Internet Industry Headlines: May 17th 2012
6 reasons E3 might suck this year
This year's E3 is looking more notable for what we won't be seeing.Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/SMRllUTzhrk/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 10:42 pm EDT
Mobile startup Fun Machine believes games can do social good
New mobile entertainment software company Fun Machine likes its games to have a positive message.Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/B9jHVRs-bC4/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 10:23 pm EDT
Facebook Keeps Shipping. Now You Can Silence Spammy Apps And More With New Notification Controls
If there's something on Facebook that won't stop pinging you with Notifications, tell it to shut up instantly with Facebook's new granular, in-line notification controls. Hover over an alert in the Facebook.com homepage's globe icon drop-down and click the 'x' for the option to turn off notifications from that app, group, event, or post you commented on. The whole drop-down has a slick new look, t…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/urUaSIsMF2Y/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 10:05 pm EDT
Kleiner Perkins Closes On $525 Million For Its 15th Venture Fund, ‘KPCB 15′
Silicon Valley venture capital stalwart Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers is announcing this evening that it has closed on a $525 million round for its fifteenth venture fund, dubbed 'KPCB 15.' The fund will be focused on making early-stage investments in digital, green tech, and health sciences startups.Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/HNktS-a6cVs/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 10:00 pm EDT
Forget the iTV, Steve Jobs wanted to make an iCar
Steve Jobs evidently thought about disrupting everything. From computers, to phones, to televisions … to cars. Apple board member and J. Crew chief executive Mickey Drexler revealed the unfulfilled dream. “Steve’s dream before he died was to design an iCar, …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/NRJtL9xMGes/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 10:00 pm EDT
Kleiner Perkins closes its fifteenth venture fund with $525M
Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers, one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital firms, has closed its fifteenth investment fund. The company announced today that it has raised $525 million for KPCB 15, which will invest in “early-stage digital consumer …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/MQE5S0baAqs/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 10:00 pm EDT
Why Facebook’s GM ad drama won’t impact this IPO
The timing couldn’t have been worse. On the week of its IPO, Facebook saw one of its largest advertisers, General Motors, get up and leave the table, likely taking millions of dollars with it. The move prompted a swirl of …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/SsdaaVU9WnU/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 9:43 pm EDT
Facebook’s $38 Share Price Makes Instagram Deal Worth Nearly $1.2 Billion
Facebook's $38 share price would make its deal to buy Instagram worth nearly $1.2 billion, up from the roughly $1 billion price the company announced in April. That's a nice little bump but the deal hasn't gone through given regulatory reviews. On top of that, we don't know the restrictions on the shares like when they vest or if they're subject to lock-up period. When Facebook agreed to buy Insta…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/mrcEgO04PLY/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 9:37 pm EDT
Twitter uses millions of embedded Tweet buttons to customize your Who-to-Follow experience
Twitter is experimenting with personalized lists of Who to Follow accounts. Interestingly, the company is accomplishing this using data generated by millions of embedded Tweet buttons around the web. The Who To Follow functionality has been on Twitter for several …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/18UfwFdmxnE/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 9:31 pm EDT
Gasp! Thanks To These Startups, Teachers Are Making Money On The Web
On the whole, teacher compensation in the U.S. is embarrassing. To pick on marketers, some might see the fact that the average marketing manager makes twice the average salary of just about every type of teacher as just a wee bit backwards. Luckily, there are a number of startups that are starting to change that, thanks to the Web and the growing popularity of open, online educational platforms. F…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/xVpS0ooFBxE/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 9:10 pm EDT
The Smart Si Thermostat Aims To Upset The Nest
This is the age of thinking thermostats and, not to be outdone by a well-known circular model, hardware startup Ecobee has released the Smart Si. It is a smart thermostat with small color screen and a web interface so temperature wonks can update their heating models on the fly. The Smart Si is not quite as sleek as the Nest but offers more accessible settings - think of this as the Linux to Nest'…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/odlaWBmdIzc/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 8:47 pm EDT
Pulse Is Getting Ready To Make Money, Looks To Hire Its First Sales Executive
Pulse, the popular free mobile news reader for iPhone, iPad and Android, could soon get ads. Until now, Pulse, which launched its first app in May 2010, was ad free and the company focused more on user acquisition than monetizing its service. A new job posting on Pulse's site, however, clearly spells out the company's plans to start making money in the near future. The company is currently looking…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/EO66GSsJ1a4/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 8:25 pm EDT
Hey Bike Owners: Spinlister Can Make You Up To $100 A Week
It's been about a month and a half since peer-to-peer bike rental service launched in San Francisco and New York. Since then, the New York-based startup has been busy trying to attract bike owners to list their bikes and improve its inventory, while also trying to improve the overall experience of using its site. Despite only being available in two cities and for six weeks, the startup has already…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/MPp3Ebw2RQ0/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 8:10 pm EDT
Funding daily: Pin a few millions to your Pinterest board
Happy Facebook IPO eve! Check out the companies getting funded today below. Click the links in each paragraph to learn more about the day’s funding news. If you’re hankering for more funding news throughout the day, you can subscribe to …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/jlmgCRe6UKc/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 7:41 pm EDT
Comcast rejiggers its 250GB monthly data cap policy
Cable TV and Internet service provider Comcast is revising its policy on data caps, the company announced in a very thorough blog post today. Previously, Comcast limited its residential Internet service subscribers to a 250GB data cap per month, meaning …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/HF_FJiQFKJA/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 7:05 pm EDT
Facebook Credits About to Grow Up…. Fast
Although introduced in 2009, we’ve only seen glimpses of what Facebook Credits will become when it grows up, and Facebook is about to kick off the training wheels. So far, Facebook has done little to promote the virtual currency of Facebook Credits and it’s been used almost entirely in social gaming. But even with this limited exposure and promotion, Facebook Credits’ fees already represents…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/947sVsbOWOE/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 7:03 pm EDT
Watch Facebook’s historic IPO live on the NASDAQ’s website
Facebook has priced its shares at $38 and will raise up to $18.4 billion in the largest technology IPO in U.S. history. Those who don’t want to miss a single moment of the watershed occasion are in luck, as the …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/471YUsIjBVg/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 6:49 pm EDT
White House cyber security coordinator stepping down
The White House is losing its cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt to retirement this year after a tumultuous 2011, often referred to a the year of the hack. Schmidt served the White House in this role for two and a …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/cGd6oJr9UKg/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 6:01 pm EDT
FastCustomer Unleashes Telephone Call Concierge Service
People are sick of shitty customer service, said FastCustomer co-founder, Stephanie Hay. And she and her team aim to do something about it. Their first product, for the iPhone, Android, and other platforms, allowed you to search for a customer service number - say Adam & Eve - and press a button. The program waits on hold for you and then calls you on your phone immediately upon connecting. The co…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/w3wU6DJ0Uzw/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 6:00 pm EDT
How High Will Facebook Stock Go Tomorrow? Place Your Bet At FacebookIPODayClosingPrice.com
Angel investor and all-around web magnate Chris Sacca wrote a quick tweet early yesterday about how it'd be cool if there was a website where people could predict where Facebook's stock will end up at the end of its first day as a publicly traded company. Well, ask and ye shall receive. A programmer named James Proud answered the call, hacking together FacebookIPODayClosingPrice.com, a fun little…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/LJnodA3sIJM/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 5:48 pm EDT
Kayak likely to ride Facebook wave with IPO in coming weeks
Travel search site Kayak will likely time its IPO in the next few weeks to capitalize on the record-breaking Facebook IPO that will happen Friday, according to a CNBC report. The eight-year-old flight-, hotel-, and car-reservation service originally filed for …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/r36R7nUFs4k/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 5:26 pm EDT
Twitter Wants An Interest Graph: Now Tracking Your Browsing To Make Follow Suggestions
Twitter does a lot of things right, but it still hasn't solved the problem of turning its noise into signal. After joining Twitter, it can take a lot of following and unfollowing scores of accounts before you've curated a stream that makes sense for you. With its platform growing fast, Twitter is looking to make the onboarding process a little easier (and more personalized) for new users, which is…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/IQcdYc4iu6Y/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 5:19 pm EDT
Verizon: If You Want To Keep Your Unlimited Data, Pay Full Price For Your Next Smartphone
Verizon CFO Fran Shammo ruffled a few feathers yesterday when he mentioned at an investor conference that every one of their customers would be on one of the carrier's new data share plans. In an effort to clarify his meaning, Verizon sent a statement to a handful of news outlets today that shines a bit more light on how they plan to make this situation work.Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/pgHIXyu3lTo/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 4:55 pm EDT
Twitter continues to be the anti-Facebook with Do Not Track support
While privacy seems like a concept lost on Facebook, Twitter is showing that it understands its users’ need for security by supporting Mozilla Firefox’s “Do Not Track” feature, a day before Facebook is set to raise billions in its IPO.…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/oeR1PwgMXiM/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 4:53 pm EDT
Salesforce.com: Q1 Net Loss Of $19.5M On Sales Of $695M. Benioff Says It’ll Have Its First $3B Year FY2013
The ongoing interest and use of cloud-based services has brought a generally good set of results to one of the leaders in the enterprise software-as-a-service business. Salesforce.com released Q1 earnings just now and in a quarter that is traditionally slower for the company, it swung to a net loss of $19.5 million, compared to a net profit of $530 million a year ago. Nevertheless, total revenues…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/ashm-qPH9mc/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 4:43 pm EDT
Vizibility Launches Its NFC-Enabled Business Cards
Love'em or hate'em, despite the best efforts of Bump and others, traditional business cards aren't going away anytime soon. At least, though, some companies are trying to bridge the gap between paper cards and efforts like Bump. New York-based Vizibility first announced its NFC-enabled businesses cards during SXSW earlier this year. Now, the online identity management platform for professionals, i…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/UXjAQyDqoi4/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 4:43 pm EDT
Facebook Will Have The Biggest Tech IPO Ever, Raising $16 Billion With $38 Share Price
Facebook shares will start trading at $38 tomorrow, the company confirmed in a release, giving it a valuation of $104.12 billion. Facebook and its early shareholders will raise just over $16 billion in tomorrow's much anticipated IPO. At a $104 billion valuation, Facebook is worth more than any other tech IPO candidate at the time of its offering. It also perfectly matches what Facebook shares…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/fJFIZodkqTw/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 4:15 pm EDT
Confirmed: Facebook sets $38 share price for largest tech IPO in U.S. history
Editor's Pick Status update: Facebook has priced its shares at $38 apiece and will raise $16 billion (up to $18.4 billion with its over-allotment option) tomorrow in its long-awaited initial public offering on the NASDAQ, the company has confirmed. At $38 per …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/Yxsfm4V0XdQ/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 4:10 pm EDT
We Talk To Two Exciting New NYC Startups: Fancy Hands And Stamped [TCTV]
Last night, Time Inc. threw a pretty badass party in Manhattan to celebrate Ten NYC Startups To Watch. Among the ten were Fancy Hands, a site that offers up a personal assistant for every and any need you might have, and Stamped, a social network that lets you put your stamp of approval on the things you like. We pulled aside founders of both companies to find out a little more about them, their b…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/C5xWV3AOco4/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 4:00 pm EDT
HP planning to slash at least 25,000 jobs, say reports
Hewlett-Packard plans to cut between 25,000 and 30,000 jobs next week in a move to restructure the company, according to reports by Bloomberg and AllThingsD. CEO Meg Whitman will announce the layoffs next Wednesday on a conference call with analysts …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/kZfJPELVZgY/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 3:51 pm EDT
Freshdesk Launches $10M “Future Fund” To Bring Free Help Desk Support To 500+ Startups
Freshdesk, the makers of cloud-based help desk software that allows companies to support their customers through email, phone, website, Facebook and Twitter, are on a mission to compete with the big boys of the space, like Zendesk and Salesforce's Desk.com. Though it believes that the biggest market opportunity down the road will be in offering a unique brand of cloud-based customer support to the…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/LRIeYmdg1es/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 3:43 pm EDT
The Google AdSense Killer And 3 Other Ways Facebook Could Make A Lot More Money
Tiny sidebar and news feed ads aren't going to cut it. If Facebook wants to live up to a $104 billion valuation it will need bold new revenue streams. An offsite ad network, big glossy news feed ads, and payments for physical goods are a few ways it could boost its average revenue per user far beyond the puny $4.34 a year it earns today. Facebook has a tough decision to make now that's going publi…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/5_iqQmWy_9c/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 3:11 pm EDT
HP’s Stock Price Is Climbing Amid Massive Layoff Rumors
HP is reportedly going to be announcing massive layoffs next Wednesday. Conflicting reports state somewhere between 25K and 30K jobs, between 7% and 8% of HP's global workforce, could be eliminated in an effort to absorb losses from decreasing demand for the company's products and services. The cuts could happen over the next year, rather than a mass layoff, according to AllThingsD who also state…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/_pepcLOZKeU/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 3:03 pm EDT
Everyme Adds Android, A Web App, and Instagram Integration
Everyme, the Y Combinator-backed mobile startup that helps users create groups for private sharing, is launching a whole bunch of new stuff today. For starters, it's releasing apps for both Android and the Web. Co-founder Vibhu Norby says both products have the same features as the iPhone app. On the Android side, Norby says worked really hard to create an app that was designed for the platform, r…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/5VCTjLU3W8A/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 3:02 pm EDT
Everyme, the truly private social network, arrives on Android and the web
Sitting at the intersection of group messaging and social networking is Everyme, a startup so zeroed in on private communication that it prevents sharing beyond its walls. Today the company, which allows users to post updates and photos to groups, …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/0aUIQ-0MUKU/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 3:00 pm EDT
Facebook to reengineer the IPO with all-night hackathon
To prove that the “Hacker Way” is alive and well at Facebook, the social network will be hosting an all-night, employee hackathon at its Menlo Park campus and satellite offices. The event, dubbed Hackathon 31, is especially significant for the …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/gVkeT0gK_R8/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 2:34 pm EDT
6 multibillion dollar businesses Facebook would do really well at
Guest Post With Facebook’s IPO less than 24 hours away, I remain very bullish about the company. (Disclosure: I have entered my indication of interest with my broker for an IPO allocation. I expect that, like most people who ask for shares, …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/NXY4O1QQSts/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 2:33 pm EDT
Spotify is pressing play on a new $220M round at a $4B valuation
Streaming music service Spotify is currently seeking a new mega-round of funding that could more than triple the startup’s current valuation, according to a New York Times report. Spotify was previously estimated to hold a $1 billion valuation after closing …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/UecNcmvptL4/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 2:31 pm EDT
Epic unveils Unreal Engine 4 for eye-popping next-generation game graphics
Epic Games revealed today its foundation for the next decade of graphics technology in video games. Speaking to Wired, Epic’s founder Tim Sweeney unveiled the Unreal Engine 4 technology. The image above is from the new engine. It enables next-generation …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/KVgizmA4Bag/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 2:13 pm EDT
Why IT pros need to understand risk management
Sponsored Post Risk management, at its core, is a simple concept that is often extremely difficult to implement and maintain. Since information is now arguably both the dominant force and the most valuable asset in the modern era...Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/lBTe3_CoUeg/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 2:05 pm EDT
T-Mobile to offer new contract-free mobile data plans May 20th
Wireless carrier T-Mobile will soon offer new contract-free mobile broadband plans, which are designed for the growing number of Americans who prefer prepaid options to long-term contracts, the company said today. T-Mobile is in a precarious position as the No. …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/kc_4-cjGK9c/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 1:46 pm EDT
Check out Foodspotting’s new personalized picture menus for every restaurant
Foodspotting, once a repository for food porn, is branching out today with a new launch. The mobile app is now serving up personalized menus just for you, everywhere you go. “We’re trying to be a picture menu for every restaurant, …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/UbkssFqPf2E/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 12:00 pm EDT
5 ways to keep in touch while traveling for business
Sponsored Post It’s said that with all of our technological advancements, the world is getting smaller and smaller, but it sure doesn’t feel like that when you have to travel for business frequently...Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/AdlW5q1T-ms/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 12:00 pm EDT
Rogue Anonymous hacker ‘Nyre’ takes responsibility for Pirate Bay DDoS attack
Eager content-deprived pirates were flummoxed on Wednesday by the news that The Pirate Bay had been taken offline by a massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. While suspicions were almost immediately leveled at the hacktivist group Anonymous, The Pirate …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/ETms3brQrPI/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 11:22 am EDT
Facebook Pages Manager: Now you can manage your pages from a new iPhone app
[Update: This appears to be a very soft launch. The app is available in the Canadian iTunes store, and apparently in the New Zealand and Australian iTunes stores as well, but is not accessible yet in the US. When …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/4PJeLss50FE/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 10:54 am EDT
Senators want to block Facebook’s Saverin from reentering the U.S (update)
Sparked by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin’s renouncement of citizenship, two U.S. Senators are planning to unveil a new plan focused on preventing the super rich from dodging taxes. Saverin has been taking quite a bit of heat over dropping his …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/A2o7KlrSt24/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 10:48 am EDT
Facebook’s world takeover by the numbers
With eight years, $2.2 billion in funding, and 901 million users under its belt, Facebook is set to become a public company. Thanks to data compiled by analytics firm Nielsen, we can revisit some of the more memorable moments of …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/DLNS0BQaXeU/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 10:00 am EDT
Research: 44% of Facebook users will ‘never’ click sponsored ads
Turns out GM might have been on to something. New research from marketing agency Greenlight shows 44 percent of Facebook’s users say that they will “never” click on sponsored posts or display ads on Facebook. UPDATE: Facebook sets $38 share …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/vx775d_wz_E/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 9:39 am EDT
Pinterest joins the billion dollar club: Gets $100M in round led by Rakuten
After Facebook’s surprising Instagram buy, it now seems like every hot startup needs to reach a billion dollar valuation to truly be taken seriously. So it was inevitable that Pinterest, the popular image pinboard site, would eventually skyrocket in value.…Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/uNGcJbO1pF0/ | Date: 17 May 2012 | 8:53 am EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 16th 2012
Funding daily: go shopping for vintage clothes and Russian furniture
We’ve got a lot of stories this Wednesday for you. Click each link below to learn more about the day’s funding news. If you’re hankering for more funding news throughout the day, you can subscribe to our Deals Channel RSS …Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Venturebeat/~3/UM6sYlmmdWY/ | Date: 16 May 2012 | 10:30 pm EDT
2011 UDRP Filings Up at WIPO, Down at NAF - And Still Infinitesimal
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) recently issued a detailed press release regarding Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) cases for which it provided arbitration services in 2011 and, once again, the number of WIPO filings was up. According to WIPO: In 2011, trademark holders filed a record 2,764 cybersquatting cases covering 4,781 domain names with the WIPO Arbitration and M…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120516_2011_udrp_filings_up_at_wipo_down_at_naf_and_still_infinitesimal/ | Date: 16 May 2012 | 2:47 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 14th 2012
Facebook Co-Founder Saverin Gives Up U.S. Citizenship
Eduardo Saverin, the billionaire co- founder of Facebook (FB), renounced his U.S. citizenship before an initial public offering, a movePermalink: http://www.webguild.org/20120514/103058 | Date: 14 May 2012 | 1:27 pm EDT
IBM Patents A Way To Help People Lose Weight (IBM)
IBM has been awarded a patent for a game that will pay rewards to people who eat right. IBM researcher Michael Paolini is the inventor of the game and says he lost 18 pounds by playing it, reports the New York Times. Paolini says the idea is to give pe...Permalink: http://www.webguild.org/20120514/ibm-patents-a-way-to-help-people-lose-weight-ibm | Date: 14 May 2012 | 12:57 pm EDT
Apple Maps To Replace Google Maps. Major Revenue Hit For Google
It is now widely know that Apple plans to replace Google maps on iPhones, iPads and iPods with the rolloutPermalink: http://www.webguild.org/20120513/apple-maps-to-replace-google-maps-major-revenue-hit-for-google | Date: 14 May 2012 | 2:25 am EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 13th 2012
Yahoo CEO Thompson Out For Lying On Resume
Yahoo CEO (YHOO), Scott Thompson is out. The official statement simply says, Scott Thompson has left the company. It doesn’t providePermalink: http://www.webguild.org/20120513/yahoo-ceo-thompson-out-for-lying-on-resume | Date: 13 May 2012 | 5:43 pm EDT
Meet Ross Levinsohn, Yahoo’s Sixth CEO In Five Years
UPDATE: It's official. Ross Levinsohn is Yahoo's interim CEO. EARLIER: It's the most thankless job in tech: CEO of Yahoo. Now Ross Levinsohn is expected to be named Yahoo's CEO on an interim basis, with the board expected to announce Sco...Permalink: http://www.webguild.org/20120513/meet-ross-levinsohn-yahoos-sixth-ceo-in-five-years | Date: 13 May 2012 | 1:38 pm EDT
One Theory On Why The iPhone Is Dominating Flash Sales Site Traffic
At Fab.com, a flash sales site, 95 percent of its mobile visits (which make up a third of its overallPermalink: http://www.webguild.org/20120513/one-theory-on-why-the-iphone-is-dominating-flash-sales-site-traffic | Date: 13 May 2012 | 8:28 am EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 11th 2012
Call for Nominations to the Public Interest Registry .ORG Advisory Council
The .ORG Advisory Council has been a valuable global resource for the Public Interest Registry (PIR) management for providing advice on policy, outreach, and new services to improve registry operations and support the noncommercial .ORG community. The council consists of 15 members, with at least 2 from each of the following 6 regions: Asia, Asia Pacific, Africa, Europe, North America and Latin Am…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120511_call_for_nominations_to_the_public_interest_registry/ | Date: 11 May 2012 | 1:04 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 7th 2012
Wall Street and Virtual Space Data: Internet Domain Name Index (IDNX) Listed on Bloomberg, Reuters
The financial industry is all about pinstripe suits, excessive Excel sheets and boring data. Or is it? Financial markets are more colorful than their reputation: take a look at Bloomberg's or Reuters' sites, and you'll see that pork belly is as much an object of investment speculation as coffee, electricity, bananas, hides, or fishmeal. Recently, the universe of data available to financial analyst…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120507_wall_street_and_virtual_space_data_internet_domain_name_index/ | Date: 7 May 2012 | 4:47 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 6th 2012
2100 New gTLD Applications. What Does It Mean?
Over the course of the last week, ICANN has released several pieces of information that taken together begin to allow us to piece together the overall gTLD landscape. ICANN is releasing partial information, without explanation or context, in dribs and drabs, and rumors are flying that we won't get the Reveal (the release of full information on applications and applicants for new gTLDs) until the I…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120506_2100_new_gtld_applications_what_does_it_mean/ | Date: 6 May 2012 | 4:18 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 3rd 2012
How To Build Apps For Facebook’s Timeline
Facebook is one of the largest platforms in the world, with more than 900 million members. The point of Facebook's new Open Graph, a way to develop apps on Facebook, is giving users more ways to express themselves on Timeline, says Facebook engineer Al...Permalink: http://www.webguild.org/20120503/how-to-build-apps-for-facebooks-timeline | Date: 3 May 2012 | 12:18 pm EDT
Here’s Why Apple Needs Wal-Mart More Than It Needs Target (AAPL)
Apple is widely expected to launch more stores-within-stores in partnership with both Wal-Mart and Target, but one analyst argues that Wal-Mart will ultimately be the more important partner for Apple's sales going forward. In a research note, Piper Jaf...Permalink: http://www.webguild.org/20120503/heres-why-apple-needs-wal-mart-more-than-it-needs-target-aapl | Date: 3 May 2012 | 11:16 am EDT
The Kindle Fire Is The Fruitcake Of Tablets (AMZN, AAPL)
This morning, this headline came via Bloomberg (via @Jackbeckman): Amazon Tablet Share Fell to Just Over 4% 1Q Vs 16.8% in 4Q: IDC That's quite a big market share collapse! I observed that it must mean that the Amazon Tablet (the Kindle Fire) is someth...Permalink: http://www.webguild.org/20120503/the-kindle-fire-is-the-fruitcake-of-tablets-amzn-aapl | Date: 3 May 2012 | 8:51 am EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 2nd 2012
Google Plus Is Backfiring Badly. Time To Quit.
We've written many times about how Google is turning into Microsoft. Here's another example. Recently, author and former Star Trek star WIl Wheaton noticed that Google was requiring him to sign up and log in to Google+ before he could give one of his v...Permalink: http://www.webguild.org/20120502/google-plus-is-backfiring-badly-it-time-to-quit | Date: 2 May 2012 | 6:29 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 1st 2012
Oman Relaunches .om with the Support of ARI Registry Services
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of the Sultanate of Oman, with the support of ARI Registry Services, officially relaunched the .om country code Top-Level Domain (ccTLD) today in a move to ensure the ongoing stability and growth of the Internet within the country and greater Gulf region. ARI Registry Services was selected by the TRA in March 2011 to provide domain name registry so…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120501_oman_relaunches_om_with_the_support_of_ari_registry_services/ | Date: 1 May 2012 | 12:43 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Apr 30th 2012
Implementing a Cyber-Security Code of Conduct: Real-Life Lessons From Australia (Webinar)
Presented by Peter Coroneos – Former CEO of the Internet Association of AustraliaThe US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and some of the largest US ISPs recently agreed to a voluntary code of conduct to minimize cyber threats including botnet attacks, domain name fraud and IP route hijacking. While many service providers in the US are only beginning to grapple with implementing the code,…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120430_implementing_cyber_security_code_of_conduct/ | Date: 30 Apr 2012 | 8:02 pm EDT
National Physical Laboratory of the UK Selected to Conduct a gTLD Whois Privacy and Proxy Abuse Study
I am delighted to report that ICANN has engaged the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) of the United Kingdom to conduct a study of Whois Privacy and Proxy Abuse. Guided by Richard Clayton, NPL has established a collaborative study team of domain specialists from three universities. Together, this team will examine the extent to which gTLD [...]Permalink: http://blog.icann.org/2012/04/national-physical-laboratory-of-the-uk-selected-to-conduct-a-gtld-whois-privacy-and-proxy-abuse-study/ | Date: 30 Apr 2012 | 2:19 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Apr 28th 2012
Domains Ending With .JP.NET Now Available to the General Public at Bargain Prices
Domains ending with .JP.NET are released this week to the general public, just days after auctions for such premium domains as zen.jp.net, japan.jp.net and sakura.jp.net produced sales prices of up to $1,050 (over 100 times the Recommended Retail Price). Millions of domains that have been unavailable since the early days of .com, .net and .jp, are now available, ending with .JP.NET. These include:…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120428_domains_ending_with_jpnet_available_to_the_general_public/ | Date: 28 Apr 2012 | 11:51 am EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Apr 27th 2012
Minds+Machines Wins Back-End Registry Services Contract For .BASKETBALL
Minds + Machines, the wholly-owned subsidiary of Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L) has been appointed by FIBA, the world governing body for basketball, to provide back-end registry services for FIBA's proposed .BASKETBALL generic top level domain (gTLD). FIBA confirmed its application to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for .BASKETBALL via a press statem…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120227_minds_machines_wins_back_end_registry_services_for_dot_basketball/ | Date: 27 Apr 2012 | 4:05 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Apr 25th 2012
.US Celebrates American Small Business, Surprises Unsuspecting Small Business Owner
Tom, a small business owner of Bike Works in Fredericksburg, Virginia gets a surprise visit form the .US crew.The folks behind .US had two film crews, six hidden cameras, 20 customers with $500 dollars to spend and four acappella singers descended on two small businesses to show their appreciation. We are taking our appreciation to the streets. We decided to go local, think local, buy local and, u…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/us_celebrates_american_small_business_surprises_unsuspecting_small_business/ | Date: 25 Apr 2012 | 4:36 pm EDT
Architelos Introduces 'Velocity' to Help TLDs Market in Evolving Domain Name Industry
With top-level domains (TLDs) about to enter unchartered territory, Architelos today introduced Velocity marketing services to enable existing and new TLD registries to claim control of their marketing and directly address and interact with potential domain name registrants. New Balance of Marketing Power Traditionally registries have marketed to the registrar channel, hoping that the marketing wi…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120425_architelos_introduces_velocity_to_help_tlds_market/ | Date: 25 Apr 2012 | 3:17 pm EDT
Africa Infrastructure Growth Supporting ccTLDs and New gTLD Growth
African Undersea Cables – 2014 (Click to Enlarge)This month, France Telecom's Lower Indian Ocean Network 2 LION2 fiber optic cable has been put in service, bringing the total number of cables in East Africa to four. In South Africa it is expecting West Africa Cable System to go live next month. This huge growth in fiber optic cables connecting Africa means that bandwidth costs can go further dow…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120425_africa_infrastructure_growth_supporting_cctlds_and_new_gtld_growth/ | Date: 25 Apr 2012 | 12:00 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Apr 24th 2012
Minds + Machines Will Host New dot Rugby gTLD
Minds + Machines was chosen by the International Rugby Board (IRB) to be the registry services provider for the new dot Rugby gTLD. TLDH, our parent company, will work with ROAR Domains to help with the administration of the gTLD, while Minds + Machines will provide backend registry services on its Espresso platform. The IRB informed the press yesterday, and TLDH followed this morning with its own…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120424_minds_machines_will_host_new_dot_rugby_gtld/ | Date: 24 Apr 2012 | 12:00 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Apr 18th 2012
Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (APWG) In Prague Next Week
The sixth annual Counter-eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS VI) will engage questions of operational challenges and the development of common resources for the first responders and forensic professionals who protect consumers and enterprises from the ecrime threat every day. This year's meeting will focus on the shifting nature of cybercrime and the attendant challenges of managing that dynamic threa…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120418_counter_ecrime_operations_summit_apwg_in_prague_next_week/ | Date: 18 Apr 2012 | 12:39 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Apr 16th 2012
PIR Launches First-Ever .ORG Television Commercial In India
Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/20120416_pir_launches_first_ever_org_television_commercial_in_india/ | Date: 16 Apr 2012 | 12:19 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Apr 11th 2012
ICANN to Convene North America Regional Registry/Registrar Event
On 17-18 May 2012, ICANN and its gTLD registration services providers will meet in Los Angeles, USA. These regional events are a chance for ICANN staff and representatives from gTLD registries and ICANN-accredited registrars to meet informally to discuss topics important to our industry and business relationships. These events happen regularly and in different locations [...]Permalink: http://blog.icann.org/2012/04/icann-to-convene-north-america-regional-registryregistrar-event/ | Date: 11 Apr 2012 | 6:12 pm EDT
Neustar Launches KickStart America Campaign with .US Domain
Neustar, Inc. begins a Kick-start America” campaign for the .US Top-Level Domain. Companies of all sizes — locally-based or doing business in the United States — are encouraged to demonstrate their local presence with America's Address. According to the company, extensive research was performed over the past several months into determining who made up the .US target market… They are the pe…Permalink: http://www.circleid.com/posts/neustar_launches_kickstart_america_campaign_with_us_domain/ | Date: 11 Apr 2012 | 4:42 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Apr 2nd 2012
More Number Scarcity
Last year ICANN allocated the last five IPv4 blocks to the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs). Since then we have seen a concerted effort on the part of network and content providers to make sure they support IPv6, so they’ll be ready for the next few billion Internet users. But there’s another Internet number resource which [...]Permalink: http://blog.icann.org/2012/04/more-number-scarcity/ | Date: 2 Apr 2012 | 11:59 am EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Mar 22nd 2012
Meet LACTLD: Coordinating Internet Development in Latin America and the Caribbean
(Oscar Robles, LACTLD Chair) Last week at my first ICANN meeting as regional Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean, I was proud that all my ICANN colleagues converged on Costa Rica and were able to see for themselves why I love the Latin American and Caribbean region. Besides the friendly people, great food, [...]Permalink: http://blog.icann.org/2012/03/meet-lactld-coordinating-internet-development-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/ | Date: 22 Mar 2012 | 2:45 pm EDT
Ten Million DNS Resolvers on the Internet
Resolvers are servers on the Internet which use the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol [TXT, 120 KB] to retrieve information from authoritative servers and return answers to end-user applications. They’re often found in enterprise and ISP networks, and there are a number of public resolver services provided by people like Google and OpenDNS. It’s also [...]Permalink: http://blog.icann.org/2012/03/ten-million-dns-resolvers-on-the-internet/ | Date: 22 Mar 2012 | 12:08 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Mar 15th 2012
ICANN and LACNIC Agree to Enhance DNS Reliability in Latin America, Caribbean
As Latin American Internet users look on, Raul Echeberria (left), Executive Director of LACNIC, and Rod Beckstrom, President and CEO of ICANN, sign mutual agreements at ICANN 43 in Costa Rica. San Jose, Costa Rica – At the ICANN 43 meeting ongoing this week, the Latin American and Caribbean Internet Addresses Registry (LACNIC) and the [...]Permalink: http://blog.icann.org/2012/03/icann-and-lacnic-agree-to-enhance-dns-reliability-in-latin-america-caribbean/ | Date: 15 Mar 2012 | 4:21 pm EDT
ICANN Hosts Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative Workshop
Offers to Assist in Securing DNS 14 March — ICANN welcomed members of the Commonwealth Cybercrime Initiative (CCI) Steering Group to Costa Rica as part of its efforts to improve the security, stability and resiliency of the global Domain Name System (DNS). The meeting offered Steering Group members the opportunity to explain the purpose of [...]Permalink: http://blog.icann.org/2012/03/icann-hosts-commonwealth-cybercrime-initiative-workshop/ | Date: 15 Mar 2012 | 11:37 am EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Mar 13th 2012
L-Root in your Pocket
OK, so not quite in your pocket. But near your pocket. ICANN operates L-Root, one of the 13 Domain Name System root servers which together make up the infrastructure known as the Root Server System. The Root Servers serve the root zone of the DNS, maintained by ICANN staff in the IANA department. The Root [...]Permalink: http://blog.icann.org/2012/03/l-root-in-your-pocket/ | Date: 13 Mar 2012 | 5:24 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Mar 8th 2012
Thought Paper on Domain Seizures and Takedowns
Recent legal actions (Rustock, Coreflood and Kelihos, among others) resulting in disrupting or dismantling major criminal networks have involved seizures of domain names, DNS name server reconfiguration and transfers of domain name registrations as part of the takedown actions. This thought paper [PDF, 449 KB] offers guidance for anyone who prepares an order that seeks [...]Permalink: http://blog.icann.org/2012/03/thought-paper-on-domain-seizures-and-takedowns/ | Date: 8 Mar 2012 | 12:00 pm EST
Internet Industry Headlines: Mar 7th 2012
Measuring Worldwide Growth in IPv6 Deployments
This is a guest post by Mirjam Kühne, Labs Community Builder at the RIPE NCC. RIPE Labs is a platform designed by the RIPE NCC for network operators, industry experts and the RIPE NCC to expose, test and discuss innovative Internet-related tools, ideas and analysis. In early 2011, the RIPE NCC shared some graphs that [...]Permalink: http://blog.icann.org/2012/03/measuring-worldwide-growth-in-ipv6-deployments/ | Date: 7 Mar 2012 | 12:20 pm EST
Internet Industry Headlines: Feb 23rd 2012
Turning my office into a video studio
As I watched online video taking over the Internet, my video lust grew stronger every year. Finally the lust overcame my fears and now I’m in the game! I’ve produced a couple videos for ORN (sample hosted on Wistia below). I’m hardly a natural, but why should that stop me? Since I enjoy seeing other’s [...]Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetInc/~3/7okTk1xHE-M/ | Date: 23 Feb 2012 | 12:51 pm EST
Internet Industry Headlines: Oct 19th 2011
Inspirational family meeting videos
We try to hold a family meeting on the weekend as often as we can. I’ve covered topics such as listening skills, attitudes of winners and losers, peacemaking skills, and conversational skills for my 8 and 10-year-old daughters. Their favorite part to-date has been role-playing bad listening skills with us – they’re experts! Their second [...]Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetInc/~3/67lJjPaCfNM/ | Date: 19 Oct 2011 | 5:52 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Aug 5th 2011
Our first blade server
Yes, I know we should be on the cloud floating around in heaven with everyone else! But we have a brainy team that enjoys the challenge of getting top performance for every dollar. And that’s why we will be installing this sexy server soon. during assembly: assembled: installed:Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetInc/~3/WurPrLizCDY/ | Date: 5 Aug 2011 | 11:12 am EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Jul 6th 2011
Rob Symington on Escape the City
If you’ve ever taken the road less traveled or dreamed about it, you’ll appreciate what partners Dom Jackman and Rob Symington launched in March of last year at EscapeTheCity.org. First, here’s Rob’s bio: Rob is the co-founder of Escape the City. The community for corporate professionals who want to ‘do something different’. He is interested [...]Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetInc/~3/ZS67yM283N4/ | Date: 6 Jul 2011 | 1:16 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 26th 2011
The Pics the NYSE Doesn't Want You to See
The New York Stock Exchange sent a legal nastygram Thursday to the news site Talking Points Memo, demanding that it take down a picture of the trading floor the site used in a news article, claiming that NYSE has trademarked the floor.Permalink: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/techbiz/media/~3/9-mNUOYoEXw/epicenter_0526NYSE_pix | Date: 26 May 2011 | 8:25 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 20th 2011
Why Liberty Media Bid $1 Billion for Barnes & Noble
John Malone's surprise $1 billion offer to buy Barnes & Noble has left a lot of people scratching their heads. It's likely, however, that Malone is less interested in the company's 1,300-or-so retail outlets (including 600 college bookstores) than he is in its Nook e-reader device.Permalink: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/techbiz/media/~3/Va6CqswgVAg/ | Date: 20 May 2011 | 3:20 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 18th 2011
New Condé Nast HQ Will Be High-Tech, Green, Ultrasafe
One World Trade Center, slated to become the new headquarters of Condé Nast, publisher of Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ and Wired, will be one of the most technologically sophisticated buildings in the world, officials say.Permalink: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/techbiz/media/~3/VdoPmJUknZA/ | Date: 18 May 2011 | 5:00 pm EDT
Next Issue Media Joins Digital Race With New Yorker, Time, Esquire
Next Issue Media, billed as the magazine industry's digital newsstand, launched a preview of its offerings Wednesday, announcing digital versions of Condé Nast's New Yorker, Hearst's Esquire and Popular Mechanics, Meredith's Fitness and Parents, and Time Inc.'s Fortune and Time.Permalink: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/techbiz/media/~3/RViPs9eR4pA/ | Date: 18 May 2011 | 12:27 am EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 17th 2011
Bot-Breakdown: Deconstructing a Twitter-Spam Marketing Campaign
What do Jill Dawnsoll, Kerry Ohnes, Dakota Baylie, Ellanah Cailn, Heidi Illems, Mirinda Latel and Paige Decanso have in common? For one thing, they don't appear to be real people at all -- although their Twitter accounts are designed to look like they are.Permalink: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/techbiz/media/~3/WyRWJxvVRW0/ | Date: 17 May 2011 | 5:15 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 13th 2011
Facebook PR Firm Deletes Google 'Smears,' But Heads Don't Roll
Just when it looked like the Facebook Burson-Marsteller block-ops anti-Google smear scandal couldn't possible get any more bizarre, new details emerged about the botched campaign Friday as the debacle reverberated from New York to Silicon Valley.Permalink: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/techbiz/media/~3/EzJoZMGfv8A/ | Date: 13 May 2011 | 4:45 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 12th 2011
Netflix App Released for Android Phones, Sorta
Netflix is coming to Android! Or well, to a select few Android devices. Blame the sheer number of handsets, Netflix says.Permalink: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/techbiz/media/~3/RRXgpyIuOKM/ | Date: 12 May 2011 | 8:00 pm EDT
BOOM! Goes Facebook's Google Smear Campaign
In the annals of shady public relations stunts, Facebook’s attempt to surreptitiously plant negative — and highly misleading — stories about Google into leading media outlets will surely go down as one of the most ham-handed in recent memory.Permalink: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/techbiz/media/~3/h4qQTJM68rs/ | Date: 12 May 2011 | 6:30 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 9th 2011
CNNMoney Relaunches Website, Adds StockTwits for Wall Street Chatter
Financial news heavyweight CNNMoney unveiled its newly redesigned website Monday and announced that it has struck partnerships with StockTwits, the financial discussion platform created by investor Howard Lindzon, as well as SigFig, a portfolio-management tool launching in June.Permalink: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/techbiz/media/~3/BIV4UYAhN-w/ | Date: 9 May 2011 | 2:59 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: May 6th 2011
Report: Condé Nast Leapfrogs Hearst With iPad Subscription Pact
Condé Nast, the publisher of Vogue, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, GQ and Wired, is on the verge of announcing a pact with Apple to begin selling digital subscriptions to its iPad applications, according to the New York Post's Keith J. Kelly.Permalink: http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/techbiz/media/~3/ivpim1NifA4/ | Date: 6 May 2011 | 2:21 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Mar 24th 2011
Need a vacation!
I read almost every book that Verne Harnish recommends so when I saw this in his recent newsletter, I ordered do more faster a couple minutes later. Verne wrote: “Brad Feld Saved His Marriage — last month I read Brad’s outstanding book Do More Faster. Aimed at tech start-ups, there are plenty of lessons for [...]Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetInc/~3/CD3zJT40vFM/ | Date: 24 Mar 2011 | 8:11 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Jan 24th 2011
Top 100 job search websites and categories
This is the 2011 guide to the top 100 US job search categories. For each top employment category it lists the top 3 or 4 niche job search websites. Before you start, a quick reminder that if your job search skills are weak, it won’t matter how many jobs you apply to. Start here with The [...]Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetInc/~3/QCcD9v6hO_c/ | Date: 24 Jan 2011 | 3:31 am EST
Internet Industry Headlines: Jan 22nd 2011
Barefoot in Boulder
A solution for everything (or almost). After struggling with foot pain for 7 years, I read Born to Run (also Barefoot Running) and got fired up about trying out barefoot. It took 3 or 4 months to work up tough enough pads to do real hikes but I enjoyed most of it tremendously. Every once [...]Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetInc/~3/x4dHajG2tN8/ | Date: 22 Jan 2011 | 6:07 pm EST
Internet Industry Headlines: Jan 15th 2011
How to Become King
I love to teach. As obsessed as I’ve been with learning business for the past 14 years, it’s only natural that I like teaching my kids what I’ve learned. My girls are 8 and 10 years old so I love to find materials that really engage them. Much of the time, the things we talk [...]Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetInc/~3/ek_q23HdcDc/ | Date: 15 Jan 2011 | 3:14 pm EST
Internet Industry Headlines: Oct 14th 2010
Job boards will lead the next productivity boom
I’m as disappointed as anyone about the weak economic recovery we have experienced in 2010. And I could not be more disappointed about but the piss-poor state of education and culture of indulgence in America. We do face a long-term structural problem in the economy as a result of our mixed up priorities. However, as [...]Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetInc/~3/mhkvpH7YtrI/ | Date: 14 Oct 2010 | 12:11 pm EDT
Internet Industry Headlines: Sep 13th 2010
Lesson from Boulder’s Four Mile Fire
Get the real facts. On the second day of the Four Mile Canyon fire, we knew that a good number of homes in my parents neighborhood had already burned. On the third day, I found a satellite image showing their home had not been burned. I was overcome with relief after days of tension. But [...]Permalink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetInc/~3/O0NGtoXRPYk/ | Date: 13 Sep 2010 | 5:25 pm EDT