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It’s a win and a loss at the same time when companies take investments. Yes, they get money to fund their projects, but they also lose a measure of control and revenue as a result. Here’s the story of one tech company that crowdsourced passed the VCs. Earlier this year, our Y Combinator
You’ve heard of the war surge. Now we’re going to get a tech surge that is intended to make getting insurance as easy as 1-2-4. The Department of Health and Human Services said Sunday it was bringing in outside help to resolve some of the technical woes that have beset the federally run
It’s definitely exciting to see the new platforms coming out with their amazing games and cool features, but the reality is that it’s all getting overblown. We’re now a scant month away from the dawn of the PlayStation 4/Xbox One era, and both the journalistic and consumer sides of gamin
Those who are outside of the business world of technology often do not realize the importance of patents. Savvy investors get it. Will Twitter? Profits aren’t the only thing lacking at Twitter Inc. (TWTR) ahead of its planned initial public offering. It’s got a dearth of patents, too. The microblogg
Nobody is safe in NSA’s reign of terror. The National Security Agency (NSA) has a division for particularly difficult missions. Called “Tailored Access Operations” (TAO), this department devises special methods for special targets. That category includes surveillance of neighboring
Is this a one-off incident or will the dominoes soon fall in Amazon’s favor? The Illinois Supreme Court struck down a state law Friday that required online retailers, like Amazon, to collect sales tax if they have in-state Web affiliates, according to Associated Press. The court decided the la
Girl gamers are starting to emerge as a larger portion of the first-person shooter world. Now, they’ll finally be able to play multiplayer Battlefield as their own gender. “Yes, but we don’t know when we can do that,” he told me during a recent chat. “We have been talki
The open source software adored by geeks around the world will be loved by naval officers and their crew as the latest and greatest defense technology prepares to hit the seas. When the USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) puts to sea later this year, it will be different from any other ship in the Navy’s f
They started off as a side project for internal communications for a small startup. It’s now about to go public. Here’s Twitter’s story so far… In the fall of 2010, Twitter was in chaos. The micro-blogging site, which had been founded four years earlier, still wasn’t ge
If you’re a gamer that likes a strong narrative and games that immerse you, Device 6 might be your next mobile download. Mobile games typically fall into one of two different categories. There are the Angry Birds of the world, games that are perfect for sneaking in some play while waiting in l
It’s always tough to pull the plug on a project, but Twitter Music has been on life-support since it was launched half a year ago. Just six months after launching it, Twitter is strongly considering killing off its Twitter #Music mobile application, according to multiple sources familiar with
Infrastructure is arguably the most important component holding together western society. The utility and transportation grids keep us from falling apart in many ways. Could hackers cripple the country with the click of a button? Over the past few months, the discoveries of two engineers have led to
