Normally, it takes quite a bit of time before a startup gets any sort of mainstream spotlight. That's not the case with Blippy . Tonight, the controversial social credit card data aggregator was featured on Comedy Central's Colbert Report . As you might imagine, host Stephen Colbert ripped into the service's ability to show everyday purchases at ... (Read on Source)

As you’ve probably realized, local news is undergoing a massive transformation. The rapid demise of “old media” has resulted in fewer local publications, and it’s likely that in a few months your local paper may no longer exist. As “new media” takes over, users will be faced with a plethora of choices to ... (Read on Source)

Evernote, a Mountain View, Calif.-based start-up that says that Nokia has developed a version of its web service that allows users to capture and store information using the built-in sharing functionality of the device. It is made possible using a plug-in using the Evernote API. (Read on Source)

The term Startup Saturday was coined by our fellow HeadStart (then KickStart) co founder, Pradeep BV. (Or was it Arpit Agarwal?) At KickStart we all wanted to create more Product companies out of India. And everyone had his/her own idea on how to do it. After evaluating everything that already existed in the entrepreneurial ecosystem of the ... (Read on Source)

You have to sympathise with The Guardian’s correspondent Andrew Clark, who, during News Corp.‘s Q2 earnings conference call Tuesday night, dared to ask Rupert Murdoch: “I don’t know if you’ve read Alan Rusbridger’s speech... ?” “No,” Murdoch interrupted. (Read on Source)

A few weeks ago, Kathleen and I went on our first cruise together. It was her fifth and my first, so I got to experience a lot of new things. If time allows, I'll try to write about that in the future. But for now, I want to talk about one of our shore excursions. Our first day in port was in Puerto Vallarta. The weather was absolutely perfect: ... (Read on Source)

In Thursday’s (Feb. 4) hearing, the House Energy & Commerce Committee’s Communications & Internet Subcommittee will be looking at a merged Comcast/NBCU’s “unique and commanding” position in the media marketplace, including what could be its power to “fundamentally shape the way Web video evolves,” (Read on Source)

The Chrome OS is a bit different than most operating systems. Scheduled to be unveiled late this year, the Chrome OS is entirely cloud-based. It's still speculative to say if Google is really working on a tablet computer. But let's assume for a minute that Google is developing such a device with a Chrome OS. Sponsor I guess that's not too hard ... (Read on Source)

Glam Media, the online women and lifestyle media and ad-network company, has raised another big round, this time a mezannine round before its logical next move of an IPO in the next year or so. It has received about $50 million in this fifth round, led by Aeris Capital, the European fund, with existing investors Hubert Burda Media and Mizuho ... (Read on Source)

3Crowd , the new startup from BitGravity co-founder Barrett Lyon, is ready for its close-up. Until now little was known about the company, other than that its backers include Jay Adelson, Kevin Rose, Storm Ventures, and Greenwich Technology Associates. Now the company is talking: 3Crowd is looking to change the way people use content delivery ... (Read on Source)

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's 10-month-old search engine Bing, which has struggled to make headway against Google, can be a viable runner-up and make money online eventually, according to one of its top executives. (Read on Source)

The annual Edelman Trust Barometer always yields some interesting results. The tenth survey consisted of 4,875 interviews (25 years to 64 years): The finding that jumped out at me was this one (buried in the report): - Trust in information from friends and peers, "people like me," dropped by 20 points, from 47 to 27 percent. - Trust in ... (Read on Source)

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News Corp earnings were up across the board, as the company swung to a profit of $254 million ($0.10) in Q4, reversing $6.4 billion loss. The company said this reflected double-digit growth at its “majority business segments.” Even the newspaper/information segment was up, gaining 29.5 percent over last year’s period. While the ... (Read on Source)

While furiously trying to organize my digital life this past weekend, I found myself as I often do - with an obscene number of tabs open at the same time while hopping from thought to thought. It was in the middle of this confusing mess that I came across list.it , the self-described "simple, free, open-source note-keeping tool to help you ... (Read on Source)

NEWS Limited has stepped up efforts to expand its technology readership with a new free online media monitoring service customised for IT professionals. (Read on Source)

Earlier this month I was invited to conduct an on stage interview with Jason Kilar, chief executive officer of Huluthe DLD conference in Munich. It gave me a chance to visit the city, walk around in bitter cold and look around what is arguably one of the cleanest and quietest cities in the world. (Read on Source)

Office 2010, the new version of the ubiquitous productivity suite being released in June, has hit the release candidate milestone, Microsoft said Tuesday. (Read on Source)

Microsoft is investigating an issue with Windows 7 that can lead the operating system to erroneously tell users they need to replace their laptop battery, even if they don't. (Read on Source)