Daily Archives: August 3, 2011

THE BILLION-DOLLAR CLUB: 12 Startups With Skyrocketing Valuations

August 3, 2011
THE BILLION-DOLLAR CLUB: 12 Startups With Skyrocketing Valuations

Image: Synthesis See Also: The 25 Hot New York City Startups You Need To Watch The 20 Hot Silicon Valley Startups You Need To Watch We’re Trying To Say How Smart This Foursquare-Groupon Deal Is Without Sounding Like We’re Exaggerating, But It Is Hard After watching startups like Facebook, Zynga, and Groupon explode in...

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THE BILLION-DOLLAR CLUB: 12 Startups With Skyrocketing Valuations

August 3, 2011
THE BILLION-DOLLAR CLUB: 12 Startups With Skyrocketing Valuations

Image: Synthesis See Also: The 25 Hot New York City Startups You Need To Watch The 20 Hot Silicon Valley Startups You Need To Watch We’re Trying To Say How Smart This Foursquare-Groupon Deal Is Without Sounding Like We’re Exaggerating, But It Is Hard After watching startups like Facebook, Zynga, and Groupon explode in...

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Zynga Sues Google – A Major Shareholder  (GOOG)

August 3, 2011
Zynga Sues Google – A Major Shareholder  (GOOG)

Larry Page: What gives, Zynga? Image: AP See Also: Google Is Deleting Private Google+ Profiles — Here’s How To Make Sure That Doesn’t Happen to You Google Acquires A Startup That Shows Daily Deals On Maps LEAKED PHOTOS: Is This The Sequel To The Motorola Atrix? You already know that soon-to-IPO Facebook gamesmaker Zynga...

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Zynga Sues Google – A Major Shareholder  (GOOG)

August 3, 2011
Zynga Sues Google – A Major Shareholder  (GOOG)

Larry Page: What gives, Zynga? Image: AP See Also: Google Is Deleting Private Google+ Profiles — Here’s How To Make Sure That Doesn’t Happen to You Google Acquires A Startup That Shows Daily Deals On Maps LEAKED PHOTOS: Is This The Sequel To The Motorola Atrix? You already know that soon-to-IPO Facebook gamesmaker Zynga...

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Meet the new breed of HPC vendor

August 3, 2011
Meet the new breed of HPC vendor

These things are expensive. The face of high-performance computing is changing. That means new technologies and new names, but also familiar names in new places. Sure, cluster management is still important, but anyone that doesn’t have a cloud computing story to tell, possibly a big data one too, might starting looking really old really...

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Meet the new breed of HPC vendor

August 3, 2011
Meet the new breed of HPC vendor

These things are expensive. The face of high-performance computing is changing. That means new technologies and new names, but also familiar names in new places. Sure, cluster management is still important, but anyone that doesn’t have a cloud computing story to tell, possibly a big data one too, might starting looking really old really...

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Google Is Right: The Smartphone “Patent Bubble” Is Lame (GOOG)

August 3, 2011
Google Is Right: The Smartphone “Patent Bubble” Is Lame (GOOG)

Image: http://faz-community.faz.ne Google is right: The smartphone “patent bubble” is lame Huge thanks again to Brightcove, SplatF’s launch sponsor American Airlines launches in-flight streaming TV and movie rentals See Also: Google Buys Patents From Bankrupt Israeli Company That Made Tiny Cellphones Bad News For Google: Apple Leads A Group To Pay $4.5 Billion For...

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Skype goes VP8, embraces open video codec

August 3, 2011

Skype has adopted Google’s open source video codec VP8 as its default solution for video conferencing, according to a blog post from Google Product Manager John Luther. The new Skype for Windows client 5.5 will automatically use VP8 both for one-on-one and group video calls as long as other participants are using the same...

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When is a fan not a fan? When you pay for them.

August 3, 2011
When is a fan not a fan? When you pay for them.

There has been some discussion online this week around the fact that Republican President candidate Newt Gingrich has been accused of paying for followers on Twitter, from a combination of being ‘followed’ by fake accounts, as well as being followed by a group of people who simply follow others as part of a system. While...

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When is a fan not a fan? When you pay for them.

August 3, 2011
When is a fan not a fan? When you pay for them.

There has been some discussion online this week around the fact that Republican President candidate Newt Gingrich has been accused of paying for followers on Twitter, from a combination of being ‘followed’ by fake accounts, as well as being followed by a group of people who simply follow others as part of a system. While...

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