Mexican Tycoon Carlos Slim Suspected Of Trying To Circumvent New Anti-Monopoly Telecom Regulations


With the apparent intention of circumventing new antitrust regulations, Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s fixed-line phone monopoly Telmex has designed a new strategy for divesting assets, reports...
    






The Feds Are Ready To Sell $25 Million of Bitcoin Seized From The Silk Road


One of the bigger wallets on the Bitcoin blockchain is going to be emptied in the near future. Back in October, when the feds took down the online drug bazaar Silk Road, they seized the nearly 30,...
    






Avatar Sequel 2, 3 and 4 Coming


Fox Studio announced that Avatar stars Sam Worthington and Zoe Saldana signed a deal for three more Avatar Sequels. Director James Cameron will shoot all three Avatar sequel at the same time. The...

The Mayors Challenge: Sparking Government Innovation In European Cities


In an interview with James Anderson, head of government-innovation at Bloomberg Philanthropies, we discussed their 2013-2014 Mayors Challenge—a competition to inspire European cities to come up with...
    






Yahoo! Failing In Their Attempt To Monetize SNL Video Archive


Last year, Yahoo! signed an exclusive one-year deal with Broadway Video to license the 38-year catalog of Saturday Night Live content. As part of the deal, SNL archives were removed from other...
    






LinkedIn’s Volunteer Stampede: 600,000 People On A Mission


Is LinkedIn tip-toeing into the world of volunteer service — or could it touch off  a bigger stampede than people realize? After chatting this week with Meg Garlinghouse, head of the LinkedIn for...
    






Yahoo CEO lets go top lieutenant in surprise move


Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer parts way with top operations exec just 15 months after hiring SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is cutting loose her top lieutenant in a possible...
    






Nadine Angerer wins FIFA Award


The Fifa Ballon d’Or ceremony not only honors Cristiano Ronaldo but also Nadine Angerer. If Cristiano Ronaldo is the #1 football player in the world, Nadine Angerer is the #1 female player of the...
    






Major change unlikely despite open-Internet ruling


Court's ruling against open-Internet rules won't mean major changes to access NEW YORK (AP) — Don't expect major changes to how you access your favorite websites and services despite a...