Startups are big in Boulder, but where are the tech billionaires?
"I'm not interested in working on this unless it's going to be a multi-billion dollar idea. If I thought this would be a hundred million dollar company -- what's the point?" - Anonymous entreprerneur...
View ArticleApple and the burden of being a behemoth
In the annals of meaningless milestones, Apple’s latest achievement — surpassing Microsoft, circa 1999, as the largest U.S. company ever — is right up there. I mean, how high is up? How big is BIG?...
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The new iPhone is a people’s evolution
Revolutions can be exciting, but sometimes evolution can be even more powerful. With the curtain drawn back today on what exactly the new iPhone will do (and will be called), Apple is entering a...
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Three tech predictions for 2013
Sometimes the most important ideas in tech are hiding in plain sight. In that spirit, here are three predictions for 2013 that are just waiting to happen. No 3D TVs, wearable computer or jet packs for...
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In search of Google’s dark side
The Federal Trade Commission Thursday dropped a two-year investigation into allegations that Google was gaming search results to drive traffic to its own sites. In a press conference, FTC Chairman Jon...
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After Aaron Swartz
Brilliant young hackers, striving to build tools to change the world, are killing themselves. Just last week: Aaron Swartz, co-founder of Reddit and fierce open access activist, took his life at 26....
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Would you like a P.O. Box with that frappuccino?
(Archival photo, circa 2013.) THE FUTURE – Has it been only 30 years since the U.S. Postal Service, bowing to a hostile Congress, sought to stay alive by ending Saturday delivery of first-class mail —...
View ArticleFred Wilson on Bitcoin, Airbnb and immigration
This week Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures sat down with me for a video interview (part of Reuters' Tech Tonic: Interface series) to talk about a wide variety of topics: Bitcoin, wireless spectrum...
View ArticleVideo Transcript: Fred Wilson on Tech Tonic Interface
Below is an unedited transcript of the video interview I conducted with Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures: PAUL SMALERA, Technology Editor Reuters.com: Today I had a great chat with Fred Wilson of...
View ArticleVideo Transcript: Cory Booker on Tech Tonic Interface
Below is an unedited transcript of the video interview I conducted with Cory Booker, Mayor of Newark, NJ, in April. Paul Smalera: Earlier today I had a great conversation with Cory Booker, the Mayor...
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