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Silicon Alley Insider  about an hour ago:

Here's The Office You Get After Your New York Startup Becomes Worth $270 Million -

Yext is a quiet giant in the business of local marketing. You don't go on its site to find a business.

Silicon Alley Insider  about an hour ago:

The Top 10 Tech Companies Whose Employees Are Most Optimistic About Their Future (GOOG, YHOO, AMZN, SAP, AAPL, QCOM) -

Glassdoor just released its ranking of the top 10 tech companies with the best business outlook in the next six months, as rated by the firms' own staff.

Silicon Alley Insider  about an hour ago:

IT Pros Are Using LinkedIn In A Surprising Way: To Shop For Enterprise Tech (LNKD) -

Enterprise technology is a $1 trillion market. It's also become a hot focus for startups and investors as new tech ranging from big data to software-defined networking upend the old-school stuff.

Silicon Alley Insider  2 hours ago:

Microsoft Makes Fun Of The iPad In Its Best Windows 8 Ad Yet (MSFT, AAPL) -

Microsoft is taking the fight right to Apple and the iPad in a new commercial. 

In the spot, embedded below, Microsoft uses Apple's Siri to highlight things that the iPad can not do that a Windows 8 tablet can do.

Silicon Alley Insider  3 hours ago:

HP's PC Sales Crashed 20% And Now Meg Whitman Is Distancing Herself From Windows 8 (HPQ) -

Investors were happy enough with HP's beat on its earnings-per-share to drive the stock up over 13% in after hours trading (so far).

Silicon Alley Insider  5 hours ago:

What Jif Peanut Butter Had To Say About GIF's Official Pronunciation -

Earlier this week, Graphics Interchange Format (also known as GIF) creator Steve Wilhite gave the final word on the proper pronunciation of the word.

Silicon Alley Insider  5 hours ago:

Can You Answer The Question That A 12-Year Old Just Nailed To Win The National Geographic Bee? -

Here's a geography question for you:

What point on earth is the farthest from the center of the earth?

The answer is actually not "the top of Mount Everest"--which was the answer that sprung into the mind of this 47-year old simpleton.

Silicon Alley Insider  5 hours ago:

How Email App Mailbox Turned A Desperate Situation Into A ~$100 Million Exit 37 Days After It Launched -

In January, an email organization app called Mailbox launched, and it promised to help users reach inbox zero.

Silicon Alley Insider  6 hours ago:

China-Based Huawei Vows Revenge On U.S. Competitors Who Drag Its Name Through The Mud (CSCO, HPQ, DELL) -

Huawei's U.S. enterprise unit, which has been trying to take business from Cisco, HP, Dell and IBM, is sick of U.

Silicon Alley Insider  6 hours ago:

The Unstoppable Rise Of Mobile Commerce -

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