Pictured with Bigelow is a BA 330 module, similar in function to what the new Bigelow Expandable Activity Module will be.
Robert Bigelow is a hotel ans aerospace entrepreneur, He got rich off budget hotel suites that start at $189 a week. Now they are funding his dream of building inflatable space habitats with rates topping $400,000 a day.
Continue reading… “Las Vegas businessman bets $500 million on space hotel”
Americans prefer the iPhone over Android.
Americans overwhelmingly prefer iPhone over Android while the rest of the world has overwhelmingly embraced Android. According to IDC, Android has a 75% market share in smartphones, versus 15% for Apple, worldwide. But in the U.S. the iPhone still rules. Sixty-three percent of smartphone sales at Verizon and 84% of smartphone sales at AT&T are the iPhone.
Continue reading… “Why do Americans love the iPhone but hate Android”
Watsi.org co-founders.
Is there a difference between building a successful for-profit and nonprofit startup? Not much, according to Paul Graham, founder of Y Combinator, there isn’t much of a difference. Y Combinator is an elite accelerator program in Mountain View, Calif., that accepted a nonprofit for the first time this month, Watsi.org. “You could never tell there was a nonprofit mixed in,” he said in a phone interview recently.
Continue reading… “Y Combinator – Nonprofit startups are just like their counterparts”
“These growing inquiries can have a serious chilling effect on free expression – and real privacy implications.”
The Government wants more of your data, but copyright holders are getting slightly less active in requesting tweettakedowns. The social/news/media network published its second Twitter Transparency Report today in conjunction with #DataPrivacyDay. Twitter’s goal is to be open about revealing how many government requests it gets for user information and DMCA copyright takedowns. Its first Transparency Report was published seven months ago, in July.
Continue reading… “U.S. is the most data hungry country according to Twitter’s Transparency Report”
Boulder, Colorado
Chris Moody, COO of Gnip talks about the startup community in Boulder, Colorado: Boulder is nestled in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The city has a lot of lifestyle benefits to offer, including 300 days of sunshine every year. Boulder is consistently rated one of the healthiest, happiest and smartest cities in the country. When it comes to startups, individuals often refer to the advanced entrepreneurial environment that has been created in Boulder as a startup community, and it is the word “community” above all others that describes why Boulder is the best place to create your next business.
Continue reading… “The startup scene in Boulder, Colorado”
Marc Andreessen
Alexia Tsotsis of Tech Crunch was doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” last year when she had the opportunity to interview Silicon veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed.
Continue reading… “An interview with Marc Andreessen on the future of enterprise”
The question for the class of 2014 is what is your college plan and what is the likelihood that your college or university you attend will still be in business by the time you want to graduate.
A lot of High School kids ask whether or not they should go to college. The answer is yes. You find out about yourself when you go to college. You learn how to learn. You are exposed to new ideas. If you are into business that is where you learn the languages of business, accounting, finance, marketing and sales in college.
Continue reading… “Will your college still be in business by the time you want to graduate?”
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When you hear the name Bluetooth, it brings back bad memories of the wireless cell phone earpiece that was more personal statement than practical tool. But Bluetooth has come of age. It has become the muse of several start-ups and established companies that are finding new and creative ways to take advantage of Bluetooth’s drastic uptick in efficiency, from the Nike Fuelband to the Pebble Smartwatch, which we previously featured on “This Could Be Big.”
Continue reading… “Bluetooth technology comes of age”
In 2012, global phone shipments hit 1.6 billion units, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics, with Samsung shipping a massive 396.5 million phones last year.
Continue reading… “Global mobile phone shipments hit 1.6 billion on 2012”
Futurist Thomas Frey: What, in your mind, will be the most powerful entity in the world 100 years from now?
As we look around us today, it’s easy to point to a single nation as being the most powerful. But will that still be true 100 years from now?
Mobile readership offers publishers a new circulation revenue sources.
Media businesses have already gone through a first wave of digital transition, and in the last few years, mobile has been the next frontier. Publishers have been tasked with deciding whether to offer their content on the smaller-screen devices—and how.
Continue reading… “All publishers go mobile this year”
Graduates in China say no thank you to factory jobs.
Guangzhou, China, a city with a population of 15 million, is the hub of a manufacturing region where factories make everything from T-shirts and shoes to auto parts, tablet computers and solar panels. Despite the factories offering double-digit annual pay increases and better benefits, many are desperate for workers.
Continue reading… “Chinese college graduates reluctant to pursue blue collar jobs”
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