Growth Strategies
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Palantir Technologies Nabs $56M In New Funding, SEC Filing Shows
16 May 2012, 10:10 pmPalantir Technologies, the big data analysis company founded in 2004 by a team of ex-PayPal employees including Peter Thiel, has raised $56 million in new funding, according to a document filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This is ... -
Sleepover Time! All-Night Hackathon Precedes Facebook IPO At Headquarters
16 May 2012, 9:38 pmCarrying on in the esteemed tradition of Facebook hackathons, there will be an all-nighter on Thursday at the company’s Menlo Park headquarters that culminates with CEO Mark Zuckerberg ringing in the NASDAQ bell ahead of the company’s much, ... -
How Personal Capital Wants To Bring Money Management Into The Internet Age [TCTV]
16 May 2012, 8:50 pmIt’s been amazing how technology-enabled aggregation can make certain things in life so much easier — spaces such such as travel planning, real estate searching, and news reading come to mind. But when it comes to the financial space, that ... -
Why The Internet Doesn’t Make Us Care More About Politics
16 May 2012, 8:30 pmAmerican politics used to be fun: frequent political carnivals in the 19th century would mix parties, parades, and political speeches in an endless stream of local civic life. As a result, America had an astonishingly high turnout, between 70-90%, in ... -
It’s Time For A Larger iPhone
16 May 2012, 8:27 pmThe Wall Street Journal reported this morning that Apple is currently ordering larger screens for the next iPhone. With the usual nonsense, the WSJ cited people familiar with the matter and stated these screens measure at least 4-inches diagonally. ...
