At the London Web Summit this week, the CEO of CloudFlare explained the rules he learned starting one of the world's fastest-growing companies. "It took Facebook more than five years to hit 400 million unique visitors a month.
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Margo Petitti was working toward her degree in landscape architecture when a friend in the men’s tailored clothing business handed her some discontinued fabric swatches and challenged her to do something creative with them. Rather than stitch the ubiquitous quilt, Petitti fashioned the wooly Prince of Wales plaid and houndstooth ...
Read More »Video: Zsa Zsa at 95: Husband releases birthday photos
Zsa Zsa Gabor turned 95 years old this week and her husband, Prince Frederic Von Anhalt, has released pictures from her birthday celebration which was attended by the likes of Larry King.
Read More »Generation Flux: Baratunde Thurston
A look at Baratunde Thurston, the Director of Digital at The Onion, a Harvard philosophy major turned consultant turned standup comedian and author of How to Be Black. Flux to the core.
Read More »Killing Your Job
When is the right time to walk away from a project or job? And what about all your fears of leaving? We continue our Leadership Hall of Fame series , a year-long look at the top business books and authors, with an excerpt from The 4-Hour Workweek (2007) by Tim Ferriss .
Read More »Fashion Profile: Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
By Philippe SHOCK Matthews What is style? Webster defines it as distinction, excellence, originality and character in any form of artistic or literary expression. In this exclusive men’s fashion profile, I spoke with legendary music producers, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis about ...
Read More »Android Is Having A Cinderella Moment
For years, the Android smartphone operating system stood as Google's neglected stepsister aside Apple's radiant iPhones and beloved iOS. That's all changing now. For years, the Android smartphone operating system stood as the neglected stepsister aside the iPhone’s radiant, beloved iOS.
Read More »The Prince of Evolution: Peter Kropotkin’s Adventures in Science and Politics
Editor's Note: The following excerpted from The Prince of Evolution: Peter Kropotkin's Adventures in Science and Politics
Read More »Lexus Crafts Dazzling LS 600h L Landaulet for Monaco Royal Wedding
To celebrate the July wedding of His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco to Charlene Wittstock, Lexus gave the couple something a bit nicer than a toaster: a very special version of its flagship sedan. The hybrid LS 600h L Landaulet features a one-piece transparent roof—just right for the ...
Read More »Lego Brand-Hijacks The Space Shuttle, Takes Over The News
From space probes to royal weddings, Lego is inserting itself into all sorts of newsy events--and getting that instant exposure which few others have replicated. On Aug. 5, NASA's Juno spacecraft began its five-year journey to the planet Jupiter
Read More »Bloomberg, Saudi Prince To Launch News Channel
Financial media giant Bloomberg is reportedly in talks with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia to launch a new Arabic-language business news channel--a move which could both shake up foreign media and cause massive headaches for Rupert Murdoch. Al Jazeera might have some new competition. Financial media giant Bloomberg is reportedly in talks with Prince Alwaleed bin Talal al-Saud of Saudi Arabia to launch a new Arabic-language business news channel--a move which could shake up foreign media and cause massive headaches for Rupert Murdoch
Read More »Stem Rust Ug99–the Agricultural Bully
Remember 1999? It was the year in which the European Union first unveiled its uniform currency and Y2K threatened to bring the technological rapture to global information systems. 1999, the year the artist then-known as Prince declared the benchmark for partying (although he sang it in 1982).
Read More »"Osama Bin Laden" Gets No Love On Google AdWords
"Osama Bin Laden" was tops in Google search yesterday. But not in search advertising, where not a single seller stepped into the void. Web 2.0 was alive and popping on Monday in the wake of the news that Osama bin Laden had been killed
Read More »YouTube’s Royal Flush: Google Breaks Out Streamers For Prince William And Kate’s Wedding
It's the biggest deal Google has landed yet, an event to be watched by billions of people around the world--many of whom will check it out online.
Read More »Google Amps Up 3-D Digital London to Delight Royal Wedding Watchers
This may be the first step toward the Matrix, wrapped in white ribbons for the Royal Wedding: Google 's tricked-out its Google Earth version of London with super-real 3-D representations of buildings and parks along the procession route. Google's mapping team notes it's "doing our part" to support the upcoming royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton on April 29th.
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