Quora Investor Peter Thiel: “The Samwers Are Never Going To Clone Quora,”
There’s been a lot of armchair valuation punditry across the Valley this week. As the Facebook IPO looms, our intricately entwined ecosystem of startups and investors seeks to benefit from
Read More →Disney Video Launches In Beta, Bringing Kid-Friendly Clips And Trailers To All Your Devices
There’s a new product that just came out of Disney Interactive Labs — a video portal for clips, movie trailers, and even a
Read More →Positionly Raises $300,000 For Search Engine Ranking From Point Nine, Others
Search engine ranking startup Positionly has secured $300,000 seed funding from Berlin-based led by seed VC Point Nine Capital and joined by
Read More →Palantir Technologies Nabs $56M In New Funding, SEC Filing Shows
Palantir Technologies, the big data analysis company founded in 2004 by a team of ex-PayPal employees including Peter Thiel, has raised $56 million in new funding, according to a
Read More →Sleepover Time! All-Night Hackathon Precedes Facebook IPO At Headquarters
Carrying on in the esteemed tradition of Facebook hackathons, there will be an all-nighter on Thursday at the company’s Menlo Park headquarters that culminates with CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Read More →Rise of the Tech Bandits: Michael Arrington, the Early Years
Editor’s note: In the Summer 2012 issue of SAY Magazine, Dan Frommer’s cover story Rise of the Tech Bandits chronicles the history of tech blogging. For the
Read More →How Personal Capital Wants To Bring Money Management Into The Internet Age [TCTV]
It’s been amazing how technology-enabled aggregation can make certain things in life so much easier — spaces such such as travel
Read More →Why The Internet Doesn’t Make Us Care More About Politics
American politics used to be fun: frequent political carnivals in the 19th century would mix parties, parades, and political speeches in
Read More →It’s Time For A Larger iPhone
The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Apple is currently ordering larger screens for the next iPhone. With the usual nonsense, the WSJ cited people familiar with the matter
Read More →More Google+ In Gmail: Improved Circle Integration, Circle Search and Quick Access To Contact Details
The folks over at Google just love their Google+ social network and more and more Google+ features have been creeping into Gmail lately as well.
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