So you’re the mayor on Foursquare huh? Now that may actually have some kind of real value as Foursquare has solidified the rules. From readwriteweb.com Location based social network Foursquare has quietly added a new feature that allows venue owners to revoke the mayorship of users they believe have won their titles illegitimately. Mayorship is…
Read MoreGoogle has admitted it recorded data from open wifi networks in Britain which included personal information. Is this surprising from a company that has a motto reminding them “Don’t Be Evil”? We would expect more from Google. From dailymail.co.uk Google was accused of spying on households yesterday after it admitted secretly copying passwords and private…
Read MoreAccording to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, Facebook has been giving slightly too much personally identifiable information out via it’s “apps” platform which is based off of Facebook profile ID. Do you feel your privacy has been violated? Let us know in the comments below. From wallstreetjournal.com Many of the most popular…
Read MoreLeaders of happiness come from all different walks of life. Tony Hsieh’s journey happened to start with shoes – Zappos shoes. He wrote “Delivering Happiness: A Path to Profits, Passion, and Purpose ” which still ranks #1 on the New York Times Bestseller list. Now Tony Hsieh and Jenn Lim are jumping on the global…
Read MoreThe Wall Street Journal is reporting that AOL and a couple of different firms are exploring the idea of purchasing Yahoo. The purchase would bulk up AOL’s advertising offer but would also lead to redundancies within the company which would need to be purged before they could move forward together as Aolhoo! My biggest concern…
Read MoreLook out tech news bloggers and reporters! Oprah is getting into the app endorsement business as she just recently named her favorite list of apps. I wonder if there will be a special category for “Apps” on her favorite things list this year. If so, that could make some app developers rich in a hurry….
Read MoreDavid Sze offered up some interesting investing lessons learned, his take on Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, Google and LinkedIn and more. From NYTimes.com David Sze, a partner at Greylock Partners and an investor in prominent Web start-ups like LinkedIn, Pandora, Digg and Facebook, talks in this edited interview about the cutthroat world of tech investing, what…
Read MoreMicrosoft CEO Steve Ballmer talked with the WSJ recently and shared his thoughts on the upcoming release of the Windows 7 Phone in a Q&A interview. From wallstreetjournal.com On Oct. 11, Microsoft and its partners plan to announce the initial wave of handsets that will use Windows Phone 7, a thoroughly overhauled version of the…
Read MoreIt sounds like Verizon will be refunding between $2 and $6 for charges incurred over the past few years. Glad to see Verizon making thing right by refunding customers. From cnn.com Verizon Wireless said Sunday it will refund about 15 million of its customers because the company incorrectly charged them for data sessions. Read more…
Read MoreThe addition of Sheryl Sandberg just a few short years ago, appears to be one of the best moves that Mark Zuckerberg has made as it added a level of established credibility to Facebook. This credibility has been necessary as Facebook has been in the spotlight ever since. The NYTimes offers a great look at…
Read MoreIf the goal of higher education is to prepare students to enter the workforce, you have to wonder if colleges and universities are equipping students with not only the right knowledge, but familiarity with the culture of today’s hyper-evolving tech startup environment. Today’s education should account for the skills students need to thrive in that…
Read MoreCrowdsourcing is nothing new but the Web has made it easier than ever to tap into a crowd of people for help. This article looks at a number of different businesses that leverage crowdsourcing but left out some of our favorites which include GeniusRocket and CrowdSpring. Amplify’d from www.nytimes.com Tapping the Wisdom of the Crowd…
Read MoreWe saw RedBeacon win TechCrunch50 and Business Insider 2010 Startup Competition and now they just rallied a heavy round of funding. It will be interesting to see what they do with the money. Amplify’d from www.sfgate.com Redbeacon, the online service for bidding on local services and winner of our Startup 2010 competition, raised a $7.4…
Read MoreHappy to see Mercavo at showcased startup at our TECH cocktail Boston mixer last week got a nice write-up. Mercavo hopes to create a marketplace for valuable sales leads… the Glengarry leads! A new Concord start-up, Mercavo, wants to create an online marketplace where technology sales leads can be bought and sold. It’s like the…
Read MoreThis is probably one of the most successful people you have hardly heard about outside of the Valley. Amplify’d from www.usatoday.com ‘Start-up King’ Mike Cassidy strikes Silicon Valley gold 4 times SAN FRANCISCO — Entrepreneurs rarely succeed in Silicon Valley— much less repeat success. Mike Cassidy is living proof. Consider him the Start-up King of…
Read MoreThe social game industry is booming. Listen to this great discussion that was on NPR today and you might learn why. This Hour, On Point: The big business and mass appeal of social games. Nick Wingfield, technology reporter for the Wall Street Journal. His July 30 article on virtual goods is “First, Give Away the…
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