I recently spent a few days with my family at a ski lodge in the Sierras. While we were there, we noticed a young French couple who spent the vast majority of their time sitting by the fire, staring at …
Sponsored Post “Oh Wow” - the mobile industry and venture community was taken by storm last week with the $1 billion dollar exit of Instagram to Facebook. With all the discussions about value and timing of the sale...
Let’s face it, whatever revolution interactive displays and whiteboards were supposed to deliver hasn’t happened — and it likely never will. While great in theory, most interactive displays are expensive, difficult to maintain, and aren’t big enough for large groups.…
Iconic tech company Yahoo‘s first quarter 2012 revenue saw a slight one percent increase compared to the same period last year, beating Wall Street’s estimates, according to the company’s quarterly earnings report.
But the earnings numbers are largely overshadowed by …
IBM’s first quarter results for 2012 were decidedly mixed: It saw a 7 percent increase in net income, but its revenues were flat, the company reported this afternoon.
Net income for the Q1 was $3.1 billion compared with $2.9 billion …
Twitter announced this morning that it will only use its patents for defensive purposes. That’s a brilliant move and it could be an important step to fixing our broken patent system.
I have some personal experience with the patent system. …
Intel beat analysts’ expectations for its earnings for the first quarter today, getting the new year of PC chip sales off to a good start.
Revenues for the quarter slightly exceeded expectations at $12.9 billion, compared with $12.87 billion a …
Oakley, maker of high-end designer sunglasses, is creating new technology that displays images and information directly on the lenses of a special set of eye-wear.
Sound familiar? Well, it should. Technology giant Google recently confirmed months of speculation that it …
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We’ve seen so many leaks in the past few weeks to know the release of Google’s Drive cloud storage product is imminent. Should the biggest storage players like Dropbox and Box be quaking in their boots?
“Yes,” said Forrester infrastructure …
The allure of MySpace may be long gone, but that hasn’t stopped Facebook from stealing a little musical inspiration from the former place for friends.
Facebook today made music a much bigger part of the social networking experience with the …
I’ll take some Swedish meatballs with that DVD Player. Ikea, everyone’s favorite warehouse of particleboard furniture, is going to start delivers consumer electronics to customers this summer starting with Europe.
You know when you go through the show rooms and …
After gaining over 2 million paying subscribers of its Hulu Plus premium subscription service, Hulu is ready for its next big challenge — evolving into the first true internet-based premium television network.
“If we’re really on our game, people will …
Those API wizards at Gnip are tearing it up: First they added Facebook Graph support. Then they got exclusive rights to redistribute the Twitter Firehose. And now they’re announcing another exclusive deal with Tumblr.
“I’m thrilled to announce that the …
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Everyone’s looking for a competitive edge both personally and professionally. Today, in countless cases, that edge comes in the form of a mobile app for iPad or iPhone and the use cases are, in many instances, fluid between the once-distinct …
Halo 4, the eighth installment of the long-running Xbox franchise, will launch on Nov. 6. The game is the latest in a series that has sold more than 40 million units — or more than $2 billion in sales at …
Update: Gmail is back online.
Google’s popular email service Gmail is having a bad day, as a myriad of users are complaining of 500 errors when trying to access their accounts, the company confirmed.
“Thanks everyone for the reports of …
Ah, we love the smell of a patent lawsuit in the morning around here. It’s something between week-old garbage and the unmistakable stench of attorney ego.
But patent lawsuits are often based on nothing more than greed and can end …
Germany-based independent mobile ad network madvertise has acquired Turkish mobile-advertising company Mobilike.
Both companies are leaders in their respective markets, with madvertise delivering 2 billion monthly ad impressions across Europe (Germany, France, UK, Spain, Austria, and Switzerland) and Mobilike delivering …
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Have you noticed how many online startups there are again recently? While it’s great for overall innovation, it can create a challenging ecosystem for budding entrepreneurs. I’ve spent more time than I care to remember, evaluating various businesses, looking at …
