VentureBeat:
Game startup Ohai is launching a new vampire-themed online world on Facebook as part of an attempt to snare more time and money from social network fans.Social games have exploded on Facebook this year. But the games have bee (Read More)
Mashable!:
We’re fans of the social media-enabled media center Boxee, so news of its impending beta launch on December 7 is music to our ears (and eyes!). The Beta version will feature a number of additions and improvements, including a (Read More)
paidContent.org:
Wedding site The Knot saw profits fall about 64 percent to $771,000 million last year, as debt and other expenses dragged earnings down. But the marriage business isn’t complete (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Green Wavelength, a young firm developing renewable energy prototypes, has unveiled its first product, the xBEE Alpha, touting blades that flap like insect wings.With a 19-foot wingspan, the two-blade model is designed to sha (Read More)
MarketWatch Stupid Investment of the Week:
While investors may fear the falling dollar, picking a currency fund to try to profit from its weakness is a redundant strategy for an average investor. If they have foreign stock or bond funds, chances are they have their cu (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
While investors may fear the falling dollar, picking a currency fund to try to profit from its weakness is a redundant strategy for an average investor. If they have foreign stock or bond funds, chances are they have their cu (Read More)
Engadget:
Minolta's Sony's DSLR range was refreshed only this August, but here we are, hearing rumblings of another new addition to the bunch. Set to occupy the space between the 14.2 megapixel A550 and 24.6 megapixel full frame A850, (Read More)
Delicious hotlist:
A lot of designers think CMYK is the way to go when designing for print. We will, of course, always use CMYK-based ink, but this does not mean you have to work with CMYK files. You can work with RGB images t (Read More)
mashable:
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here. The series is made possible (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Market Wrap-UpStocks closed down Friday, with energy prices and a broad slide in equities weighing on many exchange-traded funds, even as top-line growth brightened earnings reports.The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 10 (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Investors typically are exposed to currency fluctuations thorough portfolio diversification. But then there are specialized currency mutual funds such as Morgan Stanley FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund -- the Stupid Investment of (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Investors typically are exposed to currency fluctuations thorough portfolio diversification. But then there are specialized currency mutual funds such as Morgan Stanley FX Alpha Plus Strategy Fund -- the Stupid Investment of (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Alpha Natural Resources CEO Kevin Crutchfield said he expects demand from China's steelmakers for metallurgical coal will ultimately help U.S. producers. (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Blog content engine Sphere, which was acquired by AOL in 2008, is rebranding itself as Surphace. According to a blog post on the site, Surphace’s name is a better fit with next year’s product roadmap for the content platform. (Read More)
VentureBeat:
It’s been a few weeks since Demo took San Diego by storm, and I posted a few days ago about a few the cool things that happened to some of the demonstrating companies.More on that in a sec. But here’s a reminder that we’re ge (Read More)
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Social Media and AlphaFrom the perspective of a funds manager, social media create:Information inflow: for alpha captureInformation outflow: to influence the marketSocial Media and Corporate Governance1. Individual investors (Read More)
VentureBeat:
Early reviews of Wolfram Alpha’s iPhone application, which appeared in the App Store over the weekend, have been pretty positive, but the $49.99 price is decidedly not a hit with bloggers.The app is basically an iPhone- and i (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Market Wrap-UpStocks and exchange-traded funds picked up momentum Monday as third-quarter earnings started to roll in at a faster pace.The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed up 96 points at 10092. The Nasdaq ended up 20 poin (Read More)
TechCrunch:
Apple wasted little time approving Wolfram Alpha’s new iPhone app, which we hinted at last week. Just a few days after they submitted it to the store, Apple sailed it right through the approval process with such speed that it (Read More)
Mashable!:
On Thursday WolframAlpha launched its developer API, which should allow large and small developers (as well as businesses and educational institutions) to harness the power of the computational knowledge engine to enhance th (Read More)