President Obama said that he is going to push Congress next year to move ahead on critical technology Read More
What you need to know – Friday 11/19/10
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What you need to know – Wednesday 11/17/10
LivingSocial, a social commerce startup that provides daily deals, has just bought the majority stake in Jump On 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
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Facebook rethinking messaging beyond email
Facebook announced Monday that it has developed a “modern” messaging system that converges all text-based modes of communication–SMS, Read More
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Facebook and Microsoft email vs Google Gmail?
In advance of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s conversation at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this Tuesday, Facebook Read More
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ReadOz raises $2.2 million for digital reader
Digital publishing startup ReadOz announced Friday that it has raised $2.2 million in its Series A round, contributed Read More
Correction: Chad Hurley has not entirely left Google, but maintains an advisory role. Earlier this week, Business Insider Read More
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AVG buys DroidSecurity for $4.1 million
Antivirus software developer AVG announced Wednesday that it has acquired DroidSecurity, creator of antivirus software for Android devices, Read More
As the oldest of eleven kids, I learned a long time ago that when someone tries to take Read More
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What you need to know – Friday 11/5/10
500 Startups has invested an undiscosed amount in AQUSH, a peer to peer lending service, based in Japan. Read More
Facebook recently was valued at some $30 billion. Already, it has a far larger valuation than Google did Read More
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What you need to know – Wednesday 11/3/10
The VC firm Andreessen Horowitz has raised $650 million for a fund. The fund will focus solely on Read More
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Google to pay $8.5 million in Buzz settlement
Oh, Google. You were so excited to get everyone on the Internet to use microblogging service Google Buzz Read More
Google is crying favoritism in a lawsuit filed against the U.S. Department of Interior last Friday, in which Read More