Wall Street JournalIn a blog post written by co-founder Ken Levine, Irrational Games is being closed in favor of a smaller venture at Take-Two. Mr. Levine said his plan is…
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Huge Asteroid to Fly Safely by Earth Monday – NBCNews.com
NBCNews.comThis graphic shows the location of the asteroid 2000 EM26 in the night sky on Feb. 17, 2014 during a live skywatching webcast by the online stargazing venture Slooh. An…
Seattle 1-percenter a leader in push for $15 minimum wage – The Seattle Times
Seattle 1-percenter a leader in push for $15 minimum wageThe Seattle TimesKnow him or not, in 2014, Seattle venture capitalist Nick Hanauer’s politics are sure to be in your face…
London’s first dog café set to open in Shoreditch – Metro
MetroThe House of Hounds will be located in Shoreditch (where else?) and provide grooming treatments for pets while their owners and other dog lovers relax in the café. At present…
The Top 100 Venture Capitalists For 2013: The List By AlwaysOn
Who are the top 100 venture capitalists for 2013? The list compiled by the Silicon Valley publication AlwaysOn has a number of notable names, and all will be honored at…
How Lenovo Built a Chinese Tech Giant – Wall Street Journal
Wall Street JournalChina’s Lenovo Group Ltd., once known as Legend, grew from a tiny government-funded venture in the 1980s to a global powerhouse that last year became the No. 1…
San Francisco’s Income Gap Captures Wall Street Spotlight: Tech – Bloomberg
San Francisco’s Income Gap Captures Wall Street Spotlight: TechBloombergWhether it’s protesters targeting Twitter Inc. (TWTR)’s new San Francisco headquarters and Google Inc. (GOOG)’s buses or the criticism against these agitators…
Verizon revenue climbs on strong mobile growth – Reuters
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc reported on Tuesday its quarterly revenue grew 3.4 percent, slightly faster than analysts estimated, as it added more subscribers than expected at its…
Time Warner sells NY HQ to Related venture – Crain’s New York Business
Time Warner sells NY HQ to Related ventureCrain’s New York Business(Bloomberg) — Time Warner Inc. sold its headquarters space at Time Warner Center in New York City’s Columbus Circle for…
Google to make smart contact lenses – CNN
CNNIf successful, Google’s newest venture could help to eliminate one of the most painful and intrusive daily routines of diabetics. People with diabetes have difficulty controlling the level of sugar…
Keith J. Kelly – New York Post
Keith J. KellyNew York PostContently, a New York tech outfit that is emerging as a leader in the native advertising world, just landed $9 million in new funding from two…
Real ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ Jordan Belfort looks to reality TV for next venture – New York Daily News
New York Daily NewsJordan Belfort may currently be the lead character played by Leonardo DiCaprio in the film “Wolf of Wall Street,” but he’s got his sights set on reality…
Microserver Chip Maker Calxeda Abruptly Shutters – CRN
CRNCalxeda will stop making chips based on the ARM architecture and close its doors, laying off the majority of its 130 employee workforce, the Austin, Texas-based microprocessor pioneer said Thursday.…
SpaceX to lease historic NASA launch pad – USA TODAY
USA TODAYMELBOURNE, Fla. — A historic Kennedy Space Center launch pad is poised to become a Falcon’s nest. NASA said Friday it had selected SpaceX, the operator of Falcon 9…
Bitcoin’s Biggest Investment: Coinbase Deposits $25 Million From Andreessen … – Forbes
ForbesIf you ever meet Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase, ask him to hook you up with some Bitcoin. “I’ll give $5 worth of Bitcoin to anyone who asks to help…
DraftKings Fantasy Sports Startup Raises $24 Million
DraftKings.com fantasy sports startup might have a cheezy website design, but that’s not stopping it from attracting venture revenue. According to Crunchbase, the organization that pays you money for successfully…
Dennis Wu Elected Chair of Recology Board of Directors
Dennis Wu, a very respected member of the international and Recognized Business and Community Leader is now the newly elected Chair of The Recology Board of Directors. Mr. Wu is…
Chevron Ecuador: Steve Donziger Loses Keker & Van Nest Lawyers
Steve Donziger takes another giant hit in the fraudulent ‘Chevron Ecuador’ lawsuit, where Mr. Donziger has waged a decades long chase for billions of dollars on a foundation of false…
Ecuador’s Fraudulent Chevron Asset Chase Stopped In Canada
Steven Donziger and his friends have faced another giant setback in their attempt to collect $19 billion via Chevron as part of Ecuador’s rulling against the American oil giant that…
Maker Studios: YouTube Partner Lands $40 Million In Funding
Maker Studios and Awesomeness TV are two of a very small, but growing, group of YouTube Partners that are securing millions in venture funding for their video production efforts. According…
Mitt Romney Is NOT A Venture Capitalist
GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney has called the work he did at Bain and Company that of a venture capitalist. The fact is that Mitt’s wrong and insulting venture capitalists…
William Shatner On Star Trek Trekkers, His Movie “Get A Life,” And Discovery (Part One)
William Shatner (the original Captain Kirk of Star Trek) returned to Comic Con for the second straight year (Zennie62 trip sponsored by Tout.com), and in talking about his new movie…
Diffbot CEO Mike Tung Talks Startup, SSE Ventures
Last year, Mike Tung, the CEO of the revolutionary startup Diffbot, granted me this interview as I was visiting the AOL Offices for the TechCrunch Mobile Disrupt Conference. And what,…
TechCrunch: The Crunchies – Delayed Thoughts
This years TechCrunch award program called “The Crunchies” was so vastly different from all of the others, it took me a full week, plus, to figure out what I was…
Sarah Lacy Strikes Back Against TechCrunch With PandoDaily.com
TechCrunch Senior Editor Sarah Lacy, who I first met when she was hanging with then-Valleywag Editor Owen Thomas, is the first former TechCrunch staffer (there are a lot of them:…
Donald Trump’s Thoughts on Mitt Romney
In a video on CNN Donald Trump is referring to Mitt Romney as a small business man: It may not be a direct insult on Mitt Romney, because everyone seems…