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Silicon Alley Insider  6 hours ago:

28 Incredible Things You Never Knew About How The Harry Potter Movies Were Made -

Warner Brothers spent 10 years in Leavesden, U.K., filming eight Harry Potter films.

The studios are massive and reveal how the movies were made using the most incredible special effects in the film industry.

Silicon Alley Insider  7 hours ago:

Microsoft Is Courting New Developers, But Some Existing Ones Are Still Fuming Over Its Windows 8 Decisions (MSFT) -

Microsoft has formed a new "deep tech" team of executives whose duties will include recruiting non-Microsoft developers to build apps using its products.

Silicon Alley Insider  7 hours ago:

Marketo's Makes A Mint As It's IPO Shares Soared Over 77% (MKTO) -

Marketo had a good, good day. Its stock launched on Nasdaq, rising nearly 78% from the opening price of $13 to over $23.

Silicon Alley Insider  8 hours ago:

How An Accident Turned A CNet Editor Into BlackBerry Z10 Fan (BBRY) -

When CNet editor and  reviewer Brian Bennett lost his "lovely HTC One test unit" while traveling, he was forced to use the other test phone he brought with him, a BlackBerry Z10.

Silicon Alley Insider  9 hours ago:

CHART OF THE DAY: The Facebook IPO, One Year Later (FB) -

It's been one year since Facebook went public. We assume a lot of IPO investors aren't happy with how things turned out.

Silicon Alley Insider  10 hours ago:

What The 'End Of Ownership' Might Look Like -

Silicon Valley is pushing America into a "share culture," which may completely change how we live and work.

Silicon Alley Insider  10 hours ago:

HP Execs Are Finding Some Dark Humor In All The Rumors About Autonomy Layoffs (HPQ) -

Autonomy has seen its fair share of turmoil since HP acquired it in 2011, as several senior executives have left and rumors have swirled that HP is looking to sell the troubled unit or gut its staff with layoffs.

Silicon Alley Insider  11 hours ago:

Match Inc CEO Sam Yagan Reveals How Math And Data Predict Love Online -

How do online dating sites predict who will be good matches on their networks? Which algorithms are used to accurately predict chemistry between two people?

Sam Yagan is the co-founder of OkCupid.

Silicon Alley Insider  11 hours ago:

Chatty Only Weeks Ago, Tumblr Sources Suddenly Go Silent Amid Talk Of Yahoo's $1 Billion Offer (YHOO) -

Last night, Peter Kafka and Kara Swisher of All Things D reported that Yahoo might buy Tumblr for a price close to $1 billion.

Silicon Alley Insider  11 hours ago:

Retiring Wall Street Strategist Gives Amazing Investment Advice Just Before He Quits -

One of Morgan Stanley's investment strategists, Gerard Minack, is retiring.

This is a bummer.