This is the Typical Bitcoin Shopper


When Overstock began accepting Bitcoins on Jan. 9, it immediately grossed $100,000 in Bitcoin orders, according to its CEO Patrick Byrne. As he told CBS affiliate KUTV in Salt Lake City, “I’ve been...

Verizon and Intel reach Agreement on Intel Media Assets


Verizon and Intel have reached an agreement that will see Verizon purchasing Intel Media assets and IP having to do with the Intel OnCue Cloud TV platform. Verizon says that the purchase will help it...

Exploiting Unconventional Oil Fields Need Overcoming of Tough Logistics Challenges


Unconventional oil and gas production is a huge factor in the US.  “Unconventionals” – which include shale gas, shale oil, and tight gas sands – accounted for over 8.5 trillion cubic feet of...

Startup Kateeva Aimes at Killing LCD TV Displays


There are few problems harder in technology than bringing a new type of display to market. Since the invention of television and the CRT in the early 1900s, it’s been successfully pulled off twice....

Google and the Social CRM Business


Relax, CRM vendors. Google is not getting into the customer relationship management business (CRM) anytime soon. But they should. Google seems to understand the Social CRM needs of small and medium...

Google Glass is Doomed


Google Glass is becoming an enigma. Over the past week the fashion world, via hair care product vendor L’Oreal, made a bigger commitment to the, as yet, un-launched device. But at the same time uber-...

The App That Zaps Sales Reps, SuperSolver Takes Cues From Apple’s Sales Playbook


David Montoya didn’t like being a lawyer and hated being a CPA. In rapid succession, the MBA with a law degree cycled through a white shoe law firm and a Big Four accounting firm before finally...

The Next Revolution In School Tech: Bring Your Own Device


The combination of students and mobile phones has long been a source of anxiety for teachers. Instead of being engrossed in the lesson, the assumption is pupils will be unable to resist the lure of...

Barbara Bush Is Right About Political Dynasties, But America Would Elect Jeb Bush Anyway


“If we can’t find more than two or three families to run for office, that’s silly, because there are great governors and great eligible people to run.  And I think that the Kennedys, Clintons, Bushes...