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Need Venture Capitol? Get Your Seed $$ Here…

No Need to Fear, Netscape's Founder Is Here Have a great tech idea?  A company that will make millions online but all you need is that seed cash?  Impossible to find investors?  All is not hopeless, young Internet entrepenuers!  Netscape founder Marc Andreessen announced on Charlie Rose/PBS last Thursday that he is creating a VC fund with partner Ben Horowitz to help seed technology companies. Check out the interview to hear Marc's thinking on the future of the newspaper business (shut down the print editions tomorrow), the…
February 24, 2009
Development

About Face

There was a lot of hub-bub this past week when Facebook suddenly changed its Terms of Service without warning.  There was an outcry from media law watchers, privacy advocates, and customers. And as they have said in business since business began, the customer is always right. (more…)
February 19, 2009
Development

The Coming Global SmartPhone Wars

Under pressure from next-generation smartphone platforms such as Apple's iPhone and the Android-powered G1, Microsoft unveiled a new mobile operating system, Windows Mobile 6.5, at the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. (more…)
February 17, 2009
Development

A Quick Rant On Multiplication

Maybe this is a post for me, maybe it is a post for my mom the math professor... either way, all I know is that when I specify "font-size: 12px; line-height: 150%;" , Internet Explorer 7 puts a little bit more space in between lines than Firefox and Safari do. Now quick math says that 150% of 12 = 12 x 1.5 = 18 . And if I say "font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;" , everyone behaves the same, correct spacing…
February 13, 2009