Shoemoney:
I was reading on flyer talk forums that maybe people are now not able to get the American Express Centurion card.The thread is actually many pages long but the gist of it is… evidently until October 15th of this year you just needed to spend 250k in a rolling 12-month period. We were invited to the program but I still did (Read More)
TechCrunch:
[UK] If you are a technology startup and want to network with Silicon Valley type then one way of doing it is to go to South By South West Interactive. Those who attend in the past have informally called it ‘Spring Break for Geeks’, but it is a little more significant that that suggests. Twitter took off in the US by launch (Read More)
Silicon Alley Insider:
Despite declines to pc, server, and printer sales, HP had nice quarter, thanks to solid cost-cutting and profits from the tech services division, the AP reports.SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hewlett-Packard Co.'s profit jumped 14 percent in the latest quarter, helped by cost-cutting and better results from its technology services di (Read More)
Lifehacker:
We explained that you don't need to pay for Windows security last week, but today we're taking a closer look at how to protect yourself from drive-by malware that can infect your computer by simply visiting the wrong web site. Naturally, everything in the last article still applies (you should definitely give it a read thro (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Google’s on a bit of a shopping spree this holiday season. The search giant just acquired AdMob for $750 million a few weeks ago. Today, Google has acquired display advertising company Teracent for an undisclosed amount of money. The deal is expected to close this quarter. Teracent’s Intelligent Display Advertising technolo (Read More)
Shoemoney:
Does your day seem to just fly by? Do you ever find yourself doing 9000 things but not getting any of them done (all Swedish no Finnish) ? Maybe its time to change it up a bit.Mixing up your computer workstationNo matter if you are a windows, mac, or linux user its pretty easy to change up your computing environment.While (Read More)
TechCrunch:
WinBuyer has just announced that it has raised institutional funding for the first time, to the tune of $6.9 million, in a Series A round led by Pitango Venture Capital and joined by Giza Venture Capital.The young Israeli company markets a so-called Onsite Comparative Pricing (OCP) application, which aims to help Internet r (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Have you ever considered cloning your dog? I have. Ruby is so cute and sweet, but she probably won't be around a decade from now. Since I don't know how to find her family and she can't have babies, it's the only way possible to keep a part of her near me forever. I contacted RNL Biostar, a Maryland-based company that has s (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Now that we’ve all actually seen Chrome OS, the immediate reaction that most are jumping to is that it won’t be killing Windows anytime soon. But that doesn’t mean it won’t hurt Microsoft, and apply long-term pressure to the dominant OS. In fact, Google’s positioning for Chrome OS reads like a page out of Apple’s playbook, (Read More)
Boing Boing:
B&H, the photo and video gear company much-loved by photogs and filmmakers worldwide is in hot water over employment discrimination claims - again. Four women claim they were denied sales positions because of their gender. According to reports I'm seeing, there are historically no female sales staff at B&H? Related: earlier (Read More)
TechCrunch:
As rumors continue to swirl around LinkedIn’s possible IPO, the professional social network is steadily adding useful features that help transcend the platform’s technology into other applications. LinkedIn recently launched two-way integration with Twitter and also rolled out a plug-in to pull in your LinkedIn contacts wit (Read More)
Boing Boing:
Oscar-winning writer/director Roger Avary (Pulp Fiction, Beowulf) is serving a year in prison for vehicular manslaughter and DWI. Apparently, he's tweeting from prison: @avary. I'm not sure how one tweets while incarcerated (TWI?) in the US, since internet access is not generally afforded to prisoners. Perhaps he's permitte (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
I'm not really sure if this is good or bad news for end consumers, but a couple of Japanese companies have developed a technology that makes it possible to transmit information from blinking LEDs fixed on advertisements to cell phones - using only light. The companies involved in the development include some big names such (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Web-based productivity suite Zoho is launching a new product today, Zoho Recruit. A niche product, Zoho Recruit, is an application designed to help HR Departments and staffing agencies management recruitment. Zoho Recruit, which is an offshoot of Zoho People’s recruitment technology, is an Applicant Tracking System that hel (Read More)