Last weekend, a woman named “Sweet Brown” was interviewed about her experience of escaping from a fire in her apartment. The delivery of her comments put a humorous spin on a serious story and resulted in the 40 second video going viral shortly after. Her reaction: “Are you serious? Wow, that’s amazing. You think...
Daily Archives: April 15, 2012
Consolidation in Australia’s telecom sector as M2 buys Primus Australia for $200 million
Australia’s business telecom industry has witness a significant piece of consolidation as carrier M2 has announced the purchase of Primus Australia for $AUD 192.4 million (approximately $200 million). Primus Australia’s services provider, iPrimus, offers both Internet and telecom services across the country for both end consumers and businesses customers. The deal will see M2 obtain Primus’ 165,000 customers,...
The Groupon deflation laid bare, and what it means for all tech IPOs
Tonight, before the next financial week begins, I want to take a moment to stare at Groupon, and its marked recent decline. It’s important, as the tech IPO well could be quite poisoned if Groupon is about to suffer even greater losses. Facebook, for example, could experience public-market discomfort when it tries to float, if...
Can a Pinterest for articles crack the eco web code?
For a few years now I’ve been waiting for some kind of web social network that could inspire people to become more interested in sustainability and could lead to widespread behavior changes like reducing home energy consumption. Will a relatively young site called Snip.it, which has a growing eco-minded user base, be the one...
Tomahawk: Fixing Our Fractured Digital Music Collections
No matter how hard it tries, no one individual digital music service is ever going to have a 100% comprehensive library. There are complex rights licensing issues, high costs and hesitant artists, for starters. Meanwhile, the number of artists is exploding as old structures crumble and record labels become less relevant. A band you’ve...
Netflix’s Reed Hastings Chastises Comcast Over Net Neutrality And Its Shady Xfinity App
In the latest battle in the war for living room domination, Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings took to his public Facebook account and called out Comcast’s latest attack on Net Neutrality. As he explains Comcast’s just-launched Xbox 360 Xfinity app does not count against the provider’s ISP data caps. However, if the same exact program...
The Best iOS Apps To Watch On Apple TV
Editor’s Note: This guest post is written by Brad Spirrison, who is the managing editor of mobile app discovery services Appolicious, AndroidApps and AppVee. Developers don’t have to wait for a fully baked version of Apple TV to come out to get a feel for how their apps will play on the big screen....
How To Use Credit Card Processing Apps Without Getting Sued
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Awesome: Apple hides Michelangelo’s hand of Adam reaching for knowledge in touch patent filing
Michelangelo’s ‘The Creation of Adam‘ is probably one of the most recognizable pieces of art ever created. A representation of the Biblical scene representing the creation of the first man Adam by God, it exists as a section of the Sistine Chapel’s ceiling in Rome. One of the most iconic bits of the work is the hand of...
Steve Blank Teaches Entrepreneurs How To Fail Less
Editor’s Note: This guest post is written by Derek Andersen, who is the founder of StartupGrind and Vaporware Labs, and is a former entertainment development manager at Electronic Arts. While secretly wanting to be an entrepreneur but working at Electronic Arts, I would sometimes sneak out early and jet to Stanford campus to crash...