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Here's What The World's Top Tennis Players Looked Like When Their Careers Started
Business Insider - 7 Jun 2013 23:07
The top tennis players tend to come in cycles. Right now the best tennis players in the world are either at the peak of their careers or nearing the end. As a result, all of the top tennis players have been around for a ...
Larry Page & Google's legal chief talk about the company's involvement in PRISM
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 22:25
Even a blog post co-written by Larry Page isn't going to satisfy anyone in a "He said, she said" story about government spying.
Fanatics raises $170M at $3.1B valuation to sell stuff to sports fans
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 20:11
Fanatics is an online retailer of official licensed sports merchandise. The company powers the e-commerce sites of all major professional sports leagues, major media brands, and over 200 collegiate and professional team ...
Why Your Google Search Makes Me Cry
Forbes - 7 Jun 2013 23:15The Google Search Evolution
Forbes - 7 Jun 2013 23:15
Design changes to Google Search that Jon Wiley and his team have worked on in the past few years:
10 essential tips for your company's web design project
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 22:44
Guest Post As a 15-year veteran of the digital marketing world and a captain of our agency's recent remodel, I have gathered years of insight into necessities of a website relaunch.
Seattle groups launch coding scholarship for low-income women
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 22:38
A new scholarship is available for women who want to learn to code, but can't afford to enroll in a hacker bootcamp.
The 5 hottest areas for mobile development tools
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 21:53
Guest Post The race is on to find the next generation of tools and development processes that will make multi-platform mobile development as productive as desktop and web development have been for so long.
Snapchat could soon snap up a fresh $100 million in funding
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 21:52
Glorified sexting app or not, Shapchat may be on the verge of raising a hefty funding round.
Airbnb gets a green light from Amsterdam
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 21:10
The U.S., however, stubbornly remains uncool where Amsterdam forges ahead with the legalization effort.
A Lot Of People Are Freaking Out Because They Think Microsoft's New Xbox Is Going To Spy On Them (MSFT)
Business Insider - 7 Jun 2013 21:10
Microsoft's new gaming console, the Xbox One, will come with a motion sensor/camera accessory called the Kinect that will be used for video chats and controlling games with your body. But the device will always be on by ...
AFSCME Underwrites Rhode Island Pension Forensic Investigation
Forbes - 7 Jun 2013 21:03Google in trouble over drug ads again, this time with attorneys general
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 20:58
The National Association of Attorneys General says Google allows ads and YouTube videos for sellers of counterfeit drugs and dangerous (but legal) drugs -- you know, the good stuff, like Adderall or Oxycontin -- without ...
Teenage Millionaire Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 7 Jun 2013 20:56
While some spend their teenage years concentrating on classes, first loves and pimples, a few young minds are focused on their bottom lines and growing businesses.
Bangkok Tops The World's 10 Most Visited Cities
Forbes - 7 Jun 2013 20:35At our current rate of progress, IPv6 will be fully implemented on May 10, 2048
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 20:23
The current iteration, IP version 4, has its roots in 1980, around the time when people like Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corp, still said stupid stuff like: "There is no reason for any individual to have a co...
Boston Celtics Owner Launches Sports Media Fund
Forbes - 7 Jun 2013 20:20How To YieldBoost Jones Group From 1.4% To 13.2%
Forbes - 7 Jun 2013 20:15Mary Meeker's mind-blowing Internet statistics contain at least one unsubstantiated 'fact'
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 20:13
A widely-cited statistic in Mary Meeker's State of the Internet report about how often Americans check their smartphones is probably bogus, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
Director of National Intelligence's blast at PRISM report further confirms its existence
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 19:53
The director of national intelligence is not pleased that information about two U.S. surveillance efforts have leaked to the public. Though, many are concerned the programs collect information on U.S. citizens, Director ...
The 5 most common misconceptions about angel investors
Venture Beat - 7 Jun 2013 19:33
Guest Post There are a lot of preconceived notions about who angel investors are and what they do.
How Congress unknowingly legalized PRISM in 2007
Washington Post - 7 Jun 2013 03:21
On Sept. 11, 2007, the National Security Agency signed up Microsoft as its first partner for PRISM, a massive domestic surveillance program whose existence was reported by the Washington Post today. That's barely a month...