Hulu receives exclusive rights to stream South Park immediately after broadcast and entire back catalog in deal worth $80M+
Hulu to Stream ‘South Park’ as More Players Jostle for Online Rights — While the media moguls in Sun Valley, Idaho, jockeyed for parking spaces for their jets …
Apple China denies location tracking claims: we're ‘deeply committed to protecting the privacy of all our customers’
This past week, Chinese State TV called the iPhone a “national security concern” because of its location tracking capabilities. The iPhone's operating system utilizes location …
Bot @congressedits tweets all anonymous Wikipedia edits made from Congressional IP addresses
why @congressedits? — Note: as with all the content on this blog, this post reflects my own thoughts about a personal project, and not the opinions or activities of my employer.
Beats sues Chinese counterfeiters for billions as Apple sale nears completion
Headphone maker Beats has filed suit against a number of Chinese counterfeiters, alleging trademark infringement and seeking damages that could run into the billions of dollars just weeks before the c...
Washington Post writer responds to criticism of analysis of 160K conversations intercepted by the NSA, sheds light on data set, analysis methods
How 160,000 intercepted communications led to our latest NSA story — The Debrief An occasional series offering a reporter's insights
Samsung updates app store, rebrands it as Galaxy Apps, will offer “hundreds of apps” exclusive to Galaxy devices
Samsung keeps its distance from the Android pack with Galaxy Apps store — Samsung has spent the last several years trying to separate itself from the rest of the Android pack.
Unable to fork Android and keep Google services, Samsung faces commoditization similar to PC-makers
Unbundling innovation: Samsung, PCs and China — It seems pretty clear now that the Android OEM world is starting to play out pretty much like the PC world.
Silicon Valley's Real Estate Crunch Is A Golden Opportunity For Other American Cities
Curse CEO Hubert Thieblot moved his company headquarters to “Rocket City” Huntsville, Alabama from San Francisco last year. — When Curse CEO Hubert Thieblot told his employees last year that he was ...
Just Like Facebook, Twitter's New Impression Stats Suggest Few Followers See What's Tweeted
Twitter has new analytics available that let anyone understand exactly how viewed their tweets are. Those stats also clear something else up. Just like Facebook, what you share on Twitter isn't seen...
Google expands in San Francisco: leases office space at 1 Market Street, buys 8-story building at 188 Embarcadero
Google expanding its San Francisco offices — Google is expanding its already sizable presence in San Francisco by leasing space in one office tower and buying another on the Embarcadero …
Marc Andreessen's tweets so far in 2014: 120 tweets/day on average, personable, links a lot
Marc Andreessen's first six months on Twitter were unbelievably epic — Marc Andreessen—co-founder of Netscape, now a venture capitalist at Andreessen Horowitz—officially registered …
Curated Food Delivery Startup Caviar In Talks To Be Acquired By Square For $100 Million
Curated food delivery startup Caviar is in talks to be acquired by Square in a deal that could be worth at least $100 million, according to several sources. While we've heard the deal is slated …