Techcrunch recently ran a piece by Michael Wu of Lithium. The following is a response written by Ferenc Huszar, who, prior to joining Peer Index PeerIndex as lead data scientist, was was a PhD student at the Machine Learning Lab at Cambridge University.
Quantifying aspects of human behaviour and social phenomena has never been simple. But in today’s world, one thing is inescapable. We are… → Read More
Editor’s note: Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research and blogs at Techspressive.
No, the Flomio FloJack doesn’t track stolen boats with GPS. In the spirit of the Square credit card reader, the device plugs into the headphone jack of mobile iOS or legacy Android mobile devices to read and write data via NFC. → Read More
Editor’s note: Dr. Michael Wu is the Principal Scientist of Analytics at Lithium where he is currently applying data-driven methodologies to investigate and understand the complex dynamics of the social Web.
The value of any data is only as valuable as the information and insights we can extract from it. It is the information and insights that will help us make better decisions and give… → Read More
Editor’s note: John Hauer is a sales, marketing and technology innovator with a 20+ career of working in print and related industries. He manages a blog which evangelizes 3D printing for traditional 2D printers, and can be found at 3D4printers.com.
I recently read an article on TechCrunch by Jon Evans entitled 3D Printers Are Not Like 2D Printers. While I would agree with the title (obviously… → Read More
Editor’s note: Ray Sobol is founder and CEO of EvidencePix, an enterprise-grade secure MDM service. Ray has more than 25 years experience in launching high-tech ventures and disruptive technologies.
No one likes to pay for things they don’t use. If you’ve ever grappled with the fact that you’re paying for 500 channels on your monthly cable bill when you only use a few, you know what I… → Read More
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles by Brad Woodcox that explores the patent system for entrepreneurs. The first examined the basics of the system.
Now that you have background knowledge of the patent system (at least within the U.S.), we can analyze probably the most difficult question: “Should you pursue patents for your company or invention?” → Read More
Editor’s note: Lucas Dailey is the Founder and CEO of political social network Our Ballot Box, a designer, and a local politico. You can follow Lucas on Twitter.
Regardless of your views on our recent election one thing generally agreed upon is that our political system is broken. There are myriad contributors to our malaise–not least of which is the voting system on which it’s all… → Read More
Editor’s note: Chloë Bregman is a product designer working on a new communications startup. Most recently, Chloë designed DrawChat and helped ignite Changemakrs.
“Pretty first” is when a startup focuses on creating a visually beautiful design for its app before determining whether the product has purpose and is useful. It’s the wrong approach. → Read More
Editor’s note: Armando Kirwin is a filmmaker and consultant whose previous work has included Paramount Pictures, Microsoft, several startups, 13 feature films, and a handful of TV shows.
In case you haven’t noticed, wannabe Hollywood analysts, err, I mean tech bloggers the world over are breathlessly opining and propagating news about Netflix CEO Reed Hastings’ estimate that Amazon is… → Read More
Editor’s Note: Vanessa Clark is the co-founder of Mobiflock, a mobile safety and security company offering parental control services for smartphones and tablets. She is involved in the mobile industry in Africa.
Zimbabwean Tawanda Kembo, 25, has been employed for more than two years but still doesn’t qualify for a credit card. This is the result of banking restrictions on issuing credit… → Read More
Editor’s note: Nate Barker is publisher relations manager and Jamie Evans is advertising account manager at Chartboost.
Here are a few things you need to know to stay calm, cool and collected this holiday season, so you can maximize the effectiveness of your mobile marketing budgets. → Read More
Editor’s note: Matt Baker is an engineer at Wealthfront, a software-based financial advisor that is democratizing access to high quality financial advice.
In elections and finance, mathematical models take emotion out of the equation, but does the human element really disappear? → Read More
Editor’s note: Ansel Halliburton is a lawyer at ComputerLaw Group.
In the summer of 2010, a group called Goatse Security discovered a security hole in an AT&T website catering to users of the recently launched iPad with 3G connectivity. Depending on who you ask, GoatSec is either composed of trolls in it for the lulz or grey-hat hackers. → Read More
Editor’s note: Ross Rubin is principal analyst at Reticle Research and writer for Engadget. His column examines crowdfunded products that have either met or missed their funding goals.
Designers of innovative high-tech products often face a dilemma between two of Kickstarter’s more popular categories. Should they mix in with the host of camera stabilizers, video dollies and iPhone… → Read More
Editor’s note: Saar Gur is a general partner at Charles River Ventures. Follow him on Twitter @saarsaar.
At Charles River Ventures, we seek to support founders who can build foundational companies in their respective industries, and, in so doing, have a huge impact on the world. Over the last 40 years, 15 funds, 70 IPOs, and 100+ M&A events, we have been fortunate to get to know… → Read More
Editor’s note: Neil Florio is responsible for global marketing strategies and demand generation programs for Fiberlink’s MaaS360 product.
It seems we are living in an Android-dominated world, as the leading mobile open-source OS owns 60 percent of the consumer mobile device market. However, as Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) gains rapid momentum, the same cannot be said of the enterprise space. → Read More
Editor’s note: Jay Jamison is a Partner at BlueRun Ventures and is based in Menlo Park.
Wall Street is basically demanding big public tech companies to answer the question, “How mobile can you go?” And based on a read of the big tech companies’ recent Q3 earnings reports, they all got the memo. Here’s my take on their mobile strategies. → Read More
Editor’s note: John Frankel is founder and partner of ff Venture Capital and has been an early-stage venture investor since 1999. Follow him on Twitter.
Having spoken with many limited partners, it is clear that there is a lack of access to the research out there that compares return generation from different venture classes and, in particular, compares angel returns with those of venture… → Read More
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Mat Morrison, Social Media Strategy Director with Starcom MediaVest Group. You can follow him on Twitter at @mediaczar or his blog.
Generally the social media marketing services industry is its own worst enemy. Time and again we think we’re turning a corner into being a useful productive part of our clients’ businesses, when some cluetard guru… → Read More
Editor’s note: Barry Eggers is a managing director at Lightspeed Venture Partners where he focuses on information technology infrastructure, with a specific interest in cloud computing, big data, storage, consumerization of IT, and networking.
While the technology that enables big data is quite technical, the direct impact on the average consumer is clear. Baseball, more so than other… → Read More
Editor’s note: Jon Bischke is a founder of Entelo and is an advisor to several startups. You can follow Jon on Twitter.
Entrepreneurs built America. And while we celebrate pro athletes and entertainers and have Boss’s Day and Secretary’s Day, there has never been a day set aside to celebrate entrepreneurship. → Read More
Editors note: This is a guest post by Robin Grant, Global Managing Director of We Are Social, a social-media agency with offices in New York, London, Paris, and six more countries.
Josh Constine wrote an insightful post last week, debunking the myth that Facebook decreased page post reach to increase ad sales. However, just because that wasn’t the reason, that doesn’t mean that Facebook… → Read More
Boston-based startup Lookout Gaming has drawn attention to the city’s often-overlooked consumer and mobile gaming community with a $1.3 million seed round from Boston investors Atlas Venture and Nextview Ventures, as well angels, including Mark Jung, former CEO of IGN. Founders Andrew Paradise and Casey Chafkin are applying their merchandising and payment expertise to the plight of indie game… → Read More
The latest episode of my Foundation video series comes to you filmed live from the Google Ventures Founder & CEO Summit last week. I had the opportunity to sit down with Ben Horowitz, co-founder of Opsware and now General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Enjoy! → Read More
Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa has represented California’s 49th Congressional District in the House of Representatives since 2001. Follow him on Twitter @DarrellIssa.
On June 11, 2012, I went all in on open. That day, I traveled to the Personal Democracy Forum (PDF) in New York City to launch the OpenGov Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to developing and deploying technology… → Read More
Editor’s note: U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D), a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, represents California’s 16th Congressional District, which includes parts of Silicon Valley and San Jose in Santa Clara County.
It was nearly a year ago that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX). Millions would raise their voices to successfully oppose this… → Read More
Editor’s note: This is Part II of a two-part guest post written by legendary Silicon Valley investor Vinod Khosla, the founder of Khosla Ventures. In Part I, he offered suggestions for founders on if, when, and how to avoid hiring a CEO.
As a founder, there sometimes comes a point in your company’s growth trajectory where you need to hire a CEO or president from the outside to get to the… → Read More
Editor’s note:In response to our recent article on Jolicloud’s apparent third or fourth shift in direction, CEO and co-founder Tariq Krim wished to take the writer, Mike Butcher, to task on the ‘perceived pivot’. Here, he argues that the language we use needs to be addressed.
Dear Mike,
Your recent article about our jolicloud launch at the Dublin Web Summit was not particularly flattering… → Read More
Editor’s note: Ansel Halliburton is a lawyer at ComputerLaw Group, a boutique law firm in Palo Alto specializing in intellectual property litigation and entrepreneurship.
Apple and HTC announced yesterday that they have settled all outstanding patent litigation between them. What little detail the mirror-image press releases contained was that it’s a 10-year cross-licensing deal, which… → Read More
Editor’s note: Jonathan Wai is a researcher and writer at the Duke University Talent Identification Program and author of Finding the Next Einstein: Why smart is relative for Psychology Today. Follow him on Twitter.
Vivek Wadhwa argues in his recent book — The Immigrant Exodus — that “the future of America depends on skilled immigrants.” The book begins with his compelling personal… → Read More
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