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Why We Start Up Startups

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Thanks to the great Brad Feld for publishing this column in his blog today as well. Pause for a moment.  And ask yourself some simple questions you probably don’t think about every day....

The End of the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules, at Least For Now

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As most commentators, myself included, predicted last fall, a federal appellate court has vacated the FCC’s controversial 2010 “net neutrality” rules, holding that the agency wildly exceeded its...

Booger & Lewis Geek Out About ‘King Of The Nerds’

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When the second season of TBS’s reality TV competition King of the Nerds begins tonight, viewers can expect the program to reach nerdier heights than ever. Just ask two of the most iconic nerds in...

Snowden Calls For Termination Of Unwarranted Surveillance

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This post excerpted from securitycurrent. In a live chat hosted by The Courage Foundation Edward Snowden called on the US to stop the mass collection of telephone records by the NSA, authorized...

Entreprenuer Just Made A $1.9 Million Bet On Super Bowl Suites

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Part of being a sports fan is the risk you sign on for every year and every game, putting your emotion on the line for a bunch of grown men who generally make more money than you.  John Chen, however...

Huge Internet Attack in China Leads to Investigation

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Many people were taken on a detour recently when they opened up their usually restricted sites in the People’s Republic of China. The rerouting led them to an anti-censorship site known as DIT...

Are you Buying Fitness Wearables From Electronics Companies?

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Having spent the week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), it would appear that fitness & sport tech has started to reach mainstream prominence.  In a way it has, in others...

How the Duolingo Founders Offered Free Education To Millions

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As stars fill the night sky in Veracruz, Mexico, 23-year-old Uziel Alejandro López kicks back at home to play on his Android smartphone. His thumbs breeze over the brightly colored screen, but this...

Netflix Can Make The Public To Care About Net Neutrality

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I’m not the first person to say that if you want to get Americans to care about an issue, hit them in their pocketbooks. Which is why Netflix—purveyor of fine streaming content to more than 40...