It's Not Just Manti Te'o, Here's How Athletes Pick Up Women On Twitter
The two biggest sports couples of 2013 — Manti Te'o and Lennay Kekua, and AJ McCarron and Katherine Webb — met on Twitter.It isn't a coincidence, it's a reflection of how athletes form relationships in...
View ArticleMiss America Says She Used An App, Fitocracy, To Get In Top Bikini Shape
Fitocracy, a social network for fitness, has a pretty impressive member in its user base.Mallory Hagan, who was recently crowned Miss America, shared a video with Fitocracy users about how she trained...
View ArticleBII REPORT: Why Mobile Video Is Set To Explode
Mobile video is quickly becoming a mass consumer phenomenon, much as digital photos were earlier in the smartphone adoption cycle.In a recent report, BI Intelligence analyzes the impact of 4G LTE and...
View ArticleAll The Facebook Privacy Settings You Need To Change Before Using The New...
The big news in the tech world this week is Facebook's new Graph Search feature. It allows users to search Facebook's huge amount of data to get consolidated results.Mark Zuckerberg stressed Graph...
View ArticleAmazon Just Fired A Missile At Apple's iTunes Business
This morning, Amazon announced a new initiative that it hopes will threaten Apple's iTunes business.Amazon is launching an HTML MP3 web store that's made for Apple devices: the iPhone and iPod touch....
View ArticleAnother Explanation For Why You Still Can't Buy Google's Nexus 4 Smartphone...
The story about Google's Nexus 4 smartphone shortages just won't die.We can't remember when the last time the phone was listed as "In Stock" in Google's online store, but information on why the...
View ArticleGOLDMAN: Uber Could Kick Off A Wave Of Mobile IPOs (GS)
2013 will be "meaningfully better" than last year was for initial public offerings, said George Lee, head of technology banking for Goldman Sachs.Lee made the remark in an interview with Peter Burrows...
View ArticleGoogle Should Actually Be Thanking Facebook For Getting Into The Search...
When Facebook announced its Graph Search feature earlier this week, some were quick to say that it meant war between Google and Facebook. But analysts said yesterday that Facebook's foray into social...
View Article30 Startup People To Watch This Year
In 2012, a few talented tech people began working on big new projects.Take, for example, Bret Taylor. He left his position as Facebook's CTO to found a startup. He hasn't revealed what he's working on...
View ArticleYouTube Is About To Keep Its Enemy, Vevo, Very Close
YouTube and its parent company, Google, are about to buy a chunk of rival video platform, Vevo, AllThingsD reports.ATD's Peter Kafka doesn't know the size of the deal, but he believes it will exceed...
View ArticleThe Weirdest Interview Questions Tech Companies Ask
Career site Glassdoor has compiled its annual list of the oddest job interview questions that companies ask, and – surprise! – there's a bunch of questions from tech companies like Google, Amazon and...
View ArticleScore Your Free Ticket To Social Commerce Summit
Hundreds of innovators in social commerce will convene in New York City for the Social Commerce Summit on February 6.They'll dive into disruptive retail trends and how to leverage Facebook, Instagram,...
View ArticleAfter Launching 2 Startups, Brittany Laughlin Has Landed An Enviable Position...
Brittany Laughlin, an avid traveler and entrepreneur in her late 20s, has just joined Union Square Ventures.Laughlin, who has been to every continent and visited 36 countries, is now the new general...
View ArticleBII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Mobile Commerce To Quadruple Over Next Five Years
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...
View ArticleIntel Earnings Leak Early...
Intel just announced earnings early.Click here for LIVE updates >The company reported earnings of $0.48 per share versus expectations of $0.45, according to Bloomberg.Revenues were $13.5 billion...
View ArticleHow To Clear Your Facebook Search History In 30 Seconds
If anyone else has access to your computer, there's a good chance they'll snoop through your Facebook. (Maybe they're doing it right now.)And if they check your Facebook search history, they'll see...
View ArticleThe 22 Most Controversial Stocks In America
The past year has seen no shortage of controversial stocks.Hedge fund managers have culled their skill at taking positions, staging huge publicity campaigns, and generating a lot of discussion around...
View ArticleCALIFORNIA SCREWS SILICON VALLEY: Entrepreneurs And Angels Socked With Absurd...
As a way of encouraging entrepreneurs and investors to start companies in California, the state has long offered a tax deduction for those who start, invest in, and eventually sell companies.This tax...
View Article9 Gadgets That Will Keep Your Smartphone Running All Day
Smartphones can do just about anything, except last all day if you're a heavy users. That's why there's an entire industry dedicated to battery packs that will keep your gadgets going long after the...
View ArticlePHOTO: 12 Of The Most Important People In Silicon Valley Ate Dinner Together...
A key reason why Yahoo's board hired Marissa Mayer as its CEO was her deep-reaching social and professional connections through Silicon Valley.Those connections were on display last night at a dinner...
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