You'd Be A Fool To Buy An Ultra HD TV Right Now
It's probably safe to say that unless you happen to be ungodly wealthy, the thought of buying a 4K or Ultra HD television has, until recently, never really crossed your mind.Just this past January, at...
View ArticleS4 Running Stock Android
Google announced so many things yesterday that it makes my head spin. Goodness all around in Google land. But there is one thing that really caught my eye. Google will start selling a Galaxy S4 running...
View ArticleHere’s A Sign Mass-Market Drones Are About To Take Off: Google Just Invested...
Drones have a terrible reputation, mostly because they have become a byword for death and destruction. But drones can be used for non-lethal means as well, such as this project to protect rhinos from...
View ArticleI Tried Google Glass, And It Is Obviously The Future
Few new technologies have been as hyped - or as misunderstood - as Google Glass, says Matt WarmanPrice: $1,500 (not currently available to the public)It’s the computer that has both excited and worried...
View ArticleFor A Supposedly Tech-Savvy Country, India Has Some Worryingly Weird Ideas...
This week in wonky internet news from India, the Delhi High Court asked the government why children—defined as anyone under the age of 18—were allowed to open accounts on social networking sites. The...
View ArticleWe're At The Beginning Of A Paradigm Shift In How Companies Hire CMOs And CTOs
Thursday of last week we debuted Bowery Capital to the world. I was excited to finally put the past 6 months behind us and get back to work.One of the biggest things we talked about when raising the...
View ArticleFun Friday: Morning Joe
It feels like its been a while since we did a fun friday around here. So here goes. How do you like your morning cup of coffee?I go with the Cortado, ideally in a shot glass. Here's one from Kava, the...
View ArticleDell Is An Utter Disaster
Dell's earnings flop in 1st quarter may make CEO's buyout offer more attractive to investorsSAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dell's financial decay worsened during its latest quarter as the company slashed its...
View ArticleThe Secret To Becoming A Billionaire Is Zombies
Zombies. People seem unable to get enough of zombies, whether in movie form (“Shaun of the Dead,” “28 Days Later,” “Resident Evil”) or games (Half-Life, Walking Dead, Left 4 Dead).This fascination has...
View ArticleVideo Of The Week: SNL's Take On Google Glass
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View ArticleI Didn't Love Google Glass, But It Did Help Me Live In The Moment With My Kids
This weekend I attended a wedding where smartphones being used as cameras were everywhere.It really highlighted for me how people don’t live in the moment anymore. The idea of removing the barrier...
View ArticleBig International Social Networks Are Closing In On Facebook
Last year, Facebook marked a new milestone in its nine-year history.It lost users.While the network did pass the 1 billion monthly active user threshold globally in 2012, Facebook also lost 1.4 million...
View ArticleCongratulations Indiana
We talk a lot of NBA basketball in the comments but I don't post about it. This blog is supposed to be about startups and tech, for the most part. But the Knicks lost last night in Indiana and my...
View ArticleGoogle Glass Is Both Cool And Creepy
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google staged four discussions expounding on the finer points of its "Glass" wearable computer during this week's developer conference.Missing from the agenda, however, was a...
View ArticleShould You Consider Replacing Yourself as CEO?
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View ArticleHere's How Apple Is Spending Its $145 Billion Pile Of Cash
What is Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) planning on doing with its enormous cash reserves? It’s no secret that some of it is going into shareholder’s pockets. Apple has approximately $145 billion in cash reserves...
View ArticleKim Jong-Un Could Give North Korea Internet At The Flip Of A Switch
As you might expect, North Korea's "Internet" mirrors North Korea itself: Sad, secluded, and limited to just a handful of propagandistic sites.There's a country-wide intranet, and the content consists...
View ArticleWhy We Need to Elect @EricGarcetti on Tues as Next Mayor of Los Angeles
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View ArticleSuccess Has A Thousand Fathers
Back in the early days of AVC, I did a thing called VC Cliche Of The Week. There was an RSS feed of all of them powered by Delicious, but it is broken and most likely can't be fixed. You can find some...
View ArticleWill Google Glass Finally Make Doing This Gauche?
If you’ve tried to look at something exciting in public lately, you may have noticed that there were some objects in the way. Maybe you were at a concert. Or perhaps it was your one chance in life to...
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