Daily Archives: August 20, 2012

Wait! Now Someone’s Saying Apple Is NOT The Most Valuable Company Of All Time (AAPL, MSFT)

August 20, 2012
Wait! Now Someone’s Saying Apple Is NOT The Most Valuable Company Of All Time (AAPL, MSFT)

AP Bill Gates in 1999 See Also You Have To Read This Blistering Response From Microsoft’s PR Boss On Its ‘Lost Decade’ Apple Stock Has Now Completely Erased Its Big Post-Earnings Surge Get Ready For 10 Years Of Low Returns A media critic at the Columbia School of Journalism claims that Apple’s market cap...

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The Ridiculous State Of Gay Marriage In The U.S., Illustrated By Fab.com CEO’s Recent Marriage

August 20, 2012
The Ridiculous State Of Gay Marriage In The U.S., Illustrated By Fab.com CEO’s Recent Marriage

See Also Gay Couples Are Getting Ripped Off By Estate Taxes Darren Criss And Deborah Cox Serenade Fab.com’s CEO At His Wedding Fab.com’s CEO Is Getting Married To His Boyfriend Jason Goldberg, the CEO of e-commerce startup Fab.com, just married his boyfriend, Christian Schoenherr, over the weekend. Before he could marry Schoenherr, though, he...

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Infosys Wins A Lawsuit, But Is Still In Hot Water For Hiring Overseas Workers (INFY)

August 20, 2012
Infosys Wins A Lawsuit, But Is Still In Hot Water For Hiring Overseas Workers (INFY)

Wikimedia Commons N. R. Narayana Murthy is Infosys’s chairman. See Also Three Alarmist Myths About Outsourcing What Happened With Indian Tech Giant Infosys? Double Trigger In INFY An Alabama state judge has ruled that Indian outsourcer Infosys didn’t break any state laws in a case brought by a former employee who accused the company...

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This Startup Cuts The Time It Takes To Plan A Vacation From 30 Hours To 5 Minutes

August 20, 2012
This Startup Cuts The Time It Takes To Plan A Vacation From 30 Hours To 5 Minutes

Vayable Jamie Wong is on to a hot idea. See Also VOTE NOW: Help Us Choose The World’s Best Design School A Day In The Life Of Alexia Tsotsis, Startup Scribe Of Silicon Valley As Zynga Stumbles, All Eyes Are Now On This Startup Vayable, a startup that makes it much easier to organize...

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Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Just Revealed What A Huge ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Fan He Is

August 20, 2012
Facebook Investor Peter Thiel Just Revealed What A Huge ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Fan He Is

AllMoviePhoto See Also THE HOBBIT HEDGE: The Real Reason MGM Needs ‘The Hobbit’ Split Into 3 Movies Um, An IMDB User Actually Thought ‘Lord of the Rings’ Ripped Off ‘Harry Potter’ Facebook Billionaire Peter Thiel Raises New Venture Fund To Invest In His ‘Utopia’ Venture capitalist Peter Thiel, the first outside investor in Facebook,...

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CHART OF THE DAY: Google’s Stock Has Done Surprisingly Well Under Larry Page (GOOG)

August 20, 2012
CHART OF THE DAY: Google’s Stock Has Done Surprisingly Well Under Larry Page (GOOG)

While we spend much of our time focused on Apple’s incredible stock run, Google has also been experiencing a nice little run of its own lately. Under Larry Page the stock is up 15%, which is somewhat surprising because Page is not exactly favorable to Wall Street, or investors. In fact, Page’s actions as...

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Draper Fisher Juvertson invests in social bandwidth MVNO Karma

August 20, 2012
Draper Fisher Juvertson invests in social bandwidth MVNO Karma

Karma, a new virtual mobile operator that encourages customers to share their 4G connections, has a new investor: Draper Fisher Juvertson, the venture capital firm that invested in big in SpaceX, Tesla, Box, Yammer and several greentech firms. DFJ’s official Twitter account revealed the investment Monday morning, and when contacted, both DFJ and Karma...

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YC-Backed Survata Wants To Replace Paywalls With Research-Friendly ‘Surveywalls’

August 20, 2012
YC-Backed Survata Wants To Replace Paywalls With Research-Friendly ‘Surveywalls’

Tell me if this sounds familiar: you’re checking out what’s new on the Wall Street Journal’s website, only to be stymied by a message saying the content you want to see is only available to paying subscribers. It seems like everyone has an opinion on paywalls, and even though there’s evidence that they aren’t...

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Ebay Bans The Sale Of Spells, Potions And Psychic Readings

August 20, 2012
Ebay Bans The Sale Of Spells, Potions And Psychic Readings

The days of the “Windfall Money Riches Fortune Gambling Good Luck Spell” ($8.99, returns accepted within 14 days) and “POWERFUL MAGIC SPELL OF WEREWOLF TRANSFORMATION lycan shapeshift vampire haunted” ($15.99, returns accepted) on eBay are coming to an end. You better get your orders for your psychic readings, authentic voodoo dolls, love potions and...

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15 HUGE Questions About The iPhone 5 (AAPL)

August 20, 2012
15 HUGE Questions About The iPhone 5 (AAPL)

Email More AP Apple will reportedly hold an event in the middle of September to unveil a new iPhone. Even though it’s been less than a year since Apple last refreshed the iPhone, it’s felt like much longer. Perhaps it’s because the last iPhone update was so minor on a cosmetic level.  Whatever the case...

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