Meet Grokr, The First iPhone App You'll Want To Use Every Day
There's a new, must-have app for my iPhone that's changed the way I use the device.It's called Grokr, and I've been testing it for a few weeks now.While some compared it to Google Now, a feature from...
View ArticleMicrosoft: Google Isn't 'Truly Serious' About Enterprise Office Apps (GOOG,...
Microsoft execs say they aren't worried that Google is really going to take away 90% of Office software users.Google “has not yet shown they are truly serious,” about the enterprise app business, Julia...
View ArticleIt Sounds Like Working Conditions Are Slowly Getting Better For The People...
The New York Times recently published a big story on the improving conditions at Foxconn and other factories in China.The article is the newest addition to the newspaper's long-standing investigation...
View ArticleGoogle Hired A Man Who Believes He Will Bring His Father Back To Life (GOOG)
A lot of what they build in Silicon Valley these days is pretty mundane: sexting apps, social games, and new ways to "share" things over the Internet.So it's pretty exciting when you hear about someone...
View ArticleFormer Facebook CTO Bret Taylor Dropped A Juicy Clue About His New Startup,...
On Monday, we uncovered the name of former Facebook CTO Bret Taylor's new startup, Quip.Now, thanks to an eagle-eyed reader, we have some idea of what it's up to.Taylor's company has applied for a...
View ArticleAn Interview With The Man Who Is Trying To Fix Mobile Ads
Demand-side platforms, or DSPs, work hand-in-glove with advertisers, media buyers, and trading desks, offering them a window into mobile audiences.DSPs have become increasingly influential within the...
View ArticleRight Now, All The Top Investors Are Scrambling To Invest In A Startup Called...
Matt Sandler's used to getting chased after.But for once, it's his tech knowhow, not his musical skills, that have made him a hot commodity.Investors, we hear, are salivating over his iPad app,...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Tablets Were More Popular Than Smartphones As Christmas...
Here's a pretty interesting chart from mobile analytics company Flurry. On Christmas day, 51% of mobile activations were for tablets, as opposed to 49% for smartphones. For the first three weeks of the...
View ArticleBII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Mobile Drives Double-Digit Growth In Social Media...
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.Mobile Web...
View ArticleBusiness Insider Is Hiring An Account Executive For Our Paid Research Service
Business Insider is looking for an entrepreneurial Account Executive who is ready and eager to join our growing Business Insider Intelligence team. The key responsibility of this sales position is to...
View ArticleEven Google Hasn't Completely Ditched Microsoft Office For Google Apps (GOOG,...
Want a job at Google? You might want to brush up on your Microsoft Office skills.That's because a whole bunch of jobs at Google require expertise with Office software, particularly Excel, according to...
View ArticleHere Are Our Favorite Memes Of 2012
A meme is a video, image, or idea that spreads over the Internet.For example, "Gangnam Style" is a meme with multiple layers as the song, music video, and dance went viral across the Internet.Know Your...
View ArticleApple Admits That It Has Become Practically Beyond Comparison (AAPL)
We all know Apple has become a big company.But, a new proxy statement it filed with the SEC puts in context just how big it has become.In the filing, Apple says it had to adjust the companies it uses...
View ArticleHere's What The World Was Most Curious About In 2012
What did people want to learn about the most this year?Wikipedia has gathered data on its most viewed articles of 2012. It has created different lists for each language, but the most popular articles...
View ArticleBARNES & NOBLE: The Nook Isn't Doing All That Great (BKS)
Barnes & Noble tried to bury some bad news about its Nook business in an SEC filing this morning.First, it announced some good news: Pearson is going to invest $89.5 million in the Nook business at...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Facebook Now Controls Nearly One-Fifth Of U.S. Mobile...
This chart comes from Business Insider Intelligence, a new research and and analysis service focused on the mobile and Internet industries. Sign up for a free trial here.Facebook has vaulted past its...
View ArticleKim Dotcom Is Hosting An 'Epic' Press Event At His New Zealand Mansion For...
Kim Dotcom is all set to launch his MegaUpload replacement, Mega, next month.Dotcom tweeted last night that the press conference at his New Zealand mansion will be "like no other." He wrote, "You know...
View ArticlePeople Are Actually More Honest Online Than In Person
In the digital age, it can be very easy to lie. How you portray yourself through email, or through social media, can be completely up to you. But how common are online lies really?Jeff Hancock,...
View ArticleAnalyst: There Is 'An Insatiable Appetite' For The iPad Mini In China And...
Apple mega-bull Brian White of Topeka Capital is out with another, um, mega-bullish note on Apple.He says people in China are going nuts for the iPad Mini. Here some excerpts from his note:Our checks...
View ArticleHow Apple Determined Tim Cook's $4.2 Million Salary
This year, Apple CEO Tim Cook will bring home about $4.2 million. His salary is $1.4 million with a cash bonus of up to 200% ($2.8 million) of that base.How was that salary determined?CNNMoney says...
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