JD Rucker — Historical articles

It isn't common for a startup to be met with as much scorn and criticism as Color. Even before it officially launched, it was being called a waste of VC...

The question often gets asked by businesses to their marketing firms, "Do we need an app?" The rise in popularity of mobile internet use has prompted the...

Microsoft announced plans to acquire Skype for $8.5 billion in cash from the investor group led by Silver Lake.

For the last two weeks, one of the largest security breaches in online network history has been grinding along. As of today, the Sony Playstation Network...

In 1975, Three Days of the Condor with Robert Redford highlighted the profession of CIA researcher, a non-combat, non-covert department of the spy...

Just as 8-Tracks led to tapes, tapes, led to CDs, and CDs led to MP3s, so too is that way we do our transactions changing. This is the early stage - it's...

Missing "Star Wars Day" is a crime against geeks across the world. If you are wondering when Star Wars Day is, you already missed it - May 4th....

Building a startup represents the 21st century equivalent of the "American Dream." It's not a direct comparison, as it has become a global endeavor and...

Your employees are the DNA of your business. When lines of communication are broken or fragmented, the value and efficiency of your business break down as...

When people make predictions about future technologies that come true, they are seen as visionaries. When people miss terribly with their predictions,...

Every computer, hair dryer, and electric car that needs juice to operate takes a toll on the infrastructure of the various power grids around the world....

If there's one thing that Apple has done exceptionally well over the past decade, it's advertising. They have built a subculture around their products...