Xing Founder Tries Euro Twist on Y Combinator Model
Lars Hinrichs, who founded the European social network Xing and sold his stake in the company to German media giant Hubert Burda Media last year for $57 million, has launched a new startup fund/incubator called HackFwd in partnership with several mem...
Silicon Valley, Wake Up and Smell the Net Neutrality
Susan CrawfordThe issues of network neutrality and broadband reclassification are big ones for Silicon Valley, but you d never know it given the head-in-the-sand response from certain executives whose very livelihood depends on their ability to sen...
Facebook: 2B Videos Viewed Per Month
Facebook is increasingly becoming a hub for online video viewing, with more than 20 million videos being uploaded to the social network each month and more than 2 billion videos being watched. Those two stats, given exclusively to NewTeeVee by a ...
iPhone 4 Sensors Highlight a Bright Spot for VCs
It s a great time to be a manufacturer of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), as smartphones are increasingly filled with them the fourth-generation iPhone being just the latest example. The handset, which was unveiled yesterday, contains se...
5 Essential Business Blogging Guidelines You Need to Follow
When you recruit an employee or hire a professional blogger to write your business blog for your company, you have to give up some control of the content that is published. Let s face it there is no point in having someone else write your busi...
Did the New York Times Just Declare War on News Aggregators?
The New York Times, like many newspapers, has been trying to find an online business model that works, including experimenting with iPhone and iPad apps, as well as a pay wall that s expected to launch soon. Now, the newspaper company appears to be...
