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Silicon Alley Insider  4 hours ago:

This 6-Person Startup 'Won' SXSW — And It's Nearly Profitable After Just One Year -

When you think of event planning and ticketing services, companies like Ticketmaster, Eventbrite, Ticketfly, and Ticketleap probably come to mind.

Silicon Alley Insider  5 hours ago:

15 Startups Leading The Hardware Revolution -

New hardware companies are one of the hottest trends in the startup world. 

Instead of building apps and Web services, companies are building real physical hardware that you can buy and use.

Silicon Alley Insider  5 hours ago:

The 14 Lucky Early Employees And 3 Investors Behind The $1.1 Billion Tumblr Deal -

Tumblr was recently acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 billion. Which early employees hit the jackpot with their stock options?

We rounded up 14 of the earliest employees at Tumblr.

Silicon Alley Insider  5 hours ago:

11 Awesome 'Illegal' Airbnb Apartments You Can Rent In New York Right Now -

Earlier this week, an administrative law judge in New York City ruled that a man renting out his East Village apartment through Airbnb violated the city's law.

Silicon Alley Insider  6 hours ago:

Google Considers Outbidding Facebook To Buy Waze For ~$1 Billion – Report -

Google is considering a bid for Israeli mapping startup Waze, Bloomberg News reports.

Waze is a mapping app for smartphones that's infused with cool social features.

Silicon Alley Insider  8 hours ago:

CHART OF THE DAY: The Long View Of Amazon (AMZN) -

Here's a chart of Amazon from analyst Benedict Evans.

As you can see, for its life, Amazon's net income has essentially been flat fluctuating between small losses and small profits.

Silicon Alley Insider  8 hours ago:

Hugely Popular Dating App Tinder Just Launched A New Killer Feature -

Tinder, the extremely popular iPhone dating app, just launched a new matchmaking feature.

Silicon Alley Insider  9 hours ago:

Here's Where Some Former HP Big Data Engineers And Execs Have Ended Up -

HP is facing the decline of several key businesses, but it still has talented engineers and execs that are coveted by other enterprise tech vendors.

Silicon Alley Insider  10 hours ago:

Twitter Ads Will Target TV Tweeters -

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Silicon Alley Insider  11 hours ago:

17 Stanford Business Students Who Are Going To Change The World -

Stanford's Graduate School of Business is the most selective MBA program in the world, accepting only 7% of the people who apply.

Silicon Alley Insider  11 hours ago:

Sorry, Google, Normal People Don't Care About Google Glass -

The tech community has been going crazy recently over the release of Google Glass for developers.

Silicon Alley Insider  12 hours ago:

INFOGRAPHIC: How Location Data Is Being Collected And Transforming The Mobile Industry -

With over 770 million GPS-enabled smartphones, location data has begun to permeate the entire mobile space.

Silicon Alley Insider  12 hours ago:

Ben Ling Turns His 'Hobby' Of Finding Billion Dollar Companies Into A Full Time Job At Khosla -

Former Google, YouTube, and Facebook executive Ben Ling is joining Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures.

Silicon Alley Insider  13 hours ago:

VIDEO REVIEW: Nokia's Newest Lumia Windows Phone (NOK, MSFT, VZ) -

Nokia has a new flagship phone, and it's called the Lumia 928. 

Unlike the six-month-old Lumia 920, the Lumia 928 is a Verizon exclusive.

Silicon Alley Insider  13 hours ago:

REVIEW: Nokia's Newest Lumia Still Isn't The Best Windows Phone (NOK, MSFT, VZ) -

Nokia has a unique approach to its smartphone business.

Even though it has other options, it still chooses to make its best phones with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 operating system, which isn't nearly as popular as Google's Android.

Silicon Alley Insider  13 hours ago:

Photos Of The New Nokia Lumia 928 (NOK, MSFT) -

Nokia has another new Lumia phone, the Lumia 928. 

It's pretty much the same device as the older Lumia 920, but sports a different design.

Silicon Alley Insider  13 hours ago:

Microsoft Has Another New Ad Bashing The iPad (MSFT, AAPL) -

Microsoft has a second tablet ad that bashes the iPad. In his ad, Microsoft simply lists some features Windows 8 has that the iPad doesn't.

Silicon Alley Insider  14 hours ago:

Lyft, A Year-Old Startup That Helps Strangers Share Car-Rides, Just Raised $60 Million From Andreessen Horowitz -

Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz just announced that it invested $60 million in a startup called Zimride.

Silicon Alley Insider  14 hours ago:

Kim Dotcom Claims To Own The Password Technology That Twitter And Google Use -

Kim Dotcom claims to own the patent for two-step verification, password technology used by Google and Twitter, reports The Guardian.

Silicon Alley Insider  14 hours ago:

Eminem Is Suing Facebook For Allegedly Ripping Off His Song In Home 'Airplane' Ad -

Eminem's song publisher Eight Mile Style is suing Facebook and its Portland ad agency Wieden+Kennedy for allegedly copying his 2000 song "Under the Influence.