The Kindle is Amazon’s most gifted item, and now Web users can give the gift of a Kindle Read More
Bummed because you can’t actually watch anything on Google TV now that all of the major networks have Read More
Update: The rumors may have some merit. Groupon just tweeted: “Hang in there, everyone: big things are afoot Read More
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Eric Ries on learning, failing, and pivoting
Author, speaker, and consultant Eric Ries spoke at Thursday’s Amplify event, where the former Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Read More
Thirteen startups competed in Thursday’s Amplify business pitch competition, but only one walked away the victor. Jen O’Neal, Read More
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Esther Dyson on space travel and Groupon
Angel investor Esther Dyson joined the Amplify event via Skype Thursday and spoke with journalist Cathy Brooks. Interesting Read More
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Gowalla’s goin’ to Disney!
If you’ve ever gone to a theme park—or worse, taken kids to a theme park—you know that the Read More
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Amplify finalists
Updated to include Is That Odd, Inc. Thursday’s Amplify business pitch competition in San Francisco will spotlight a Read More
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Mike McCue explains Flipboard
I recently sat down with Mike McCue, co-founder and CEO of Flipboard, to talk about the iPad app Read More
Yipit just upped the ante on social shopping. On Wednesday, the group-deal site unveiled its newest feature: Yipit Read More
In the last couple of weeks, reports have shown that the economy has grown by 2% this year Read More
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LivingSocial invests $5M in Jump On it
Groupon’s arch-nemesis, LivingSocial, announced Wednesday that it is going to Australia: the company has invested $5 million for Read More
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Vinod Khosla on innovation vs. punditry
At Tuesday afternoon’s Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, took the stage Read More
Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz just stepped off the stage following a lively interview that made me hope that Read More
Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh and Gilt Groupe’s Susan Lyne sat down for an on-stage interview at the Web 2.0 Summit Read More
