Daily Archives: August 3, 2012

CHART OF THE DAY: A Tale Of Two Social Networks (FB, LNKD)

August 3, 2012
CHART OF THE DAY: A Tale Of Two Social Networks (FB, LNKD)

LinkedIn reported earnings last night, and one thing that jumps out is its revenue growth rate, which is sky-high compared to Facebook. As you can see here, LinkedIn’s year over year revenue growth rate is 89%. Facebook, on the other hand, is 32%. LinkedIn’s absolute revenue is much smaller. We’ve also plotted it below....

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Sorry Consumer Startups, If You Don’t Have At Least 10 Million Users You Probably Won’t Get Series A Funding

August 3, 2012
Sorry Consumer Startups, If You Don’t Have At Least 10 Million Users You Probably Won’t Get Series A Funding

praciticalowl via Flickr The days when a startup could sell investors on a dream and no revenue are coming to a close, says angel investor Chris Dixon. Now, if you’re a consumer startup (ad based/no clear business model) and you don’t have at least 10 million users, you’re going to have trouble raising a...

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The New Mars Rover Would Be Crippled Without These Tools

August 3, 2012
The New Mars Rover Would Be Crippled Without These Tools

Honeybee Robotics Honeybee co-founder and chairman, left, with Curiosity. See Also What Would Happen If The Olympics Were Held On Mars? Someone Built A Real-Life Working WALL-E 13 Awesome Insights From Wall Street’s Sharpest Minds At 1:31 a.m. EDT on Aug. 6, NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory mission will place a 2,000-pound robot, named Curiosity,...

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Patent Trial: Apple Guards its Secrets While Samsung Plays to the Gallery

August 3, 2012

Lawsuits between multi-billion dollar corporations are dramatic affairs. When the world’s top smartphone manufacturers duke it out in court, it’s an outright soap opera. Savor the melodrama as Apple and Samsung wrap up the first week of their latest battle over patents.  Opening arguments between Apple and Samsung started on Tuesday. Evidence was introduced,...

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This Peter Thiel Company Is Ripping The Army Intelligence Community Apart

August 3, 2012
This Peter Thiel Company Is Ripping The Army Intelligence Community Apart

_mixer_ See Also The President Of Iran Calls For ‘The Annihilation Of The Zionist Regime’ These Potential Defense Cuts Outlined Yesterday Are Ugly These Massive Vehicles Are A Colossal Waste Of Taxpayer Money Palantir is a company founded by Peter Thiel — of Paypal and Facebook renown — that has a program, which absolutely...

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Microsoft’s Biggest Windows 8 Competitor? Itself!

August 3, 2012
Microsoft’s Biggest Windows 8 Competitor? Itself!

Microsoft is betting the farm on its new Windows 8 operating system. Ironically, some of the biggest challenges it faces come from earlier versions of Windows – and Microsoft’s own mistakes. Case in point: Windows 8’s highly touted “Metro” interface may have to change its name just as the program is about to be...

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BII REPORT: The Future of Mobile Advertising

August 3, 2012
BII REPORT: The Future of Mobile Advertising

Smartphones are rapidly becoming the most common device connected to the Internet. For the first time ever last year, smartphone sales passed PC sales. Now, everyone’s attention is turning towards the future of mobile advertising. BI Intelligence has produced a comprehensive presentation on mobile advertising, looking closely at the growth of smartphones and tablets, mobile usage trends,...

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What device gets Android 4.1 next? HP’s TouchPad!

August 3, 2012

There’s more than a million HP TouchPad tablets out in the world, but essentially they’re all dead-end devices. HP open-sourced the webOS operating system so it lives on, however, no current webOS hardware, such as the TouchPad, supports it. Thanks to the Android development community, there’s a build of Android 4.1, or Jelly Bean,...

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12 iPhone and Android Apps That Need To Die

August 3, 2012
12 iPhone and Android Apps That Need To Die

Email More See Also Someone Is Testing An iPhone 5 – Right Now! 10 Game-Changing Pieces of Tech From The 2000s How To Replace Your Cable Subscription With An iPad There are hundreds of thousands of apps in Apple’s app store. If you add the apps present in the Google Play Store for Android,...

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Square’s Invisible Mobile Payment Solution: Software That Gives You Superpowers

August 3, 2012
Square’s Invisible Mobile Payment Solution: Software That Gives You Superpowers

“A lot of people think that design is adorning something,” Robert Anderson began as we sat down. As creative director at Square, Anderson does the kind of design that people aren’t supposed to notice. “It’s not visual.” On the contrary, in the mobile world, the best design makes the software disappear. Square’s first product,...

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