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Craig Barrett Takes On Vivek Wadhwa In The Tech Education Debate

Editor's note: The most valuable employees of any technology company are the engineers and scientists, which is why everyone in Silicon Valley does whatever they can to ensure the continuous supply to this talent pool. The size of the talent pool is ultimately determined by the number of people w... (original story)

Latest Trend for VCs Is Overfunding Group-Buying Start-Ups: LivingSocial Nabs $25 Million

Start-ups that offer users big discounts via socially-charged local group-buying services are getting a lot of attention these days, especially from venture firms. Today, it's Washington, D.C.-based LivingSocial, which just announced a $25 million Series B round, led by U.S. Venture Partners. ... (original story)

This Week's Best iPhone Apps

// In this week's slightly more transparent app roundup: Malls, navigated! Instant messages, never ignored! Browser, bettered! Messaging, replaced! Hotel rooms, snagged! Photos, translated! Ghosts, faked! Blu-ray movies, supplemented! And more... Check'em out! > Join the conversation about this story »See Also:The Week's Best iPhone AppsThis Week's 10 Best iPhone Apps10 Best iPhone Apps For Sports Fans (AAPL) (original story)

John Borthwick's Betaworks Raises $20 Million Fund

From GigaOM: Betaworks, a New York City-based Internet company, has raised $20 million in new venture funding, according to company executives. Intel Capital and previous investor RRE Ventures led the current round, which included Softbank, Founders Collective, DFJ Growth, AOL Ventures and the New York Times. ... Read the rest of this story » (original story)

Commerce 2.0?

I cringed when I used the "2.0" term in the headline of this post, but I think it's useful. In the past year, when people ask me what I think is interesting in web technology, I often talk about emerging... (original story)

Nokia Ovi Lifecasting for Facebook: Here’s How it Works

In our article about Nokia’s latest mobile phone lineup we’ve mentioned a new feature called Ovi Lifecasting, which lets you update Facebook directly from your Nokia phone. Here are a couple more details about how it works. First of all, the only devices that currently support the feature are Nokia N97 and the new Nokia N97 Mini. You’ll also need the latest beta version of Ovi Maps and the Ovi Lifecasting widget. Once you sign in with your Nokia account and connect with your Facebook profile, you can change your Facebook status, together with photos, while the N97 will use GP... (original story)

Apple Has No Sense Of Humor. Luckily, Google Does.

Last month, Apple rejected the Someecards iPhone app because it contained satirical comedy about public figures. After attempting to make their case and getting stonewalled, Someecards eventually gave into Apple and removed the offending cards which made fun of Hitler and Roman Polanski, among other... (original story)

Yahoo Home Page Now Open to Mashup Developers

Yahoo recently announced a new move that is sure to make developers working with its Yahoo Application Platform (YAP) quite happy: along a new home page redesign, the company has now opened up their home page to third-party applications built with YAP. This means that outside developers could get exposure on the Yahoo! home page which averages 330 million unique visitors per month. (original story)

How To: Eat and Drink for Free at SXSW

Savvy conference-goers know that getting the most out of a conference is all about having the inside information: which panels will be the best, where to go for free food and drinks,  and which parties are worth attending. Real-time search startup Collecta launched their mobile site this week, j... (original story)

Fire Scare At BusinessWeek's Office ... As The Company Fires Its Employees*

Updated to reflect a second source saying there was smoke, but no fire. We just got a call from a source at BusinessWeek who says everyone is evacuating the office. Not because Bloomberg is cleaning house today, which it is, but because there's a fire on the 43rd floor of the McGraw Hill building wh... (original story)



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