Facebook’s Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston
Yesterday, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at Y Combinator’s Startup School in a candid interview with Y Combinator Partner Jessica Livingston. You can watch the full interview here, and it starts around the 43 minute mark, and lasts for roughly 40 minutes. If you have some time to spare, it’s well worth a look. Zuck revealed a [...]
Google Puts A Price On Privacy
Earlier this week, Google made a significant change purportedly to better protect the search privacy of users. In reality, it specifically — and deliberately — left a gaping hole open to benefit its bottom line. If you pay-to-play, Google will share its search data with you. Google’s a big company that goes after revenue in a variety [...]
Steve Jobs Remembered: 1955-2011
Steve Jobs remembered: ‘He wanted to make a dent in the universe’ Medical student and music lover Paul Jurgens made a detour on the way home from the gym when he learned about Steve Jobs’ death. “It’s so sad,” said the 22-year-old, rattling off a long list of Apple products he has acquired. “(Steve Jobs) [...]
Two new iPhones and iPad 3 in 2011?
Just weeks away from when Apple is expected to be unveiling the next iPhone, another Wall Street analyst has said the company could surprise us with two new handsets. Fortune this morning posted part of a note from J.P. Morgan analyst Mark Moskowitz saying that the firm expects Apple to release two new iPhones: one that will be [...]
Launching Google Wallet on Sprint and working with Visa, American Express and Discover
In May we announced Google Wallet—an app that makes your phone your wallet—with Citi, MasterCard, Sprint and First Data. With Google Wallet, you can tap, pay and save using your phone and near field communication (NFC). We’ve been testing it extensively, and today we’re releasing the first version of the app to Sprint. That means we’re beginning [...]
Facebook to Launch “Major” Profile Redesign at f8
Facebook plans to roll out a major redesign of user profiles at its f8 developer conference this week. Details about the redesign are sparse, but two sources familiar with Facebook’s plans (who have asked to remain anonymous) have told us that the redesign is “major” and will make Facebook profiles nexuses for consuming content. The profile [...]
HP Kills TouchPad, Puts WebOS in Hibernation
HP announced it will no longer produce hardware running its webOS mobile operating system, discontinuing operations on future TouchPad tablets and the Pre smartphone devices. “HP plans to announce that it will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad and webOS phones,” the company said in a statement. “HP will continue to explore options to [...]
M.KAP Hosting’s offices covered by The Denver Egotist
The 2700 Walnut Street Mural http://www.thedenveregotist.com/news/local/2011/august/12/2700-walnut-street-mural 2700 Walnut Street is a one stop creative spot in Denver. The building houses an art collective, wide format fine art printing, an upscale art gallery, graphic designers, web designers, artists and clothing designers — all conveniently located in the heart of the Rino district, Denver’s steadily rising art district. [...]
Report: PlayStation 3 successor launching in 2012
by Don Reisinger Sony is planning to launch a follow-up to the PlayStation 3 next year, DigiTimes is reporting. Citing “Taiwan-based component makers,” DigiTimes says production on the console will start at the end of this year. However, the component makers did not say exactly when next year the device might launch. Though DigiTimes’ sources call Sony’s next [...]
Apple loses bid for injunction against Amazon
by Steven Musil A federal judge has denied Apple’s request to immediately stop Amazon from using the term “Appstore” to describe its digital downloads storefront. In an 18-page opinion filed today with the U.S. District Court for Northern California, Judge Phyllis Hamilton denied Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction preventing Amazon’s use of the term, which [...]