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Read MoreA decade after it was started in Lithuania, GetJar, one of the earliest app stores has been acquired by a Chinese company specializing in Android apps that wants to cash in on the need for smarter app discovery.…
Read MoreBefore he was the front-runner to be the next CEO of Microsoft, I sat down with Satya Nadella in San Francisco. We talked about the cloud, competition and the future of Microsoft. It's very revealing, the challenges facing whoever is soon-to-be-announced new CEO.…
Read MoreLike Kickstarter, Indiegogo has helped transform how creative projects, charities and gizmos get funded. And now the San Francisco-based Indiegogo is going global with a whopping $40 million in new funds from investors like Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers and IVP.…
Read MoreTV fanboy with his own show; drugs and death in the Animal Planet, NSA and blackmail, death on a diamond and crazy A-Rod stories and more importantly, shadow banking. Oh, and why stories go viral.…
Read MoreCompeting directly with Uber is really hard. Maybe others that want to overthrow the traditional taxi system should try a few new tactics.…
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