Kevin Rose Interviews Elon Musk
Digg founder and Google Ventures partner Kevin Rose recently sat down with Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk for the twentieth episode of Foundation, a video series in which he interviews influential business...
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The Mobile Browser Dominates in Emerging Markets
Redefining the Browser in the Mobile Internet Era There are seven billion people in this world and only 1.2 billion computers — but close to six billion cellphones. That makes the commercialization...
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RockMelt Dives Into Mobile Browsing -- iPad First
After two years of having a desktop-centric product, the RockMelt browser is coming to mobile — and it’s diving in iPad-first. It’s nothing like your grandpa’s Safari. RockMelt for iPad caters to the...
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The Science of Investing: Hearst's New Venture Arm in $30 Million Funding...
Hearst Ventures, the investment arm of media giant Hearst Corporation, said it was making a minority equity investment in Science, the Los Angeles area tech “studio.” Privately held Hearst is the sole...
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Kleiner's Doerr Takes Adviser Seat at Flipboard
Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner John Doerr has joined the board of Flipboard, the mobile-based social media magazine, as an adviser. “John has been a long-time supporter and adviser to...
View ArticleRockmelt Ends Its Browser Dreams
Rockmelt announced Thursday it would soon end support for its desktop browser service, instead transitioning its user base to its mobile apps and newly launched Web-based product. The company, helmed...
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Ten Years Later: Lessons From the Applied Semantics' Google Acquisition
Image copyright undrey Ten years ago today, my business partners and I sold Applied Semantics to Google. At the time, it was Google’s largest acquisition to date. In the following years we worked...
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Yahoo Paid $60M to $70M for Rockmelt -- Will Dump Browser and Use Tech to...
According to sources close to the situation, Yahoo paid $60 million to $70 million for social browser startup Rockmelt, with an aim of using its technology to turbocharge its myriad of media and...
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Carrot Flop: Twitter CEO Costolo Finds Lack of Woman on Board Is No Joking...
Two weeks ago, I wrote a piece about the lack of women on the board of Twitter, just as the San Francisco microblogging company prepared to unveil its IPO documents. In the post, I noted that “the...
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