Felix Salmon: How Capitalism Kills Companies
As Mitt Romney cruises to his inevitable coronation as the Republican presidential candidate, increasing amounts of attention are being focused on his history at Bain Capital, where he made his...
View ArticleSpotify vs. Rdio, Part 2: The Billboard Charts
Streaming music services like Spotify and Rdio are transforming the way we listen to music, but spotting differences in their catalogs is nearly impossible for the casual listener. The licensing...
View ArticleSen. Ron Wyden: PIPA/SOPA Is a Congressional Wake-Up Call
Senator Ron Wyden led the opposition to Hollywood-centric legislation that riled the net last week, and in this op-ed, he urges D.C to use the protest as an opportunity to learn and adapt.
View ArticleAlexis Ohanian: Jan. 18, 2012 — The Net Decides We Won’t Live With Infamy
Dear internet, Thank you. Last week we collectively discovered a power we’ve long been looking forward to, but had never fully exercised. An organic, leaderless movement arose online to combat two...
View ArticleMPAA Wins the Oscar Screener Battle, but Loses the War
Every year, the MPAA tries desperately to stop Oscar screeners — the review copies sent to Academy voters — from leaking online. And every year, teenage boys battling for street cred always seem to...
View ArticleDave Winer: Get The Tech Back In Tech
There was a time when you went to a tech conference and many if not most of the speakers knew how computers work. Some of them even knew how to program, and some of them were actually programming on a ...
View ArticleJohn Lutz: Snakes, Mice And Fear on a Plane
An eight-year-old boy should never be allowed to watch Night Of The Living Dead. Especially if his bedroom is on the ground floor of a church parsonage surrounded by a forest preserve. Everything...
View ArticleThe Pandora’s Box of Privacy
On Tuesday, Sen. Al Franken tentatively raised his gavel to close a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, saying, in his gravely voice, "I don't chair...
View ArticleCommentary | Scoble: I’ll Go Down With the Ship
I will always love Scoble for who he is, and who he is not. He is a great user. I love users. I named a company after users. Users are everything. The only reason to make software is for users. ...
View ArticleStartups | Crowdfunding the Cheapest Robots in Silicon Valley: A VC’s View
Startup Dash Robotics is looking at crowdfunding less for the cash they can pocket, and more for the focus group of rabid customers they can tap into.
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