Fifty Years of BASIC, the Programming Language That Made Computers Personal
Knowing how to program a computer is good for you, and it's a shame more people don't learn to do it. For years now, that's been a hugely popular stance. It's led to educational initiatives as effor...
Square and Box face a combination of high valuations, equally high burn rates, and a disappearing IPO market
The Valuation Trap — There is a long article on Square and Box in TechCrunch this weekend. I am not sold on the arguments the author makes about the commodity nature of both products.
Facebook Woos Mobile Developers, but Is It Too Late?
Not so long ago, the key to building a successful app business required piggybacking on an existing big network like Facebook. — But relying on Facebook for your paycheck also meant being subject to...
Problem for advertisers: more than half of online video ads go unwatched below the fold, in tiny players, or played simultaneously with other ads
The Great Unwatched — Some of the biggest names in Internet media have been gathering in New York City at the third annual Digital Content NewFronts …
Peer-to-peer lending marketplace Prosper raises $70M at around a $600M valuation
Prosper, a Peer-to-Peer Lender, Raises $70 Million — As peer-to-peer lending — in which borrowers connect with lenders directly online — takes off, one of the biggest players in the field is taking ...
Researcher's attempt to hide her pregnancy from big data described as inconvenient, expensive
Meet The Woman Who Did Everything In Her Power To Hide Her Pregnancy From Big Data — They see you when you're sleeping, they know when you're awake... CREDIT: Flickr/Robert Scoble
17-year-old Michael Sayman on building 4Snaps, meeting Zuckerberg, his Facebook internship, and appearing at F8
How a Florida kid's “stupid app” saved his family's home and landed him on the main stage at Facebook — Michael Sayman is not your average tech entrepreneur.