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Why Marissa Mayer’s Tumblr hip replacement won’t work
1 2011
17 hours ago Mike Cassidy 1 Comment

Why Marissa Mayer’s Tumblr hip replacement won’t work

I gotta like Yahoo's move to get all young and hip by blowing a billion or so to pick up way-cool site Tumblr. After all, Yahoo was the company with the yodeler and the fish; the company that bought Read More →
TiECon 2013 advice for women in Tech from VMWare’s Preeti Somal, iControl Network’s Letha Mclaren, Biba Systems Beth Styles, VC Task Force’s June Riley and Stanford’s Neerja Raman
News 191
4 days ago Mike Cassidy 1 Comment

TiECon 2013 advice for women in Tech from VMWare’s Preeti Somal, iControl Network’s Letha Mclaren, Biba Systems Beth Styles, VC Task Force’s June Riley and Stanford’s Neerja Raman

TiECon, Silicon Valley’s annual mega-networking conference, is leaning in big time this year. For the second year in a row the event, which draws entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, technologists and journalists from around the world to panel discussions and on-stage interviews, Read More →
Lego shows off new Mindstorms robot kit, touts summer tour
1 2011
5 days ago Troy Wolverton 1 Comment

Lego shows off new Mindstorms robot kit, touts summer tour

In case it isn't clear, that picture above is an electric guitar made out of Legos. An actual, playable guitar powered by Lego's newest Mindstorms robotic system. The folks from Lego Mindstorms stopped by this week to Read More →
Nikola Tesla walks into a Sand Hill Road VC firm…
News 191
5 days ago Mike Cassidy 1 Comment

Nikola Tesla walks into a Sand Hill Road VC firm…

OK, so maybe making fun of venture capitalists is like shooting fish in a barrel. (Note: No fish were harmed in the producing of this blog post.) That said, the group behind a movement to get a statue of Nikola Tesla Read More →
Ashish Thakkar and the Mara Group Take a flying leap at becoming the Skype Facebook, Google Talk of Africa
1 2011
6 days ago Mike Cassidy 2 Comments

Ashish Thakkar and the Mara Group Take a flying leap at becoming the Skype Facebook, Google Talk of Africa

Ashish Thakkar is a big believer in sub-Saharan Africa  and he thinks Silicon Valley should become a big believer, too. "It's time for Africa," says Thakkar, who I first wrote about in August.  And he really means it. Thakkar, 31, who's Read More →
Apple CEO Tim Cook’s coffee klatch goes for $610,000 at auction
1 2011
8 days ago Mike Cassidy 1 Comment

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s coffee klatch goes for $610,000 at auction

Put your wallet away Rockefeller. Some as-yet-unknown got-rocks just placed the winning bid for a cup of coffee with Apple CEO Tim Cook: $610,000 -- cream and sugar included. Here's CNN's take. My take? I left my $610,000 in my Read More →

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