Apple’s parental controls prevent kids from searching for ‘Asian’ things

Apple has spent years ensuring its smartphones and tablets can be safely used by kids, but some of its family-friendly content controls are over-zealous — and seemingly prejudiced. According to a report from The Independent today, content controls bu...

Why We Start Up Startups


Thanks to the great Brad Feld for publishing this column in his blog today as well. Pause for a moment.  And ask yourself some simple questions you probably don’t think about every day....

How Big is the Nokia Brand Damage Caused by Microsoft?


Analysts were widely expecting Nokia to sell 10 M smartphones in 4Q 2013. The company ended selling 8.2 M units, down from 8.8 M in the previous quarter. It’s a massive miss considering the strong...

China lifted Console Ban


On January 6,th 2014 the State Council of the People’s Republic of China announced that it had officially, though temporarily, lifted a ban on video game consoles that on September 27, 2013 it had...

First Tizen-based smart Phones coming this March, says Japan’s NTT Docomo


The open source OS offering which is called the Tizen, primarily based on the Linux operating system, is expected to be installed on the smart phones the end of this March, according to a NTT Docomo...

Top Earning Free-to-Play Game You’ve Never Heard Of


SuperData Research has just come out with their annual list that shows what they estimate to be the top earning free-to-play online games on the market. They calculate their totals based on...

How Silicon Valley Could Destabilize The Democratic Party


Much has been written, often with considerable glee, about the worsening divide in the Republican Party between its corporate and Tea Party wings. Yet Democrats may soon face their own schism as a...