Image: Esther Dyson Founders Fund, the VC firm whose highest-profile investment is Facebook, has published a manifesto of sorts, called “What Happened To The Future?” The content will be familiar to anyone who’s been following Founders Fund co-founder Peter Thiel: it complains that the rate of technological innovation is slowing, and that we need...
Image: Screenshot The scary story of Airbnb user EJ who says her apartment was ransacked by Airbnb renters, and then said that when she blogged her story the company tried to get her to shut up about it, is turning into a war of words. Now Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, Airbnb investor...
The early days of the New York Internet scene were similar to the early days of the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century. The men and women who pioneered the Internet in the mid-late 90s lived in a time marked by freneticism, enthusiasm and rapid hiring. Innovation was celebrated and there was a real spirit...
YouTube is closely integrating Google’s Hangouts group video chat platform with its live streaming in an effort to make video watching more social. The site has already quietly begun to make live video feeds available to Hangouts users, and will eventually add tools to improve discovery of live streams both within Hangouts and on...
Whenever people say we ought to abolish software and business process patents, people either think you’re a weird, free-love hippie, or they think “hm, that’s interesting” but it’s a boring and technical issue. It’s a marketing problem. Talking about software patents instantly makes people snore. So let’s call software and business process patents what...
The next Android vs iOS battle is shaping up between two challengers in the U.S.: The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S 2 and anticipated next iPhone model. What makes this interesting is that comparisons between the two platforms are generally looked upon differently, depending on which platform you support. Apple’s iOS handset sales are mainly...
This is brilliant. Comedian Louis C.K. explains why having lions wandering the streets would make us fitter, keep us from being glued to our phones all day and how it would just make for a far more interesting society overall. Louis CK for president? The whole thing is worth watching but the lion bit...
This is brilliant. Comedian Louis C.K. explains why having lions wandering the streets would make us fitter, keep us from being glued to our phones all day and how it would just make for a far more interesting society overall. Louis CK for president? The whole thing is worth watching but the lion bit...
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You’ve doubtless heard about the Airbnb fiasco – being dubbed #ransackgate by some – that’s been exploding the last couple of days. If you’re not familiar with the story, we first covered it here, and there’s some terrific source material from the woman who’s home was ransacked and robbed here and here. Today Y...