Daily Archives: June 13, 2011

SAICAST: How In The Hell Is Facebook A $100 Billion Company?

June 13, 2011
SAICAST: How In The Hell Is Facebook A $100 Billion Company?

SUBSCRIBE TO THIS PODCAST ON ITUNES HERE New York startup entrepreneurs have found themselves in a “Winklevoss situation.” Alyson Shontell has the scoop on a developing scandal rocking the TechStars accelerator program where the founder of one startup — Friendslist — may have stolen the idea from another budding entrepreneur. Jay Yarow and Nicholas...

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A Look Inside The Onion with Baratunde Thurston #rww2way

June 13, 2011
A Look Inside The Onion with Baratunde Thurston #rww2way

“Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction,” goes the saying. And if it’s a headline in The Onion, that line between truth and fiction, in all its glorious and hilarious strangeness, is often blurred – so much so that a new Tumblr website, Literally Unbelievable,” has taken to collecting responses to the stories from those...

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A New Reason to Jailbreak: Custom Widgets in iOS 5′s Notifications Center

June 13, 2011
A New Reason to Jailbreak: Custom Widgets in iOS 5′s Notifications Center

In Apple’s next mobile operating system iOS 5, there are now integrated widgets for core apps like stocks and weather available in the operating system’s new Notifications Center. This Android-like drop-down list of updates, accessible by swiping down from the top of the screen, alerts you to things like new emails, missed calls, voicemails...

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Union Square Ventures Leads $3M Round In 4chan Founder Moot’s New Startup Canvas

June 13, 2011
Union Square Ventures Leads $3M Round In 4chan Founder Moot’s New Startup Canvas

Exclusive: 4chan founder Christopher Poole (a.k.a. Moot) is announcing a round of funding today for his new startup, Canvas. Union Square Ventures led a $3 million series A round of funding, with all of the company’s previous angel investors participating, including SV Angel, Lerer Ventures (who led Canvas’ seed round), Andreessen Horowitz, Founder Collective,...

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Trademark tiff is burning Twitter’s bridges

June 13, 2011
Trademark tiff is burning Twitter’s bridges

A couple of years ago, developer and designer Tom Armitage set up a Twitter account for one of London’s most famous inanimate objects, Tower Bridge. The idea was to give this famous piece of architecture a little personality, through a mashup that broadcast a message every time the iconic bridge raised or lowered to...

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Over 700 people are attending Structure 2011. Will you be there?

June 13, 2011
Over 700 people are attending Structure 2011. Will you be there?

Structure 2011 kicks off next week. We have only a handful of tickets left before we sell out. Claim yours here. At this year’s Structure conference, the discussions will be less about whether cloud computing is a good idea and more about making sense of where cloud services are headed and how they’ll affect...

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Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse

June 13, 2011
Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse

Except they are. In droves. Although they sound completely different, #1 and #2 are really the same—it’s the Groupon business model. Businesses are being sold incredibly expensive advertising campaigns that are disguised as “no risk” ways to acquire new customers. In reality, there’s a lot of risk. With a newspaper ad, the maximum you...

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Microsoft: Windows Phone is our mobile gaming strategy

June 13, 2011

Microsoft today affirmed that the Windows Phone platform will be its mobile gaming solution, as opposed to any standalone device. What this means for the Zune HD, a mobile device that can play games remains unclear, although it is suggestive that, in accordance with certain rumors, Zune hardware is a thing of the past, and that...

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Watch Neil Patrick Harris kill it at the Tony Awards

June 13, 2011

The 65th Annual Tony Awards was held this weekend and host Neil Patrick Harris did an absolutely fantastic job hosting. The opening number is getting tons of attention for its hilarious, ‘Broadway isn’t just for gays anymore’ theme but NPH deserves a ton of praise for just nailing the performance. Even Brooke Shields stumbling...

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6 Los Angeles Startups You Need To Know About

June 13, 2011
6 Los Angeles Startups You Need To Know About

As the pulsing center of the film and entertainment industry, Los Angeles is a town built on fast cars, movie stars and cosmetic surgery. But if you look past all the flashing lights, you’ll discover a thriving underground tech scene driven by an emerging wave of entrepreneurs who are setting up shop on LA’s...

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