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Cellphone unlocking bill sails through Congress

Maybe I watch too much cable news (though I have really started to wean myself off of that because, ugh!) Read More

Funding roundup – week ending 7/25/14

Seed stage Mobile Action, a user acquisition solution for apps, raised $805,000 in seed funding from Felicis Ventures, Streamlined Ventures and various Read More

Google’s latest moonshot: a full map of the human body

I was talking to a big-time CEO a few years ago who told me that, as his company got bigger, Read More

Yammer founder David Sacks leaves Microsoft

(Updated with comment from Microsoft) It's been just over two years since Microsoft bought enterprise social networking company Yammer for $1.2 billion Read More

Facebook and Uber in talks for integration on Messenger

There' are a lot of potentially interesting partnerships out there in the tech world, and ways that two companies can Read More

Facebook shares hit record high of $76 after stellar Q2

It seems so long ago now that analysts were fretting and worrying over Facebook's long-term monetization, and wondering if, and Read More

Twitter has a big diversity problem: 70% men, 59% white

You may have already heard, but Silicon Valley has a diversity problem. And it’s a pretty big one at that. Read More

Live Chat Module for Drupal Websites by Banckle

Banckle.Chat offers an online customer support and live chat module for Drupal website owners to easily communicate with website visitors. Read More

Zuckerberg: Facebook will never be a payments company

In a conference call following the release of Facebook's second quarter earnings report on Wednesday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Read More

Facebook comes out on top, beats in Q2 earnings report

Shares of Facebook are up 5%, in after-hours trading, after the company posted second-quarter results that handily beat Wall Street Read More

StubHub users beware! Over 1,000 accounts hacked!

You know, it's getting to the point now where I really am starting to think twice every time I buy Read More

LinkedIn picks up marketing platform Bizo for $175M

Unlike others in the social media space, specifically Twitter and Facebook, LinkedIn is less reliant on advertising dollars to stay Read More

LinkedIn experiments with a “find friends” feature

(Updated with insight from Kevin Stephens) The idea of finding friends nearby has always struck me as a little... creepy. Read More

Social media nostalgia app Timehop raises $10M

There has been a big movement toward privacy in social media over the last couple of years, with the rise Read More

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