One of my favorite quotes by the late Arthur C. Clarke is "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." In computers, the ultimate, magical input interface has always been voice recognition (i.e. "A keyboard? How quaint!"). Vangard Voice Systems recently released their Mobile Voice Platform (MVP) and I will be talking to Vangard CEO Bob Bova on December 4th about voice recognition, how difficult it is to create a voice enabled application and how to get into your voice enabled car if you drank too much. Join us live next Thursday, December 4th at 11am PST.

"William Quigley is a managing director at Clearstone Venture Partners. During his first two-and-a-half years with the firm, he worked out of the idealab! incubator and helped launch and lead investments in many idealab! backed companies including Homepage.com, FreePC, FreeMusic.com and Paymybills.com.

William’s current portfolio reflects his belief in the enormous opportunity in the wireless consumer and enterprise markets (AOptix, SoonR, Meru Networks, Novariant).   He is also focused on emerging companies offering managed services in the enterprise and consumer sectors (Communicado, Spock Networks).   William is a member of the board of directors of AOptix Technologies, Communicado, Meru Networks, Novariant, SoonR and Spock.com.

William joined Clearstone from Mid-Atlantic Venture Funds, where he invested in early- stage communications companies targeting the software, equipment and service sectors. At MAVF, he was responsible for investments in Integrated Chipware, a real time embedded OS developer, Wisor Telecom, an OSS vendor to telecom service providers and NexTone Communications, a manufacturer of voice over IP equipment.

William received his MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School, and holds a BS in Accounting, with honors, from the University of Southern California."

William goes into the mobile advertising space and what he views the future will be.  He also goes into what he personally feels about the future of iphone and mobile video.