Bree Olson made hundreds of porn movies in her career until she got mixed up with Charlie Sheen and retired from the business last year. But she still has 360,000 Twitter followers and fans galore. Now she is going to …
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Starting a new technology company is exciting. Since the founders have their energies fully focused on new technologies and innovations that promise to change the world, there is little time left for them to think about creating the right culture …
Shutterstock, a stock photography service, filed paperwork today with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for an initial public offering worth $115 million.
Shutterstock provides organizations with royalty-free stock images and photography that can be used for advertisements, artwork, promotions, …
A new type of office space for tech startup-hopefuls is opening its doors in San Francisco today. Falling somewhere between a co-working space and a full startup incubator, WeWork Labs is a “pre-incubator” — or as we’ve taken to calling …
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Zynga acquired Wild Needle, a casual game company that had backing from Playdom co-founder Rick Thompson, according to TechCrunch.
We’ve heard that the purchase price was $3.8 million, but the companies involved still haven’t acknowledged the deal. Wild Needle was …
If you can’t beat ‘em block ‘em.
That’s seems to be the mantra behind anti-piracy outfit Pirate Pay, which aims to tackle Bittorrent piracy by confusing clients and preventing users from connecting to each other.
Created in 2009 by a …
Fresh off Scott Thompson’s resignation as CEO of Yahoo last night, Yahoo put its best face forward at the start of Internet Week with the announcement of Genome, “big data” software to help advertisers better figure out their customers.
Yahoo’s …
Crowdfunding darling Kickstarter suffered its first significant security issue last week, when a bug in the company’s API made information available on over 70,000 unreleased projects.
Luckily, the bug didn’t make personal or financial information available, and it was mostly …
A high-ranking member of Anonymous recently revealed that the group has access to every classified database in the U.S. But what’s more interesting is the way Anonymous obtained this information.
“It’s a matter of when we leak the contents of …
Graphics chip maker Nvidia has teamed up with Nathan Myhrvold’s Intellectual Ventures to acquire a set of patents developed and owned by IPWireless.
The deal shows that the patent wars are a grim reality and big companies have to arm …
Come this November, we’ll finally be able to see how Windows 8 tablets can take on the iPad.
The first round of slates powered by Windows 8 will reportedly hit stores in November, CNet reports. Sources tell the site that …
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Have you had the feeling the quality of Groupon deals is going down? If so, you’re right. A report released this morning by Giorgos Zervas, a postdoctoral fellow of computer science at Yale University, shows that the average rating of …
If you’ve been waiting for Apple to refresh its flagship MacBook Pro laptops, it looks like your patience will be well-rewarded.
Apple’s next 15-inch MacBook Pro will reportedly sport a thinner design (as many previous rumors have indicated), a higher-resolution …
Scott Thompson, who resigned this weekend as chief executive of Yahoo, reportedly disclosed to the company’s board of directors and several colleagues last week that he has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer.
The news was reported this evening by the …
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After an aggressive reign that ended in a sordid résumé scandal, Scott Thompson, just four months into his job as CEO, is out at Yahoo. Intermin CEO Ross Levinsohn, appointed to the position Sunday, is already in communication with Yahoos …
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If you haven’t already heard of the bring-your-own-device trend, then get ready, because you’re going to be hearing more and more about it over the coming year. What’s more, this trend isn’t just a matter of employees wanting to use …
Mobile is Facebook’s advertising Achilles’ heel, a fact the social network was not only quick to point out to investors in its first S-1, but also anxious to emphasize in the latest prospectus amendment.
Data from comScore, which shows that …
More weird copy writing from Walmart.com. Unlike those last ones, however, these are real.
Update: Yahoo said in a statement Sunday afternoon that Ross Levinsohn has been named interim CEO, effective immediately. Fred Amoroso was named chairman of the board. The company also said that it has settled with Third Point. Daniel Loeb, Harry …
