Why Facebook Home bothers me: It destroys any notion of privacy
One of the great things about attending Facebook's events is that one gets to see Mark Zuckerberg mature as a chief executive and hone his presentation skills. And today, he didn't disappoint in his ...
JEFF BEZOS INVESTS IN BUSINESS INSIDER [Full Internal Memo]
Jeff Bezos has invested in Business Insider, according to an internal memo that has just been obtained. Here's the memo from Business Insider CEO and Editor-in-Chief Henry Blodget: Team, I wanted to ...
Fake Twitter Followers Becomes Multimillion-Dollar Business
Far from slowing, the market for fake Twitter followers seems to be taking off. — The fake Twitter follower phenomenon made headlines last summer after Mitt Romney's Twitter following jumped by 100,...
Samsung expects first-quarter profits of $7.7B, up 53 percent
The guidance is better than many analysts expected but breaks the company's string of five consecutive quarters of record profits. — Samsung Electronics expects to record an operating profit of 8.7 ...
Exclusive: Former News Corp President Chernin bids $500 million for Hulu
(Reuters) - Former News Corp president Peter Chernin bid around $500 million for Hulu, the online video streaming service he helped create in 2007, according to two sources with knowledge of Hulu's sa...
T-Mobile USA Opens Pre-Orders For iPhone 5 Starting At $99.99, Shipping April 12
T-Mobile USA has now started online pre-orders for the iPhone 5 — the first time that the carrier will be offering the device. Prices start at $99.99 for the 16GB models if you opt for a subsequent m...
On The Michael Arrington Accusations
We normally don't cover criminal accusations against individuals without police reports or other documents filed, or significant evidence like self-acknowledgement. But we're making an exception. — ...
WebKit devs on Blink fork: ‘Two can play that game’
Purge of Chrome-related code planned — Now that Google has announced that it will migrate its Chrome browser from the WebKit rendering engine to a homegrown fork called Blink, WebKit developers have...
The Story Of A Failed Startup And A Founder Driven To Suicide
A few months ago, on Sunday, January 27, an entrepreneur named Jody Sherman had plans to see a movie with a friend. — But that afternoon, the friend received a call from Jody's wife, Kerri. — Jody...
Patent filing suggests Apple is working on ‘Street View’ mapping technology
An Apple patent application discovered on Thursday hints that the company is looking to deploy on mobile devices a virtual navigation system based on panoramic location data, much like the popular “St...
‘Android before Android’: The long, strange history of Symbian and why it matters for Nokia's future
Summary: When Nokia decided to ditch Symbian back in 2011, it effectively signed the OS' death warrant. Is history now poised to repeat itself as Nokia squares up to Android in emerging markets?
The JOBS Act turns one, and let's be honest, it's a failure
On April 5, 2012, in the Rose Garden of the White House, US president Barack Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, one of those distinctly American pieces of legislation that hits you ...
Twitter co-founders clarify Obvious Corp. structure, say Medium now operates independently
Twitter co-founders Biz Stone and Evan Williams re-launched the Obvious Corporation in June 2011, bringing back the umbrella organization from which they've launched startups like Blogger and Twitter.
Zynga Adds KPCB's John Doerr To Its Board Of Directors
Zynga, the social games company that is now expanding its business into real-money online gambling, is today announcing a new heavyweight on its board of directors: John Doerr, a general partner at ve...