The eagle-eyed folks at Domain Name Wire noticed a domain transfer of note today. Amazon, which purchased a company called Quidsi in 2010 for $540 million, seems to be creeping...

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Elliot Schrage, Facebook's VP of Communications and Public Policy, is currently in Berlin, Germany, according to a report by...

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August was a bucket of cold water on what was supposed to be the best year for initial public offerings in the United States since 2007. And the tech/social media crowd played a strong role, even if the consumer goods sector was getting most of the credit. With the downgrade of U.S. sovereign debt earlier this month, market volatility effectively brought the IPO market to a screeching halt. Well, that’s the easy way to look at it.

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Got a question? How do you feel about paying someone to answer it? That may soon be a possibility as Quora tests credits.


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In the past, I've been critical of Google for trying to dance around directly calling out their competitors who are actively attempting to screw them. Today, they're no longer dancing.

In a post just put up on the main Google Blog, Google SVP and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond takes shot after shot at Google's competitors. By name, he calls out Microsoft, Apple, and Oracle. What's this all about? What else? Patents.

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