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State of the union of venture capital

State of the union of venture capital

Each year, college students drop out of universities, men and women leave their jobs, and people of all ages begin...

Google introduces host of search improvements

Google introduces host of search improvements

Advances in mobile search are now leading to changes in desktop search. On a mobile phone, users can search using...

Investing like it’s 1999: Tech bubble 2.0 is here

Investing like it’s 1999: Tech bubble 2.0 is here

With alarmists sounding the alarms and naysayers saying, "nay," it's certainly looking very similar to the way things were over...

Kinect

Kinect

The designers at Loft117 and programmer Jason Belmonti have teamed up to tap the Kinect for something that has been...

1/3rd of China still uses IE6 while the worldwide number approaches single digits

1/3rd of China still uses IE6 while the worldwide number approaches single digits

The most recent statistics according the IE6 Countdown shows that the world as a whole is at 10.9% usage on...

Chickenosaurus: Paleontologist attempts to reconstruct dinosaurs from chickens

Chickenosaurus: Paleontologist attempts to reconstruct dinosaurs from chickens

Michael Crichton and Steven Speilberg were onto something with Jurassic Park. Unfortunately, it wasn't real science. This is. Paleontologist Jack...

17 tips to tame Google’s immense wealth of data

17 tips to tame Google’s immense wealth of data

Google has never really had a problem with getting or presenting data. They have so much information stored in rows...

“As Seen On” YouTube pages promotes those who promote YouTube

“As Seen On” YouTube pages promotes those who promote YouTube

When you're hold the attention of hundreds of millions of users, it's good to "give back" every now and then....

Apple’s iCloud takes on cloud services from Microsoft, Google

Apple’s iCloud takes on cloud services from Microsoft, Google

At the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco this week, Apple introduced iCloud, a set of free new cloud services...

Big names top list for insecure data storage on apps

Big names top list for insecure data storage on apps

App watchdog group ViaForensics has been running popular Android and iPhone apps through their system to see who is encrypting...

YouTube allows their logo to be removed, adds HD preview image

YouTube allows their logo to be removed, adds HD preview image

YouTube announced a couple of moves that will make users happier. First, they are allowing HD preview images to be...

Steve Jobs details plan for the Apple spaceship building in Cupertino

Steve Jobs details plan for the Apple spaceship building in Cupertino

If you're Apple with a goal of 12,000 employees under one roof, what better place to put them than in...

How the internet has changed the scope of advertising

How the internet has changed the scope of advertising

Poor television, radio, and print. What has the Internet done to you? Over the past several years, things have changed...

When will Skype be ready for prime time?

When will Skype be ready for prime time?

When Microsoft purchased Skype last month for $8.5 billion, we viewed it as a step forward for both companies in...

Why Groupon needs to fail to save the internet

Why Groupon needs to fail to save the internet

There is an opportunity to learn from our mistakes before they can do real damage. That opportunity is Groupon, and...

Windows 8 user interface

Windows 8 user interface

After reading some of the thoughts and speculations about Windows 8 over the past few days, it's possible that Microsoft...

Twitter hops into bed with iOS 5 for some ‘deep integration’

Twitter hops into bed with iOS 5 for some ‘deep integration’

Monday is going to be an interesting day, to say the least. Rumours surrounding WWDC '11 concern all sorts of...

Who cares about privacy on smartphones?

Who cares about privacy on smartphones?

It's been a hot topic lately, but does anyone really care? We now know that Apple, Google, and Microsoft are...

Ford’s “talking” cars could mean fewer crashes, reduced congestion

Ford’s “talking” cars could mean fewer crashes, reduced congestion

Ford has an innovative solution to reduce car accidents and curb congestion. Combining technologies like WiFi, GPS, and radar-based safety...

Unmatched Revenues: Why we really are in the middle of another online tech bubble

Unmatched Revenues: Why we really are in the middle of another online tech bubble

The numbers are completely off the charts. In case you missed insane valuations in recent months for companies such as...