - WSJ
http://ping.fm/7FMqM

Venture Capital firms struggle - WSJ
http://ping.fm/UKDGC

Apple, Google, Amazon wage wars: sign of things to come!
http://ping.fm/Klpyi

A very thought provoking blog post by John Battelle on the Database on Intentions which includes Google, Facebook, Twitter and Foursquare
http://ping.fm/nPSDw

Facebook IPO in 2011?
http://ping.fm/yMcCy

Facebook could surpass $1 billion in revenue this year
http://ping.fm/DFfDv

Photo of Steve Ballmer at SMX

Attending Steve Ballmer's keynote at the SMX conference at Santa Clara Convention Center