Ex-Color Employee Files An Explosive Lawsuit That Trashes Founder Bill Nguyen...
Adam Witherspoon, a former employee of Color Labs, the highly funded photo-sharing startup which imploded earlier this year, is suing the company and founder Bill Nguyen for a host of charges ranging...
View ArticleOne Of New York's Best Investors, Chris Dixon, Is Moving To Silicon Valley...
Chris Dixon, one of New York's top early-stage investors, who founded recommendations engine Hunch and sold it to eBay, is moving to Silicon Valley.He'll be joining Andreessen Horowitz as the firm's...
View ArticleYet Another Excuse To Not Buy The iPhone 5
Still on the fence about whether or not you should get an iPhone 5?While most people would say "yes" to everything Apple and hail the iPhone 5 as the king of smartphones (including us!), we're gonna...
View ArticleA Q&A With New Andreessen Horowitz Partner Chris Dixon (EBAY)
Top Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz has hired Chris Dixon to be its seventh investing partner.Dixon has been one of New York's highest profile startup investors for the past few...
View ArticleSamsung Pulls Its Puppy Abuse Ad
Samsungfinally got a message that seems pretty obvious: It's not funny to depict people beating puppies.If you make an ad that depicts people mercilessly beating puppies (even if they're really...
View ArticleYahoo Investors Love Marissa Mayer
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc shares reached their highest level in a year and a half, as investor confidence grows that new Chief Executive Marissa Mayer can pull off a comeback that eluded...
View ArticleNow John McAfee Says He Has Disguised Himself As A Guatemalan Street Vendor...
Software millionaire John McAfee - on the run from Belize's police - has disguised himself as a Guatemalan street seller and a drunk German, he has claimed on his blog.Last Saturday, software...
View ArticleColor, The $41 Million App, Really Is Shutting Down Now
Color, a startup which raised $41 million for a photo-sharing service, only to be racked by executive turmoil and consumer anomie, is shutting down its app, the company just announced via its...
View ArticleHTC Slams Reports Saying It Has To Pay Apple $6 Per Phone Sold (AAPL)
TOKYO (Reuters) - Taiwan's HTC Corp is happy with its patent settlement with Apple Inc, but regards media reports on details of the licensing agreement as "outrageous", chief executive Peter Chou told...
View ArticleLooking For An Apple Maps Replacement? Nokia Just Released Its Maps App For...
As promised, Nokia released its own dedicated maps app for iPhones and iPads this morning.Nokia's mapping data is just as good as Google's, so the new app will make a great alternative to Apple Maps....
View ArticleAmazon Is Selling An Unlocked Galaxy S III Mini For Cheap (AMZN)
Samsung's Galaxy S III Mini has yet to find an official home with an American service provider, but Amazon is selling an unlocked version of the phone, reports TechCrunch.Going for $419.99, the phone...
View ArticleHey Everybody, News Corp Wants You To Know That It Wants To Buy More...
We got a nice note from News Corp asking us to let you know that they're now aggressively looking to buy companies.(We're not sure why they want you to know that, but they do.)So tee up your pitch...
View ArticleThe Most Influential Startup Investor In Silicon Valley Says This Is How You...
Want to do your own startup? Step one is coming up with an idea for something could eventually blossom into a business.How do you come up with that idea? Paul Graham, who sees hundreds of startup ideas...
View Article10 Marketers Who Nailed It With Hugely Viral Facebook Posts
Sometimes the most effective advertising on Facebook is the free kind. Brands are constantly scrambling to engage users on their walls — these are the 10 most successful examples.Track Social, an...
View ArticleBrutal Chart For Microsoft: All The Kids Want iPads, Almost None Want The...
Apple is going to dominate holiday shopping in the U.S., once again, according to the latest data from Nielsen.The first table below shows what kids 6-12 are interested in "buying" in the next 6-12...
View ArticleBII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Business Is Stuck In The 90s When It Comes To Mobile
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Business...
View ArticleGroupon CEO Andrew Mason Joins Other Amazing Speakers At Our Ignition...
Our annual IGNITION: Future of Digital conference is next week, at the Time Warner Center in New York City.We have another amazing lineup this year, so we hope we'll see you there.If you can't make it...
View ArticleWhere Was HP’s Management When The Autonomy Deal Was Being Done?
When a company reports a loss per share of $6.41, or roughly half its own stock price, thanks in good measure to the write-off of most of the book value of a $10 billion acquisition that closed barely...
View ArticleHonestly, It's Not All That Hard To Start A Company
Maybe it’s whiner’s fatigue, but I’m getting tired of hearing about how hard it is to start a company and be a CEO. It’s not that hard.Running a successful, growing company in Silicon Valley can create...
View ArticleHere's Why Meg Whitman Says She's Not To Blame For The Autonomy Mess (HPQ)
Don't blame the Hewlett-Packard board for signing off on buying a company that had allegedly cooked its books, CEO Meg Whitman told Wall Street analysts today.The board listened to reports from...
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