How To Be A Startup Doctor
Late last year, Mark Cuban (self-made billionaire and owner of the Dallas Mavericks) wrote that entrepreneurs should ignore what their…
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Fri, 13 April 2012
International Opportunities in European Net Growth
Internet usage in the European Union is rising and it's no accident - the EU and United Kingdom governments are investing in policies to…
Tue, 31 May 2011
Anatomy of a PDF Hack
By Tomer Bitton, security researcher, Imperva PDFs are widely used business file format, which makes them a common target for malware…
Thu, 14 April 2011
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What Is the Future of Gamification? [Survey]
Since Seth Priebatsch's keynote at this year's SXSW, excitement about adding a "game layer" to the world - liberating games from their…
Wed, 13 April 2011
Mapping, Geolocation and the Future of Scalable Disaster Response
On Jan. 12, 2010 an earthquake of catastrophic proportions struck Haiti's capital, Port-au-Prince. Among the buildings that were leveled was…
Help Recognize the Heroes Behind Big Data Projects Like Data.gov
Data.gov is a recent example of our ability to gather, store and analyze enormous, unprecedented quantities of information. Projects like…
Tue, 12 April 2011
2011: The Year the Check-in Died
Early last year, "checking in" was the cool new craze. No visit to your favorite tech news site could be had without getting buried in an…
Mon, 28 March 2011
The Advantage of Cloud Infrastructure: Servers are Software
More and more companies are moving from traditional servers to virtual servers in the cloud, and many new service-based deployments are…
Fri, 18 March 2011
The State of Social Media Management Systems
This post originally appeared on guest author Jeremiah Owyang's blog. Social Media Management Systems, like CMS systems for websites, help…
Fri, 4 March 2011
Cloud + Machine-to-Machine = Disruption of Things: Part 2
Editor's note: This is the second in a two-part series on the advantages that cloud computing brings to the machine-to-machine space. It…
Thu, 3 March 2011
Cloud + Machine-to-Machine = Disruption of Things: Part 1
Editor's note: This is the first in a two-part series on the advantages that cloud computing brings to the machine-to-machine space. It was…
Tue, 1 March 2011
What the AngelList Debate Means for the Future of Startup Investing
Over the weekend there has been some controversy surrounding AngelList, the network that connects startup entrepreneurs and investors…
Mon, 21 February 2011
Dear Twitter: You're a Utility - Get Off The Fence And Start Acting Like One
On Friday Twitter suspended UberMedia's UberTwitter, Twidroyd and UberCurrent apps for "violating Twitter policies and trademarks…
Thu, 17 February 2011
Why Most Facebook Marketing Doesn't Work
For almost four years, since the Facebook Platform was launched, I have been involved in delivering Facebook apps for top brands such as…
Tue, 15 February 2011
Social Media Economics: The Science for Social Success
The Web is becoming social, and companies are jumping to capture the investment dollars. With business models and advertising…
Mon, 14 February 2011
From #Jan25 to Tahrir: What Comes Next for the Internet Revolution?
Guest author Ahmed Zidan lives in Egypt and is the editor of Mideast Youth. The Egyptian protesters have overthrown Mubarak after nearly…
Fri, 4 February 2011
5 Ways the Mobile App Economy is Evolving in 2011
It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking of the app economy as a fully developed and mature space. And while it's not the wild wild…
Thu, 3 February 2011
The New Rules of the App Store
This post is an excerpt from Rana Sobhany's new book, Mobilize: Strategies for Success from the Frontlines of the App Revolution. Mobilize…
Mon, 31 January 2011
What is Apple Without Steve Jobs?
By now you've probably seen several reports about how Steve Jobs, 55, has taken a medical leave of absence to focus on his health. According…
Thu, 20 January 2011
Final Jeopardy: Can a Machine Think?
In early April of 1990, I was a contestant on Jeopardy. If you were watching back then, I was the "Supercomputer Programmer from Aloha…
Wed, 19 January 2011
A Future Without Personal History
Remember those pieces of paper with handwritten words on them that you used to post to people? "Letters" I think they're called. To be…
Tue, 18 January 2011
The Valley Lacks Flexibility, Not Talent
Right now there are a lot of reports about large companies in the Valley not being able to find the talent they need. There are also a lot…
Thu, 6 January 2011
From Web to TV: What Publishers, Producers and Advertisers Are Facing
As technology companies like Google, Sony, and Intel are working to deliver Web content into the living room, Web publishers, content…
Thu, 23 December 2010
Tinypay.me: The E-commerce Long Tail is Still Twitching
In February of this year, TinyPay.me, a bootstrapped Dutch startup, launched the simplest tool around for selling goods online. It had a…
