Daily Archives: February 11, 2013

An Inside Look At How Etsy Grew Its Female Engineers By 500% In 1 Year

February 11, 2013
An Inside Look At How Etsy Grew Its Female Engineers By 500% In 1 Year

Mashable See Also THUS SPOKE ZUCKERBERG: 15 Quotes That Define The CEO’s Life SHERYL SANDBERG: ‘The Most Important Document Ever To Come Out Of The Valley’ The Crazy Story Of The Time When Almost Anyone In America Could Issue Their Own Currency Etsy, the popular e-commerce site full of one-of-a-kind trinkets, handmade jewelry, and...

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How The Most Ambitious Auto Venture In A Century Nearly Collapsed And Then Came Back From The Dead (TSLA)

February 11, 2013
How The Most Ambitious Auto Venture In A Century Nearly Collapsed And Then Came Back From The Dead (TSLA)

AP PhoAP Photo/Mark Lennihan Tesla Motors will soon announce its fourth quarter financial results.  The stock was down Monday after a negative review from The New York Times, which prompted CEO Elon Musk to take to Twitter and appear on CNBC and Bloomberg TV to criticize the review.  Tesla hasn’t reported a profit since...

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DogVacay’s Revenue Picture Looks … Ruff

February 11, 2013
DogVacay’s Revenue Picture Looks … Ruff

Ramona the Love Terrier Will Ramona the Love Terrier makes herself at home in a stranger’s place? Keep your fingers crossed for DogVacay, an “Airbnb for dogs.” The site got a lot of Silicon Valley buzz and raised $7 million from top-notch investors. Whether it can generate enough revenue to survive, however, is an...

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Microsoft has 150 people in Santa Monica creating content for its 46 million Xbox Live subscribers

February 11, 2013

Microsoft’s Xbox project, largely forgotten in last year’s Windows and Windows Phone race to eight, is back in the spotlight. Today at the D: Dive Into Media conference, Microsoft let loose some fresh statistics concerning its console, and also revealed how heavily it is investing in creating content and experiences for its living room device. Microsoft has...

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Elon Musk doubles down on ‘fake’ NY Times Tesla Model S review, reiterating promise to release car logs

February 11, 2013

Earlier today TNW brought you the news that, in a series of tweets, Elon Musk had pushed back against a review of the Tesla Model S that appeared in the New York Times. At that time, Musk alleged that the reviewer had taken a different route than described in his piece, and had failed...

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LG announces Optimus L Series II devices; L7II debuts in Russia this week, L3II and L5II ‘coming soon’

February 11, 2013
LG announces Optimus L Series II devices; L7II debuts in Russia this week, L3II and L5II ‘coming soon’

Mobile World Congress takes place later this month but LG is already gearing up after revealing (PDF) details of three much-speculated (and leaked) devices that will launch there. The Barcelona-based show will see LG unveil its Optimus L Series II set of smartphones, which includes the 3.2-inch L3II, 4.0-inch L5II and 4.3-inch L7II. The company sold more than 10...

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Microsoft Has Lost Its `Audacity,’ Former Top Exec Says

February 11, 2013
Microsoft Has Lost Its `Audacity,’ Former Top Exec Says

Joachim Kempin joined Microsoft in 1983 and spent almost 20 years at the company. For much of that time he oversaw Microsoft’s relations with the company’s hardware partners. He helped orchestrate Microsoft’s rise to industry dominance, but also crafted some of the practices that landed Microsoft in hot water with the Department of Justice...

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Who’s Manipulating Apple Stock With This iWatch Story?

February 11, 2013
Who’s Manipulating Apple Stock With This iWatch Story?

Stock manipulation! That was the cry from Apple fanbloggers last month when the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple had reduced component orders, a possible sign of softening demand for Apple products. That story broke nine days before Apple was to report its earnings, and sent the stock reeling downward. But if that was...

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Dead Dutch Programmer Sues Facebook For Patent Violations

February 11, 2013
Dead Dutch Programmer Sues Facebook For Patent Violations

Facebook is no stranger to being sued, but a new lawsuit filed against the company this month might be the weirdest to date.  As of February 5, Facebook is being sued by deceased Dutch programmer and apparent social web pioneer Joannes Jozef Everardus Van Der Meer, who passed away in 2004 – the year...

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New York Times plugs big leak in paywall

February 11, 2013

The New York Times has been using a so-called “metered paywall” for more than a year to limit how many articles a non-subscriber can read. The paywall has been more of a nuisance than a serious obstacle, however, thanks to easy tricks to get around it. Starting today, though, the Grey Lady is getting...

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