Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Groupon’s earliest investor and co-founder Eric Lefkofsky has transferred 18.7 million shares of the company, Bloomberg reports. Bloomberg confirmed the transfer, found in a regulatory filing, with a Groupon spokesperson. Most of the shares, 15.4 million, were moved from 600 West Groupon LLC and distributed to Lefkofsky’s beneficiaries. 600...
Way back at the start of the year, we looked at a service called Koubachi – a Web and iPhone app that helps you look after your house plants by tracking factors like when you last watered them, the time of year and the local climate. Since then, Switzerland-based Koubachi’s offering has become all...
Look, I get it. It’s a great story, maybe the greatest in the history of American business. From Day One, Apple did things the right way: clean, elegant, beautiful. But they were brought to their knees by Microsoft’s colossal mediocrity. Their visionary founder was forced out. They teetered on the brink. And then–bam! They...
If a picture is worth a thousand words, what story does the above picture tell? It tells the story of one of the most dominant coalitions of our time — Wintel — coming apart at the seams. In quantitative and qualitative terms, it suggests that if this is the best that the four horsemen...
Flickr / Walmart Stores In Rogers Arkansas, Walmart recently asked employees and their friends with iPhones to test out a new self scan-and-go app. It’s one of a few mobile initiatives Walmart is working on that could one day replace or aid its many cashiers. The test was put together by Walmart Labs. The...
Flickr / Walmart Stores In Rogers Arkansas, Walmart recently asked employees and their friends with iPhones to test out a new self scan-and-go app. It’s one of a few mobile initiatives Walmart is working on that could one day replace or aid its many cashiers. The test was put together by Walmart Labs. The...
Email More David Wu David Wu is an entrepreneur and product designer in Hong Kong with an unusual home office — it’s modeled entirely on the look of an Apple Store. He was kind enough to share these pictures and descriptions of his workplace with us. Recommended For You Please follow SAI: Tools on...
Email More David Wu David Wu is an entrepreneur and product designer in Hong Kong with an unusual home office — it’s modeled entirely on the look of an Apple Store. He was kind enough to share these pictures and descriptions of his workplace with us. Recommended For You Please follow SAI: Tools on...
Despite Instagram’s lack of an office in China, the company has seen steady adoption in the world’s most populous nation. However, with the pieces falling into place for Facebook’s acquisition, Instagram could be in danger of being blocked in the country. Facebook is nearly finished with the regulatory hurdles required for its purchase of...
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