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Could This Startup Save China from its Pollution Nightmare?

Published April 10, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged entrepreneurs, startup, Khosla Ventures, LanzaTech, China's CICC, What Does LanzaTech Do, harvest low-carbon fuels, carbon monoxide, biological enzyme, convert the pollutant, carbon tax, carbon credits, LanzaTech's innovation, LanzaTech's technology, Chinese steel plants, improve air quality, Baosteel, China’s largest steel manufacturers, ecological footprint, efficiency, manufacturing sector
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Startup LanzaTech just raised $60million in a Group D round of funding from heavy hitters Mitsui, Siemens and China’s CICC. Khosla Ventures is also part of a long list of illustrious early investors who came in during a previous round. Before last week’s $60 million, …

Artificial Intelligence Reinvented by Startup Vicarious

Published April 8, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
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Artificial intelligence is no longer just in the realm of science fiction. It’s in the here and now, and one company, Vicarious, is looking like the real deal. I am not the only one who thinks so, either. Vicarious just picked up $40 million in …

Titan Aerospace’s Drones Are the Next Facebook Acquisition Target?

Published March 12, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged innovation, Facebook, competition, startups, Mark Zuckerberg, Titan Aerospace, atmospheric satellites, internet connectivity, Titan Aerospace's viability, big audacious goals, Vern Raburn, Eclipse Aviation, product offering, legislation for UAVs, heavy regulation, James Reiner, Nano satellites, multi-billion dollar technology, Legislative risk, liberalizing communications, crowdfunding
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By this point, most of you have probably heard the rumor that Facebook is contemplating the purchase of drone maker Titan Aerospace. Indeed, if true, it is a stroke of genius on the part of the folks at Facebook. After all, according to Mark Zuckerberg‘s …

Reflektion Creates Technology That Predicts What You Will Buy Next

Published March 11, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged technology, innovator, startups, first to market, Internet of Things, Reflektion, Predictive Analytics Platform, Intel Ventures, big data, Sean Moran, SaaS, Series B investors, predictive analytics, behaviour data, Hamid Savoj
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Imagine a world with 9 billion people forming the largest marketplace ever seen. Imagine the Internet of Things being able to identify and locate every product on this planet, in real time - forming the largest inventory of goods. Imagine the potential. However, with that …

The Next Generation of Bitcoin Millionaires

Published February 24, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, StartupsTagged bitcoin, risk, millionaires, Mt. Gox, crypto currencies, cryptocurrency, millionaire, Bitcoin entrepreneurs, Early Bitcoin adopters, Silk Road, Shrem, Bitstamp, largest Bitcoin investment, Circle, Bitcoin Investment, Jeremy Allaire
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Place a rusty old ’70 Hemi Cuda in front of a 16 year old Eastern European Internet millionaire and he wouldn’t even blink an eye to appreciate the value beneath the rust. I, on the other hand, would jump at the chance of owning it, …

What Microsoft’s New CEO Means for the Company’s Future

Published February 4, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: Technology, InvestingTagged Bill Gates, technology, Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, Satya Nadella, Cloud division, MSFT, performance, Windows Azure, Microsoft's leadership, cloud computing, future of technology
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[dropcap style=”style1, style2, style3, or style4″]M[/dropcap]icrosoft made it official today. Its new CEO is Satya Nadella, a 22 year veteran of the company. He led the firm’s Cloud division to record operating profits of $8 billion on revenues of $22 billion. The board also confirmed …

60 Minutes Props Up NSA Image in Softball Interview

Published January 9, 2014 by Matthew McKinney
Category: The Web, Technology, InfluenceTagged Edward Snowden, Government, conflict of interest, NSA, spying on Americans, Public Relations, John Miller, violated the rights of Americans, The 60 minutes NSA story, PRISM program, data mining, Google chairman Eric Schmidt, cyber-security, government-sponsored propaganda, NSA Surveillance programs
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60 Minutes recently aired a segment on the National Surveillance Agency, marketing it as an in depth interview with key directors and generals directly involved with the agency. What could have been an excellent chance to probe into the controversial claims of “whistleblower” Edward Snowden that the NSA has …

First They Want to Take Our Guns, Now the Internet

Published January 8, 2014 by AJ Antony
Category: The Web, Technology, Culture of Capitalism, StartupsTagged free market, NSA, a person's rights, freedom, liberties, right to bear arms, American hegemony, the Internet, political power, Internet of Everything, IoE, ICANN, encryption system, new Internet, privacy
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Squandering American Hegemony [dropcap style=”style1, style2, style3, or style4″]T[/dropcap]he desire to impede, encroach and trample on a person’s rights, freedom and liberties, is typically characterized in America by the continuous and tenacious assault from occupants in the White House - and much of the Left - on the right to …

Inspiring Dell Commercial Reinvents Brand and Targets Startup Entrepreneurs

Published January 4, 2014 by Aaron Hoddinott
Category: Technology, Influence, Motivation, StartupsTagged innovation, Apple, Dell, leadership battles, Michael Dell, Dell has lost market share, competitive spirit, marketing campaign, startup entrepreneurs, commercial, Dell computers, Dell’s new commercial, effective marketing campaign
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Dell lost its luster over the past decade, and its leadership battles have been well documented. The company finally went private once again in late 2013 after Michael Dell, its founder, fought long and hard against billionaire investing mogul Carl Icahn, in order to maintain …

How Comcast Won The Seattle Mayoral Election

Published December 7, 2013 by Matthew McKinney
Category: Technology, Information, InfluenceTagged politicians, money wins elections, United States’ campaign culture, Tilman Act, Unions, Union contributions to political campaigns, Taft-Harley Act, The Political Action Committee, Super PACs, the Left, Citizens United v. Federal Elections Committee, Michael McGinn, Comcast, optic fiber network, Pioneer Square, Gigabit Squared, Ed Murray, liberal base, Corporate money, first amendment right
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Super PACs - An Invention from the Left It has never been a secret that money wins elections. The necessity to deliver political viewpoints and name recognition via television commercials, flyers, yard signs, etc. has long been the United States’ campaign culture, the funding an …

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