It wasn’t so long ago that Peter Thiel began publicly pushing the somewhat controversial idea that higher education is in a bubble, or launching an initiative to help smart young people “stop out of school.” That’s why for someone who’s advocated for alternatives to higher education, invested in them, and said “we have to...
Wow, Pinterest’s porn section is fairly tame. I was just curious about the type of not-so-mommy-friendly content that might be popping up on what’s now the third-most popular social network after Facebook and Twitter. (Also I’m bored). After all, Tumblr houses, like, a lot of porn. Both services aim to help their members find platforms for self-expression, one...
wesley If you ordered a bouquet of flowers for Mother’s Day, we hope you know what you’re getting into. The gorgeous bouquets you see online don’t always match the final product, especially when you order from discount sites. We gathered complaints plus pictures from PissedConsumer.com. Article source: SAI http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/laVc5HrLfDc/online-flower-disappointments-2012-5
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As you may have heard, Julian Assange, editor of Wikileaks, has a TV show. There are four episodes available on the web now, so it’s time to take a look at what this is all about. A quick glance back on interviews and statements from Assange about the show point to the idea that...
Google has a somewhat tense relationship with the traditional newspaper industry, since publishers like News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch still believe it is depriving them of revenue by “stealing” their content and aggregating it at Google News. So you might think that Google’s head of news products, Richard Gingras, would try to smooth over any...
This week, two of the major players in the credit card industry, Visa and MasterCard launched their online digital wallet services. Known as V.me (Visa’s) and PayPass Wallet Services (MasterCard), both are very similar initiatives which see the companies clamoring to become the credit card of choice for digital transactions, the way they fight today to...
Having come under fire from regulators across the world — most notably in Australia — over the branding of its 4G-connected iPad, Apple has changed the way it advertises the tablet, relabelling the ‘Wi-Fi + 4G’ model as ‘Wi-Fi + Cellular’. The small change was noted by 9to5mac, which states that the rebranding happened...
Apple has been linked with the acquisition of German electronics company and reputable television manufacturer Loewe AG, with reports that a deal could be announced internally by the end of next week, AppleInsider reports. Sources have told the Apple-focused website that Apple has entered negotiations with the premium television manufacturer, tabling a €87.3 million (around $113 million) bid...
Last December, Postmates launched with the plan to offer up a courier delivery service for local businesses throughout San Francisco. But then the team had a brilliant idea: What if it gave its couriers pre-paid debit cards, which would let them purchase goods for customers and then deliver them anywhere in the city? That...