Hong Kong Chief Breaks Silence, Defends Handling Of Snowden Affair
Hong Kong leader Leung Chun-ying on Monday defended his government's decision to allow former US spy Edward Snowden to leave the city, and said it was normal for him to discuss foreign-policy matters...
View ArticleIf You Thought There Was Hope For The PC, Think Again (MSFT, AAPL)
Tablet takeover to continue as Gartner forecasts 10 per cent decline in traditional PC sales.While combined tablet, PC and smartphone sales are forecast to rise 5.9 per cent in 2013, the respected...
View ArticleTwo Pension Funds Have Joined Forces In An Attempt To Oust The Entire Yahoo!...
Calvert and Christian Brothers Investment Services, two major US pension funds which between them manage $16bn (£10.4bn) of assets, have voted for every Yahoo! director to be removed from the board...
View ArticleHow I Landed An Engineering Job At Google Without A College Degree
Since publishing ABC: Always Be Coding - How to Land an Engineering Job, many have asked how I got an engineering job at Google without a college degree. Here’s my story, your mileage may vary.I had...
View ArticleMicrosoft Is Bringing Xbox Games To The iPhone And Android (MSFT, GOOG, AAPL)
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp will offer its console and computer games for Apple Inc's iPhone and other smartphone platforms this fiscal year, through a tie-up with Japanese smartphone game...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Brooklyn Castle
I blogged about this a couple weeks ago so this topic will be fresh in the minds of the AVC crowd. I am super excited about this.There is a documentary about a chess team in the IS 318 middle school in...
View ArticleWith Massive Services Rollout, We're Finally Seeing Blackberry's Post-Device...
TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry launched a service on Tuesday allowing government agencies and corporate clients to secure and manage devices powered by Google Inc's Android platform and Apple Inc's iOS...
View ArticleThe Man About To Make $500,000 Selling This Old Computer Paid Nothing For It
The owner of one of the first Apple computers ever built in 1976 tells why he has finally decided to part with the iconic machine.Ted Perry, a retired school psychologist, started using his Apple 1...
View ArticleTHE END OF THE PASSWORD: Google, Apple And Others Are Trying To Save Us From...
Looking for a safe password? You can give HQbgbiZVu9AWcqoSZmChwgtMYTrM7HE3ObVWGepMeOsJf4iHMyNXMT1BrySA4d7 a try. Good luck memorizing it.Sixty-three random alpha-numeric characters -- in this case,...
View ArticleThe 5 Best Apps To Help You Split The Check
Need to divvy up that dinner bill between five people or track expenses on a weeklong business trip?Sure, you can pop open the calculator app that comes with your smartphone to do the math. You can...
View ArticleFollowing Complaints From Users, Microsoft Will Make Big Changes To Windows 8...
Microsoft seeks to fine-tune flagship Windows operating system blamed for PC slumpMicrosoft will use its annual developers conference to release a preview of Windows 8.1, a free update that promises to...
View ArticleHow To Make a Better Phone Calls in Business
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View ArticleThese Charts Show The Insane Complexity Of My Digital Life
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View ArticleGLENN GREENWALD: Snowden Has Stashed Secret NSA Files With People All Over...
National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower/leaker Edward Snowden has given encoded files containing an archive of secret NSA files to several people, Guardian journalist Glenn Greenwald told Eli Lake...
View ArticleA Cricket And An Algorithm Drew This Picture
How does a cricket become an artist? Try placing it in one of Harvey Moon's drawing machines where its movements will be tracked by a camera and turned into original works of art. Bugs Draw For Me,...
View ArticleBitcoin Bits
Bitcoin has been stable for the past few months after its big spike and fall in early April:Meanwhile Gold (yesterday's Bitcoin) is falling and has been for a few months:That was a bit of a joke about...
View ArticleUltra-Wired South Korea Is Battling Smartphone Addiction
Kim Nam-Hee pulls no punches as she warns a classroom of wide-eyed South Korean 10-year-olds that they stand on the edge of an addiction that will turn them all into "mindless slaves".The grim...
View ArticleValuation vs Ownership
I am talking at the PreMoney conference today (via Skype) and I woke up thinking about the challenges facing the VC industry. I hope to talk a bit about this at the conference.Some investors are...
View ArticleFacebook, Twitter and Pinterest ‘Drive As Much In Store Purchasing As Online...
Networks such as Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest drive as much in store purchasing as online purchasing, but affect purchasing behaviour in sharply different ways, research from Vision Critical has...
View ArticleGRP Announces $200 Million Fund. Rebrands as Upfront Ventures
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