Once news of Groupon's IPO filing subsides, look out for headlines that Airbnb has joined the billion-dollar club. The social bed and breakfast startup is reportedly in the process of closing a $100 million funding round that will value the company at a billion dollars. (And undoubtedly provoke more fawning Techcrunch stories [...]
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Facebook VP Chamath Palihapitiya is leaving Facebook to start his own venture fund. The new fund, called The Social+Capital Partnership, will count Facebook as a limited partner. read »
Ford Director on what impact new technology will have on drivers.
We all know due to the inability of the internet to keep a secret for more than a few minutes that Nintendo is debuting a new console at E3. "Project Cafe" as its codenamed is a necessary step for the company as Wii sales are lagging and the 3DS is far from the cash cow it was supposed to be. read »
So I'm not one for "I told you so" but... Okay, who are we kidding? I totally am. read »
This probably isn’t what Groupon chief executive Andrew Mason had in mind. One day after the company filed to go public with a really free-wheeling letter from the boss, even its friends are incredulous. read »
The line between television and the internet has come under attack over the past few years, and you can partially thank or blame Sigma Designs CEO and Co-founder Thinh Q. Tran for it. The Stanford-educated electrical engineer has headed up the company, which makes computer chips for internet-protocol television (IPTV) set-top boxes (any AT&T Uverse, Verizon FiOs users out there?) and other products, since its start in 1982. read »
Will Amazon’s (supposedly-in-the-works) tablet be the real iPad killer when it finally launches? That’s what a new research note from CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets suggests. read »
Let’s face it, the personal computer is holding Apple back. read »
