After successfully booting an IP troll in the financial groin a couple of months ago, Matthew Inman (better known to the Internet as The Oatmeal) has done it again. This time Inman was aiming to raise $850,000 in order to save a project that would build a museum to honor Nikola Tesla, the scientist...
Daily Archives: August 21, 2012
The ‘One Thing’ Mitt Romney Regrets About His Private Equity Career
Getty See Also Obama Unleashes On Medicare: Under Mitt Romney And Paul Ryan, ‘You Could Not Count On Health Care’ Here’s Paul Ryan’s Latest Excuse For The Stimulus Money His Office Requested In 2009 Hilariously Crude Anti-Obama Pins Being Sold Outside Mitt Romney’s And Paul Ryan’s Town Hall Event Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney...
One Of Groupon’s Top Salespeople Has Left The Company (GRPN)
Jayna Cooke No longer Groupon’s top salesperson. See Also Groupon’s ‘Mastermind’ Is Taking A Step Back Here’s Why Chicago Could Be The New Hub For Social Commerce Groupon Founders Invest $1.5 Million In Benzinga A top-earning Groupon salesperson, Jayna Cooke, has left the company, the Wall Street Journal reports. At one point, Cooke handled...
Dell Misses On Low Expectations—But It’s Not ALL Bad News (DELL)
AP See Also Dell Is Making A Big Enterprise Services Hire To Get The Company Turned Around Michael Dell: People Still Think My Company Is What It Was Five Years Ago Dell MISSES Expectations And Shares Sell Off As it tries to remake itself into an enterprise company, Dell is still being hurt by...
Okay, Folks, Let’s Put Aside Politics And Talk About Taxes… [CHARTS]
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Business Insider Click for the details… One of the most divisive issues in this country right now is taxes. And understandably so. Everyone hates taxes. And everyone wants someone else to pay all the taxes. Also, we have a massive budget deficit right now, and most reasonable people know that they only way to...
Facebook Users Report Virus That Sends & Accepts Friend Requests
Facebook users are complaining that their accounts are sending friend requests to people they don’t know or, worse, to people they’ve previously blocked. So far, Facebook is keeping mum on the issue. One week ago, Facebook user Laina Mancini posted this message in a forum in the social network’s Help Center: “FACEBOOK KEEPS ADDING FRIENDS...
Facebook Class-Action Suit is Just a Speed Bump
Facebook is negotiating a settlement to a class-action lawsuit filed by members who objected to the social network using their likenesses to pitch products in ads called sponsored stories. Given the importance of these ads to Facebook’s business, what impact will the case have on the company? Most marketers know that you are more...
Ness lands $15m to ‘make search personal’ across categories like food, movies and more
Silicon Valley-based Ness Computing (Ness) has raised $15 million in Series B funding from Singapore’s SingTel Innov8, American Express Ventures and an affiliate of the LeFrak Organization. Ness made waves when it launched its personalized restaurant search and discovery app – GigaOm likened the service to a ‘Pandora for restaurant recommendations’ – and is...
Ness Nabs $15M From AmEx And SingTel, Will Expand Social Data-Driven, Personalized Search To Other Verticals
Ness Computing, a startup that has developed a highly personalized, data-driven search engine, has raised $15 million in Series B funding led by SingTel Innov8 with American Express Ventures participating in the round. Ness previously raised $5 million from Khosla Ventures, Alsop Louie Partners, TomorrowVentures, Bullpen Capital, a co-founder of Palantir Technologies, and angel...
Annoyed By Instagram? This App Will Remove Filters From Photos (FB)
Email More iTunes See Also Here’s A Way To Save A Bunch Of Money On iTunes Purchases Right Now 8 Tricks That You Should Be Using When You Search For Stuff On Google RadioShack Is Reportedly Launching A No-Contract Wireless Service A new app called Normalize strips photos of their Instagram or Hipstamatic filters...