Moglue Makes It Dead Si...

Creating and publishing content-rich, interactive ebooks without programming skills or distribution power: that’s the problem New York- and Seoul-based startup  Moglue  is trying to solve. The  TechCrunch Disrupt Beijing finalist  offers two products: MoglueBuilder (a desktop...

From TC50 Winners To A ...

I’ve been on a journey through the past as Disrupt NYC ( tickets here ) draws closer, sifting through past Disrupt and TC50 startups with the hopes of getting a clear update on the accomplishments, the trials, and the milestones between then and now. The stories have been amazing,...
Quora Investor Peter Thiel: “The Samwers Are Never Going To Clone Quora,”

Quora Investor Peter Th...

There’s been a lot of armchair valuation punditry  across the Valley this week. As the Facebook IPO looms, our intricately entwined ecosystem of startups and investors seeks to benefit from the domino effect of a population feeling flush with cash. This is the picture that the WSJ...
Disney Video Launches In Beta, Bringing Kid-Friendly Clips And Trailers To All Your Devices

Disney Video Launches I...

There’s a new product that just came out of Disney Interactive Labs — a video portal for clips, movie trailers, and even a collection of curated YouTube videos, all designed to be watched online or on any of your mobile devices. The new Disney Video site, located at...

Why The Internet Doesn...

American politics used to be fun: frequent political carnivals in the 19th century would mix parties, parades, and political speeches in an endless stream of local civic life. As a result, America had an astonishingly high turnout, between 70-90%, in presidential and local elections....

It’s Time For A Large...

The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Apple is currently ordering larger screens for the next iPhone. With the usual nonsense, the WSJ cited people familiar with the matter and stated these screens measure at least 4-inches diagonally. Production is set to begin next month,...

Forrester: 32.1 Million...

Almost 115 million households in the U.S. currently own at least one TV set and 36 million own four or more. That’s a huge market and as Apple, Google and Microsoft try to wrestle more of this business away from the traditional content and hardware players, the old-school cable and...

Funny Or Die Gets Strat...

Independent online video company Funny Or Die is about to get a lot of help from a traditional TV company, as it’s struck a strategic partnership with Turner Broadcasting to collaborate on multiplatform video content. As part of the deal, Turner is taking a small minority stake in...
Google Just Got A Whole Lot Smarter, Launches Its Knowledge Graph

Google Just Got A Whole...

Today, Google is launching  one of its most ambitious and interesting updates to its search engine in recent months. Starting in a few days, you will start to see large panels with additional factual information about the topic you were searching for take over the right side of...

iZettle, The ‘Square ...

With Square yet to reveal when or where it might offer its mobile payment service in Europe, and PayPal apparently still only talking with would-be partners, the door is wide open for more local players to jump in and pick up some market share. Sweden’s  iZettle , which often gets...

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