In-App Purchase Revenue Is Soaring
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View ArticleRed Hat CEO: Employees 'Often Call Me An Idiot To My Face' (RHT)
Red Hat, the first and only open-source software maker to crack $1 billion a year in revenues, is growing like mad.One key reason: the software engineers working for Red Hat almost never leave.The...
View ArticleFacebook Users At University Of Michigan Supported Gay Rights This Week More...
In light of the U.S. Supreme Court hearings on same-sex marriage, millions of Facebook users have changed their profile images in support of same-sex marriage.Earlier this week, The Human Rights...
View ArticleBusiness Insider Is Hiring An Awesome Product Manager
Do you love sharing cool web features with your network and colleagues? Do you collect mobile apps like charms? Do clunky digital experiences drive you nuts? Then we want to hear from you!Business...
View ArticlePeople Are Howling About The $1 Billion Price BusinessWeek Made Up For...
Bloomberg Businessweek just published a very strange article trying to guess how much Amazon paid for Goodreads, a social network where people share what books they're reading.In essence, the writer,...
View ArticleBusiness Insider Is Hiring An Ace Mobile Product Manager
Are you inseparable from your phone? Do you have five weather apps just to determine which is best? Do clunky digital experiences drive you nuts? Then we want to hear from you!Business Insider is...
View ArticleThis Business School Prof Just Wrote a Blistering Takedown Of Groupon's New...
Anthony Catanach Jr., an associate professor at the Villanova University School of Business, is a longtime critic of Groupon, and he just renewed his attacks on the daily deal giant.In August 2011, he...
View ArticleINFOGRAPHIC: Why Portland May Be America's Greenest City
Portland's earnest focus on embracing nature and eating local has made it the subject of countless parodies on IFC's hit show "Portlandia," but there's no denying the city has earned its reputation as...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: How App Makers Make Money (AAPL, GOOG)
App revenue comes largely from in-app purchases made in free games, according to a new report from Distimo. Right now 76 percent of revenue comes from in-app purchases made in paid and free apps....
View ArticleMarissa Mayer Tells The Story Of Why She Became Yahoo CEO, Even Though She...
Marissa Mayer told the story today of how she became Yahoo's CEO, even though she was pregnant.It was part of Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" series, which promotes women talking about succeeding in life...
View ArticleDell's Forecast For 2014 Has Dropped Nearly $10 Billion (DELL)
As part of a proposed transaction to take the company private, Dellhas issued a 274-page proxy statement outlining how it came to this pass.There's lots of legalese and background information on all...
View ArticleGoogle's Favorite Psychologist Has Some Advice About Motivation
Psychologist Adam Grant gives some excellent and unconventional advice in a cover story in The New York Times Magazine.He says "the greatest untapped source of motivation" is focusing on how our work...
View ArticleHTML5 vs. Apps: Where The Debate Stands Now, And Why It Matters
An HTML5 app is housed on the Web and runs inside a mobile browser. Unlike apps built specifically for Apple devices or Google's Android operating system, it does not need to be built from scratch for...
View ArticleMeet Cyro, The Robotic Jellyfish That Will Haunt Your Dreams
If you're frightened of the ocean, or the creatures that lurk beneath the waves, we recommend that you read no further. According to the Los Angeles Times, engineers at aVirginia Tech lab are working...
View ArticleLarry Ellison Is Selling His $28.5 Million Lake Tahoe Mansion – Because He's...
Billionaire Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is selling one of his many mansions. But it's not because he's become practical. It's because he's building a property that's three times bigger, says the...
View ArticleFacebook's Phone Could Mean You'll Never Have To Buy Cell Phone Minutes Again
On April 4, Facebook is expected to announce an Android operating system for an HTC phone that has deep Facebook integration.When you turn on the phone, for example, your Facebook home screen may pop...
View ArticleNorth Korean State Websites Down After Reports Of Cyber Attacks
A number of official North Korean websites appear to be down following a DDOS attack, just hours after the country issed an ominous warning against South Korea.A Twitter account called Anonymous_Korea...
View ArticleWhat 12 Now-Famous Tech Executives Looked Like When They Were Young
What did today's most famous people in tech look like when they were young?We dug up some old photos.Hewlett Packard CEO Meg Whitman, then:Meg Whitman now:Steve Jobs, then (age 10 on the left, high...
View ArticleThe Overly-Attached Girlfriend Explains How To Become A Viral Internet Star...
Laina is only 21, but she has a knack for making content go viral.While on a leave of absence from school, she posted her first-ever YouTube video. It was in response to a Justin Bieber contest. Bieber...
View ArticleThe Next 10 Tech Markets That Will Be Worth $1 Billion Or More
New tech industries start small but can grow into permanent, billion-dollar slices of infrastructure. Sometimes that seems to happen overnight — like with smartphones.And sometimes it takes years —...
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