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There was a lot of snickering Thursday after Groupon announced an IPO valuing it at $30 billion. But the company might actually be worth a lot more than people think. It didn’t take long after Groupon filed for an IPO Thursday that valued the company at $20 billion for the snark to start flying around the web.
Read More »Aaron Levie, CEO Of Box.net, On The Future Of The Cloud
For this installment of our forward-looking Crystal Ballin' series we speak with the man who founded his could-based file-sharing platform in college.
Read More »Check-Off: How Facebook Places Stacks Up Against Foursquare At Airports, Hotels, Times Square
How does Facebook Places stack up against Foursquare ? It's a question many have wondered since the world's largest social network jumped into the check-in game
Read More »The "Apply With LinkedIn" Button Will Not Disrupt HR Industry
By increasing the volume of "spray-and-pray" candidates, is LinkedIn really helping the hiring process?
Read More »iNaturalist.org Global Amphibian Blitz
Citizen scientists observe and record data to census the world's shrinking amphibian population in the name of science and conservation [More]
Read More »Why This E. Coli Outbreak Has Me Scared
The E. coli outbreak that started in Germany is getting bigger and a lot scarier.
Read More »Video: Europe e. coli strain highly toxic, unknown
The World Health Organization said the e. coli bacteria responsible for the outbreak in Europe is a highly toxic strain that has never seen before. Jeff Glor reports.
Read More »WHO: E. coli outbreak caused by new strain
The World Health Organization said Thursday that the E. coli bacteria responsible for a deadly outbreak that has left 18 dead and sickened hundreds in Europe is a new strain that has never been seen before.
Read More »Groupon Files for IPO
The discount-of-the-day site filed its papers today to become a publicly traded company. It's official.
Read More »Flip Cameras To Grilled Cheese
No, my source for this story is not "The Onion". Jonathan Kaplan, of Flip Camera fame, has a new startup in the works; a grilled cheese restaurant chain called "The Melt". I know what you're thinking
Read More »How Much Is Your Business Logo Worth?
John Warrillow, author of Built to Sell, answers questions from readers about building a sellable business.
Read More »Donald gives Memorial another No. 1.
Jack Nicklaus played his last round in a major alongside a 27-year-old from England with a quiet demeanor and efficient game. He had no idea that Friday afternoon at St. Andrews that Luke Donald one day would be No
Read More »Does Quantum Mechanics Flout the Laws of Thermodynamics?
Quantum mechanics is the most successful description of nature known to humans, yet it has many bizarre implications for our understanding of the world. There are phenomena of superposition (objects being in two places at the same time), entanglement (correlations that exceed any classical correlations) and nonlocality (apparent ability for information to travel instantaneously across vast distances)
Read More »True Tales From Trademarkia: When Twitter Was A Christmas-Ornament Company
Trademarkia, a searchable repository of trademark and logo information, helps ensure that your business ideas don't infringe on anyone else's rights. It's also a great brainstorming tool for your brand--after all, "Twitter," "Yahoo," and "Googles" failed the first time around, and their trademarked names were ripe for the picking. Raj Abhyanker remembers one of his first encounters in the world of trademarks.
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