Even if he never achieves anything world-changing again — which he is certainly hoping to do — Jonathan Abrams will always be remembered as the guy who founded Friendster, the very first web-based “social network.” Launched in 2002, a year before MySpace and two years before Facebook, the site became a superstar among digital...
About that summer launch of Isis, the mobile payment joint venture between Verizon, ATT and T-Mobile — it’s not going to happen. The company told me that its plans to launch pilots in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas, which could have still slipped in before the “official” end of summer on Sept. 21,...
About that summer launch of Isis, the mobile payment joint venture between Verizon, ATT and T-Mobile — it’s not going to happen. The company told me that its plans to launch pilots in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas, which could have still slipped in before the “official” end of summer on Sept. 21,...
About that summer launch of Isis, the mobile payment joint venture between Verizon, ATT and T-Mobile — it’s not going to happen. The company told me that its plans to launch pilots in Salt Lake City and Austin, Texas, which could have still slipped in before the “official” end of summer on Sept. 21,...
Beauty e-commerce startup Birchbox is crossing the pond with the acquisition of JolieBox, a Paris-based company offering similar services. In the past year, JolieBox, basically a Birchbox clone, has itself acquired Spain’s Glamourum and the UK’s Boudoir Privé, so in addition to adding an office in Paris, New York–based Birchbox is expanding its footprint to...
Google has just announced that it is teaming up with Khan Academy for a new competition to find the next generation of “educational YouTube stars.” This news comes as interest in new forms of digitally-powered education rises, with services like edX, P2PU, Skillshare, Codecademy and Coursera growing rapidly. Google and Khan Academy are looking for what they call the Next EDU Gurus: “10...
Google has just announced that it is teaming up with Khan Academy for a new competition to find the next generation of “educational YouTube stars.” This news comes as interest in new forms of digitally-powered education rises, with services like edX, P2PU, Skillshare, Codecademy and Coursera growing rapidly. Google and Khan Academy are looking for what they call the Next EDU Gurus: “10...
Google has just announced that it is teaming up with Khan Academy for a new competition to find the next generation of “educational YouTube stars.” This news comes as interest in new forms of digitally-powered education rises, with services like edX, P2PU, Skillshare, Codecademy and Coursera growing rapidly. Google and Khan Academy are looking for what they call the Next EDU Gurus: “10...
Less than two months ago, Duo Security released a DARPA-funded Android app called X-Ray, which looks for known privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could potentially give malicious apps access to root privileges on your device. Since launch, the company has already collected results from over 20,000 Android devices worldwide, and initial results show that over...
Less than two months ago, Duo Security released a DARPA-funded Android app called X-Ray, which looks for known privilege escalation vulnerabilities that could potentially give malicious apps access to root privileges on your device. Since launch, the company has already collected results from over 20,000 Android devices worldwide, and initial results show that over...