There’s a lot of talk in Silicon Valley about a bubble in VC investing right now, with the $1 billion purchase of Instagram by Facebook seeming emblematic of high valuations for social apps without a clear revenue stream or inherently altruistic purpose. So many are wondering: could the tech industry shift toward more investment in startups that...
Chinese Internet giant Tencent recently added video and voice calling to its popular Weixin mobile messaging application, and now those very same features have been brought to its international version, WeChat. The additions bring the service into direct competition with messaging heavyweights like Skype and FaceTime, while increasing the heat on its mobile app rivals. Though it...
Electronic Arts today announced that they are joining a group of businesses opposing DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act). In case you aren’t familiar with it, the Defense of Marriage Act is a federal law that defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. The law also states that no U.S. state...
Apple product launches in China are renowned for being chaotic and rowdy but today the company began selling its new iPad in the country under rather unusual circumstances. Instead of being greeted by massive queues and anxious customers — as has become the norm — the Retina display equipped device has enjoyed a more...
Is Dell becoming an open source company? Yes, but it is not exactly being planned that way. It is bubbling up like most open source projects do. But in many respects the move to open source is also by design. Dell does not want to be a box maker anymore. That makes open source...
Pinterest has been temporarily locking accounts in response to hacks. It looks like the company doesn’t know the cause of the security breaches. On July 16, Pinterest posted a “Locked Account Survey,” asking affected users to complete a survey to “assist our investigation.” The eleven question survey is broad, covering a wide range of...
We’re looking for writers to join The Next Web’s features team. Feature writers will join us on a freelance basis and be paid per-article. We’re seeking contributors in several categories, but across all of them you must have a few essential traits. Passionate about technology Fast, confident writer Natural attention to detail Inquisitive and...
One of my favorite things happening on the Web right now is the growing relevance of typography. There are multiple ways of embedding live type onto your site (to avoid the over-use of Helvetica, Arial, Georgia, etc), including self-hosting fonts and using @font-face, but font licensing have yet to evolve to a point where...
JD Lasica via flickr This week everyone’s been talking about Marissa Mayer and her new job as Yahoo’s CEO. We learned today that she’ll make $141 million over five years, if she stays that long (which would be the longest tenure by far for any recent Yahoo CEO). But amid all the talk over...
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