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CARLY FIORINA’S CRAZY ATTACK VIDEO
Written on 5 Feb, 2010 at 12:14 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is running for the US Senate seat currently held by Barbara Boxer. So is former Silicon Valley House representative Tom Campbell . Fiorina’s campaign has produced a video accusing Campbell of being a “fiscal... (Continue reading)
FACEBOOK VP OF PRODUCT COX STEELS EMPLOYEES FOR REDESIGN REACTION
Written on 5 Feb, 2010 at 0:07 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Facebook rolled out a new redesign to 80 million users tonight at its 6th birthday party, and the company’s vice president of product just prepped employees for potential negative reactions by telling the story of the original news feed... (Continue reading)
FACEBOOK HELPS THE NEWS INDUSTRY, BUT IT’S NO WHITE KNIGHT
Written on 4 Feb, 2010 at 10:50 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Facebook is assuming its rightful place in the Internet ecosystem as a significant distribution channel for media properties. Hitwise reported today that the social network now drives the fourth largest amount of traffic to media properties behind Google, Yahoo... (Continue reading)
MORE POTENTIAL PHOTOS OF APPLE’S TABLET EMERGE
Written on 26 Jan, 2010 at 10:57 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Another hour, another Apple tablet rumor. Here are more potential photos of the “latest creation” Steve Jobs pledges to reveal on Wednesday. These ones come from designer Dustin Curtis , who claims he has “reason to believe these are... (Continue reading)
EMBED REAL-TIME SEARCH RESULTS INTO YOUR PAGE WITH COLLECTA WIDGETS
Written on 26 Jan, 2010 at 10:57 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
If you’re a real-time startup these days, it’s all about distribution, distribution, distribution. That’s what Collecta is trying to do by launching widgets that you can embed into your pages with real-time search results streaming down the page. I’ve... (Continue reading)
CRUNCHIES: ZYNGA’S MARK PINCUS SEES A FUTURE FOR SOCIALLY-CONSCIOUS VIRTUAL GOODS
Although best-known for sucking in about 70 million people to become online farmers and crop-growers in its Farmville game, Zynga has also started using virtual goods to raise money for different social causes. The company launched a “Sweet Seeds”... (Continue reading)
CRUNCHIES: GOOGLE VOICE IS COMING TO THE IPHONE “ONE WAY OR THE OTHER”
Written on 10 Jan, 2010 at 7:30 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Google’s vice president of engineering Vic Gundotra said the Google Voice application, which is still in limbo after Apple declined to give it the greenlight for the app store, will come to the iPhone “one way or the other.”... (Continue reading)
HULU’S SUCCESS STATS: 43 MILLION USERS, 924 MILLION STREAMS, 14,000 HOURS OF TV
Written on 31 Dec, 2009 at 0:36 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
Hulu chief executive Jason Kilar, who heads the online TV megahub that offers commercial-sponsored shows and excerpts from NBC, Fox, ABC and a couple hundred cable channels, blogged a thank-you note to viewers today. This being the television industry,... (Continue reading)
RAM BRINGS GEOTHERMAL A STEP CLOSER TO FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY
Written on 31 Dec, 2009 at 0:36 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
It’s a little known fact — the Earth’s geothermal resources could satisfy the world population’s power needs many times over. So why is it only generating little over 10 gigawatts of power globally? The prime reason: Few companies have... (Continue reading)
2010 POISED TO BE A BIG YEAR FOR CALIFORNIA RENEWABLES
Written on 31 Dec, 2009 at 0:36 in VentureBeat | viewed times | 0 Comments
California is poised to meet its lofty renewable energy goals — at least on paper. Right now, 200 renewable energy products totaling 70 gigawatts of energy are under consideration in the state. Not all of them will pass muster... (Continue reading)