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A new app lets you ask strangers multiple choice questions. Although it’s not anonymous, using it feels more than a little bit like confession apps like Secret and Yik Yak.
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A new app lets you ask strangers multiple choice questions. Although it’s not anonymous, using it feels more than a little bit like confession apps like Secret and Yik Yak.
A new startup wants to speed up the process of analyzing data, and the costs of storing it, by housing it in satellites. The idea is out there, but its founder says some of the big pieces to pull it off are already coming into place.
Ambri’s low cost power grid battery is getting ready for commercialization, which could pair economic energy storage with wind and solar farms.
Is there a new dawn of smarter power grid tools emerging? Finally?
What happens if a company has a standards-essential patent and doesn’t play nice with it? A federal judge explained why a $14.5 million jury award is reasonable punishment.
Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren and… Michelle Phan? YouTube’s most popular makeup artist has launched her own makeup line in partnership with L’Oréal Luxe.
Todd Papaioannou is joining big data-focused venture capital firm Data Collective as a entrepreneur in residence. Papaioannou was most recently co-founder and CEO of Continuuity, and as has held executives roles at companies including Yahoo and Teradata.
Netflix wants TVs to be better at handling online content, and it just added a new leadership position to advance its partnerships with consumer electronics makers.
A report in The New York Times says that the mobile app accompanying the Jay-Z’s new music album is collecting a whole lot of personal data, including access to social media accounts on phones. And if that isn’t enough, someone has already cloned it.
As promised, mobile investment specialist Tandem Entrepreneurs is expanding internationally, starting with India. It’s opened an office in Bangalore and plans to invite 10-20 Indian startups into it accelerator program in the next year.
NewSQL company will use its new cash to make its proprietary database more easily available to developers via their cloud infrastructure of choice, says CEO Robin Purohit.
First combined print and online readership data shows some titles still see more usage on paper than by pixels, while others are finding booming audience growth online.
Growing number of music blogs makes it difficult to checkout all the music highlighted by the musical tastemakers. Enter Shuffler.fm, a smart blog aggregator that is making discovery of music more personal and simple. And now they have an iPhone app, that is worth checking out
Can an entrepreneur and a 10 week programming school solve the issue of underrepresented women in tech? David Phillips, formerly the founder of Banjo, is working to see if that’s possible with Hackbright Academy in San Francisco.
The UK publisher of 230 local newspapers has set ambitious digital growth targets for its new CEO’s turnaround. So far, Johnston’s online gains are going slow from a low base. But the most interesting part of its strategy may lay ahead.
A video site that lets users bookmark and share embedded videos from other websites doesn’t commit copyright infringement – and just watching a stream of a video that someone else has uploaded isn’t infringing either: That’s the gist of a court decision in favor of myVidster.
Digital publisher Open Road is partnering with Good Books, the publisher of series like the bestselling “Fix-It and Forget-It” cookbooks and Linda Byler’s Amish romances. The partnership will digitize many Good Books titles for the first time.
Tellabs CEO Rob Pullen died Monday morning of colon cancer, succumbing to the disease after several months of chemotherapy and a recent surgery. Pullen, who was 50, was one of the major figures of the U.S. telecom industry, leading Tellabs for the last four years.
An outspoken Chicago judge has dismissed Apple’s patent claims against Motorola “with prejudice.” Apple can appeal, but the decision is a blow to its hopes of arguing that Motorola infringed on patents held by Apple for key smartphone technologies with its embrace of Google’s Android software.
Tesla Motors investor, and DBL Investor’s Partner, Nancy Pfund has been waiting about three years to get her Model S electric sedan. Pfund is one of a group of customers that will receive their Model S cars during a big media event at the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif. on Friday.
Privacy discussions took a new turn when Newspepper.com founder Hermione Way asserted that women have been raped as a result of location-based apps “like Facebook and Banjo,” and Banjo CEO Damien Patton responded that “more people have been harmed by the Catholic Church” than social networks.
Time was, only strong man competition entrants would exert themselves to tear up phone directories for expectant crowds.
Now publishers themselves are this month twisting their books and businesses in to new shapes, to find relevance amid ongoing digital disruption…
The UK’s troubled number-two local news publisher has vowed to launch national websites for pet shows, bonny baby contests, football fans and more, as part of new CEO Ashley Highfield’s big digital and transformation strategy.
Ann Patchett says times are tough enough for the literary community now that “the Department of Justice has decided to be Amazon’s bodyguard.”
Early results of Udemy’s Faculty Project have been pretty successful, with more than 50,000 students signing up for the program. But that’s not all: Udemy is also bringing on ever more prestigious faculty, with its first Ivy League professor soon coming on board.
Nancy Pearl, the famous librarian (and action figure!) who recently partnered with Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) to republish a handful of out-of-prin…
Copyright law can be a dry and wonky subject. Yet it often triggers the raw emotions that come with a debate over immigration policy or Tim…
The founder of Mint.com, Aaron Patzer, has been researching alternative urban transportation under a company called Swift over the past six months but has determined that the personal maglev system he had been envisioning is not economically viable for a company to produce.
If you had any doubt about Facebook’s ambitions in mobile, here’s another move that underscores the social network’s priorities. It has hire…
IBM today named Virginia Rometty as the first female CEO in its 100-year history. Rometty, credited for building IBM’s strong and profitable services business, will take the reins from Sam Palmisano on January 1 as CEO and president.
The 18- to 34-year-old demographic, long sought by advertisers and TV shows, is now in the sights of a new website, Book Riot, which aims to…
When the premiere episode of this season’s Survivor begins airing tonight on CBS, host Jeff Probst will not only be tweeting during the show, but he will also be answering viewer questions on short video messaging service Tout during commercial breaks.
Rare metals have suddenly become a hot commodity in products from hybrid vehicles batteries, to wind turbines, to compact fluorescent light bulbs to magnets for electric vehicle motors. Some entrepreneurs think it is time to go to the moon and find those resources.
4Chan, the influential and controversial internet subculture that spawned Anonymous, Rickrolling and Rage Guy, is “misunderstood” as “the da…
An update since we covered the company when it launched last summer: Open Book Video, the online video ad network started by former Smartcli…
The biggest missing ingredient in the energy discussion is that the clean power and natural gas groups are not sitting down and creating a dialogue, says Carl Pope, Chairman of the Sierra Club.
So if you’re going to only watch one cool thing on the Internet today, here you go: the quasi-music video Light, As a Feather, created by filmmaker Paul Kamuf with music by John Pugh. Load it in a browser that’s not Safari, and you’re welcome.
A few more details are seeping out about News Corp.’s Project Alesia initiative to create new digital products for its own outlets and for o…
Disney (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger is sticking with the strategy of a combined interactive games, web and mobile group but splitting the job of…
Just last week, Jimmy Pitaro was side by side on a stage with ex-boss Scott Moore pitching the glories of content at Yahoo and MSN. Now, pai…
Twitter needs to become more decentralized and open, says the company’s former chief engineer, or it will wither and die like other “walled garden” approaches to the web. Alex Payne says he recommended that Twitter become a more open platform, but senior executives decided against it.
Matt Prohaska, the former AOL (NYSE: AOL) sales VP who joined online video ad network Smartclip as its North America CEO in March, left the…
At last night’s Creative Arts ceremony for the 2010 Emmys, the Jimmy Fallon digital experience and the independently-produced Star Wars Uncut won awards for their interactivity. Neil Patrick Harris and The Man Your Man Could Smell Like also took home shiny gold statues.
All startups want to find the magic recipe for achieving Facebook scale, but former Twitter engineer Alex Payne says it doesn’t exist. And focusing on speed can not only send you in the wrong direction, but leave you high and dry when you need it most.
Dave Pell might be best known for chronicling tech’s ups and downs through his Davenetics newsletter. But he’s also an entrepreneur and has angel-funded more than 30 companies. He shares his insights on investing and startups in this video interview.
YouTuber Week begins with a look at the work of Joe Penna, known on YouTube as MysteryGuitarMan. The Brazilian-born musician and creator combines clear musical talent with technical ability and a quirky, relatable sense of humor, resulting in videos which are charming, well-produced and fun.
Harvard professor of psychology Steven Pinker has joined in the ongoing debate over whether the Internet makes people smarter or dumber. He says using Twitter and spending time on the web doesn’t make us less intelligent, any more than reading an encyclopedia makes us more intelligent.
Earlier today, News Corp (NYSE: NWS). announced a change in the role of top security exec Hemu Nigam, responsible for helping MySpace naviga…
Cooper Industries, which makes gear for the power industry, bought the assets of wireless smart grid tech developer Eka Systems this week. We chatted with Eka Systems CEO Dave Pauken today on the deal and the future of the industry.
If you’re itching to sell a greentech company, it’s looking like there’s better odds in the smart grid sector as of late. This morning utility gear provider Cooper Industries announced that it has bought up wireless smart grid startup Eka Systems.
Online video ad net Smartclip has hired former AOL (NYSE: AOL) North American sales VP Matt Prohaska as its first CEO. The New York startup…
More change in News Corp.’s digital division, though this one is a more logical than others: Jeremy Philips, once the star digital M&A guy a…
At the Abu Dhabi Media Summit last week, I ran into Edward M Prince Jr., COO of National Geographic Ventures, the commercial arm of NatGeo,…
Mail.com Media Corp, the owner of Nikki Finke’s Deadline.com and other portals, has finally closed and announced its JV deal in India, after…
CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) Chief Research Officer Dave Poltrack took dead aim at a Forrester Research survey that said marketers consider TV ads…
Veteran Disney (NYSE: DIS) lobbyist Preston Padden isn’t retiring until 2011 but he’s already handing off to a new government relations chie…
Providence Equity Partners has a penchant for media and entertainment investments like Hulu, Warner Music, YES and Univision — and for addi…
In the Incisive Media blowup and the subsequent split, some other interesting details have come out in a memo the North America CEO Bill Po…
MySpace could acquire once white-hot music service iLike today — and, then again, it might not. TechCrunch had a just-about-done deal yeste…
Neal Page, CEO and co-founder of Inlet Technologies, passed away last night. Page was 50 and had been fighting Acute Myeloid Leukemia…
Crispin, Porter + Bogusky (the agency behind Microsoft’s Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld ads) has acquired Swedish digital ad shop Daddy, marking…
Crispin, Porter + Bogusky (the agency behind Microsoft’s Bill Gates/Jerry Seinfeld ads) has acquired Swedish digital ad shop Daddy, marking…
Ocean power may be down, but it’s not out. Atlantis Resources, a Singapore-based developer of tidal turbines, said today that it raised…
Microsoft’s new search team is starting to look a lot like Yahoo’s old one. In just the latest example, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has brought o…
Google’s opposition to proposed new UK music rates may look like just public posturing, as private negotiations continue. But it’s only one…
The web isn’t just changing how people read books –now, it’s starting to alter the way they’re written too. Author James Patterson has “cro…
Cake Financial, an online hub for individual investors, has picked up $1.26 million worth of a $1.5 million round of funding, per peHUB, cit…
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) said Mark Papermaster will be joining the company as SVP of Devices Hardware Engineering in charge of the iPod and iPhone…
French social media brand marketing platform Eyeka has been going through a top-tier overhaul. CEO Sadek Chekroun, who was Kelkoo’s French M…
The funny thing about Christmas is that when you’re hip-deep in familial celebration, the outside world rarely intrudes. Which means that when…
Props to CBS for knowing exactly how to clip segments from its programming. This bit from last night’s 60 Minutes pits Anderson…
Ad-supported mobile entertainment firm Myxer has surpassed 15 million users and has added a CFO and EVP of sales to its management team. The…
It’s nice to see the medium of online video used to its greatest potential. Today’s pinnacle: a mash-up of the new trailer…
The famed British comedy troupe has launched their own official YouTube channel.
In case you didn’t know, Justin Timberlake is only one of Beyonce’s many imitators. This Single Man‘s imitation of the intense Single…
News Corporation’s veteran European chairman Marty Pompadur is stepping down after a decade with the company, with Tom Mockridge taking grea…
Netflix is getting more serious about its push beyond its mainstay online DVD rental business, and has been doing a slew of deals to embed i…
Marketing agency George P. Johnson has acquired online marketer Juxt Interactive and mobile marketing platform MobilePromote. Terms of both…
Erik Huggers is shifting the BBC’s mobile controller Matthew Postgate to be its research and innovation controller. The Beeb said Postgate w…
Mobile content provider Zed has appointed Philippe Pannetier as B2B Regional Director. Pannetier will be based in Zed’s Paris, France office…
And while Sequoia and other left-coast VC firms are asking their firms to tighten up, and strategically leaking their own advice about survi…
The search for MySpace Music CEO just got a bit more competitive: The longtime CEO of online music service eMusic David Pakman is leaving, a…
Zed CEO Javier Perez Dolset has lashed out at the UK’s premium rate phone regulator PhonepayPlus, blaming the watchdog for
Hot on the heels of her skit with Tina Fey as Sarah Palin burning up the Internet, Amy Poehler will launch and…
Monday night is the start of the two-day AlwaysOn GoingGreen conference, and the organizers (Tony Perkins and crew) are doling out awards…
The Democratic leadership unveiled its energy package yesterday with the no-nonsense title the “Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act.” But…
A mean rumor circulated last Friday that Dolly Parton had died at the age of 60. But don’t worry, kids, she’s OK!…
We’re usually content to just see plans for traditional coal-fired power plants get the kibosh when authorities refuse to grant the dirty…
GigaOM is asking its readers to rate NBC’s coverage of Olympics on old & NewTeeVee. We thought it would be a good…
VendAsta has raised C$3 million (US$2.8 million) for the development of MyFrontSteps, a social networking service to help people improve the…
Carnegie Mellon professor Randy Pausch became an Internet inspiration when he uploaded his Last Lecture to the Net in the fall of…
Note to the president, senators, representatives and governors: There’s a long-term energy crisis brewing, and your energy strategy has to be your…
And the winner is James Pitaro … the head of Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Sports gets an expanded portfolio in the wake of Entertainment head Karin…
Online secondary tickets marketplace Seatwave has made a high-profile appointment to its board. News Corp (NYSE: NWS) Europe’s chairman Mart…
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) ended its 10-month CFO hunt with the hiring of Bell Canada exec Daniel Patrick Pichette. Throughout the long executive s…
I’ve written before about the chip industry’s efforts to cut back on power consumption through a creative redesign of some of their…
Crispin Porter + Bogusky, the Miami-based creative shop behind campaigns like Burger King’s Subservient Chicken, has bought interactive agen…
At our EconAds conference last week, the most anticipated part was the interview with Nancy Peretsman, managing director at Allen & Co…amo…
Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is happy to leave mobile web search to the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and Yahoo
For a while there, eMusic was notable as the online music retailer that didn’t have DRM, but that differentiator is pretty much gone. During…
The BBC’s head mobile honcho Matthew Postgate said that now that “the iPlayer was out the door,” the broadcaster would be focusing more int…
Music fan network iLike sees little threat from Facebook’s musical ambitions – but is broadening its base just in case. Having acquired 20…
The latest channel from Next New Networks, Goggleburn, will feature online video from around the web along with a weekly show hosted…
I spent a wee bit of time using the WiBrain UMPC today, mostly to set it up for daily use. My eyes…
Fyreball, a stealth mode company started by Halo3 alumni, has raised its first round of funding from Band of Angels and Alliance…
Time Warner: Jeff Bewkes will have a new CFO when he takes over as CEO Jan. 1, 2008. Current CFO Wayne Pace will retire at the end of the ye…
Music fans on Alltel’s network get a to sing a happy tune today. The company just added the latest Motorola handset to…
Apple and EMI announced this morning their decision to sell digital music downloads without digital rights management via Apple’s iTunes store. Apple…
The meaty part of this latest move against the free-caller operations (which AP didn’t quite explain in its just-the-facts-ma’am report) is AT&T’s…
The ‘Broadband in the Sky’ concept is finding its way to India. Early next year, passengers aboard planes of several Indian carriers…
There are no shortage of blog posts about the terrible reviews that UMPCs are getting in the mainstream press but the useful…
Reports of the death of the Sony Vaio U750P have been greatly exaggerated. Just found this on CompUSA:
I get a lot of comments from laptop users who don’t use one of the best convenience features in Windows XP. Microsoft…
Opera has released a technical preview (TP) of the Opera browser for Windows Mobile. Though the first TP was not officially announced,…
I like what Google is doing with its GMail Service. It suddenly is more valuable, and hopefully they will add IMAP support…