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RIP HOTMAIL
Microsoft said Tuesday it had begun switching Hotmail accounts to Outlook.com as it officially launches its revamped email service."Starting today, Microsoft will begin to upgrade every Hotmail user to...
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Bill Gates: We Blew It In Mobile
Microsoft's early mobile strategy was "clearly a mistake", according to its chairman Bill Gates– but he refused to criticise chief executive Steve Ballmer, although he didn't give him unequivocal...
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China Now Has More Tablets And Smartphones Than The US
After becoming the world’s leading manufacturer of goods and largest emitter of carbon dioxide, China can add world’s leading consumer of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) to its trophy case.“By...
View ArticleThe US Needs A New Spectrum Policy
I have written before about open spectrum and the need for a new spectrum policy in the US. Spectrum policy is back in the news because the federal government is soon going to make a bunch of decisions...
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The Dirty Little Secret About Location-Targeted Mobile Ads
Tom MacIsaac is the CEO of Verve, a leader in location-based mobile advertising.As Sir Martin Sorrell said, location targeting in mobile is the holy grail of marketing. Reaching consumers when they are...
View ArticleSimplicity, The Emerging UI, and Machine Learning
Long title. Short post.Daring Fireball says:The utter simplicity of the iOS home screen is Apple’s innovation. It’s the simplest, most obvious “system” ever designed. It is a false and foolish but...
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Apple Releasing Malware Removal Tool After Being Hacked
Apple is releasing a malware removal tool after a number of Mac systems were infected by computer hackers.The admission by Apple of a widespread cyber-security breach comes the week after Facebook...
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David Einhorn's Suit Against Apple Has 'A Likelihood Of Success'
NEW YORK (Reuters) - David Einhorn's hedge fund has shown a "likelihood of success" if his legal attack against Apple Inc goes forward, a U.S. judge said, though he made no immediate ruling on fund's...
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The 'Amazon Tax' Is A Pretty Big Disappointment
(Reuters) - Sales tax from Internet commerce, a prize pursued for years by U.S. state governments, is starting to arrive in California and a few other states, providing millions of dollars in new...
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Here Comes The Playstation 4!
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp is expected to showcase a new PlayStation console on Wednesday in a pre-emptive strike against Microsoft Corp's bid to make its Xbox the world's leading hub for household...
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Will Twitter File A Secret IPO?
Twitter is expected to file for an initial public offering in late 2013 or early 2014. That much is widely known. Less attention has been paid to whether Twitter will make a normal IPO filing or if, as...
View ArticleThere Has Never Been A Better Time To Be An Entrepreneur
I really feel that there is a "Perfect Storm of Opportunity." There has never been a better time in history to be an entrepreneur.I have been starting companies nearly all my life, for more than 40...
View ArticleHow Facebook, Vine and Snapchat Make Us Cheat
Cheating is as old as the institution of marriage.It might even arguably be the default mode for our species — it’s not that we have to fight to cheat; we have to fight not to cheat. Because let’s face...
View ArticleWhy Amazon Hired A Car Mechanic to Run Its Cloud Empire
On a rainy Monday in August 2011, a 10-million-watt transformer exploded in northern Virginia, sending an enormous voltage spike across the power grid. The surge hit an Amazon data center in Ashburn,...
View ArticleThe Democratization of Entrepreneurship
One of the great trends we’ve been witnessing over the past decade, and in particular the past 5 years, has been what you might call the “democratization” of entrepreneurship”. It’s a powerful trend...
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The Case Against Oscar Pistorius Is Unraveling Due To A Series Of Police...
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — The prosecution case against Oscar Pistorius began to unravel Wednesday with revelations of a series of police blunders and the lead investigator's admission that...
View ArticleVenture Capital Returns
This post is for everyone who thinks venture capital is an easy business. I'd like to dispel that notion. Here are short term and long term returns for the venture capital business over the past ten...
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Suddenly, Microsoft Is Cool Again
Microsoft Corp is cooler than you might think.A Reuters/Ipsos poll found that just under half of 853 respondents between the age of 18 and 29 thought Microsoft is cooler now than it was a year or two...
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The Real Reason iPhone Factories Are In A Hiring Freeze
Apple Inc's manufacturing partner Foxconn Technology Group has frozen hiring at a Shenzhen plant that makes gadgets including the iPhone 5 and put the brakes on recruiting for other factories across...
View ArticleWhy No One Is Talking About Yahoo’s—Or Anyone Else’s—New Homepage
Yahoo has a new homepage, but you’d be forgiven for not noticing, since fewer people than ever are visiting it. In December 2012, for example, traffic to the domain Yahoo.com was down 24% from a year...
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