On Saturday afternoon a group of 30 pint size wannabe hackers gathered at the GitHub offices in San Francisco for the first CoderDojo in the United States. Irish teen sensation, James Whelton had traveled to San Francisco to take his highly successful social hacking education platform to the United States. CoderDojo began in Whelton’s final year of high … read more here
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The Winners Of This Year’s $100,000 TechFellow Awards include Rdio, GitHub & Wildfire Interactive
February 22, 2012 by
Tonight, Silicon Valley’s heroes gave competition a rest and joined together at the third annual TechFellow Awards to celebrate the spirit of innovation. An all-star committee of industry moguls carefully considered your nominations of visionaries in the fields of engineering, product design and marketing, general management, and disruptive innovation. They chose 5 leaders per category and awarded them each a … read more here
Hot On The Heels Of Spotify, Rdio Expands Music Streaming To Spain, Portugal
February 22, 2012 by
The landgrab for music streaming customers is on, and Rdio — the U.S.-based startup from Skype founders Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis — is joining that race in earnest. The company today announced that it is now live in Spain and Portugal, just one month after it launched its first European service, in Germany. The total … read more here
Bleacher Report Announces YouTube Lineup
February 15, 2012 by
Popular sports startup Bleacher Report was announced as of YouTube’s new content partners late last year. Now it’s actually ready to debut its new channel and announce the initial slate of shows. Bleacher Report allows regular sports fans to offer commentary on teams and games, an approach that leads to much more content than a traditional sports site … read more here
Last-Minute Gift Guide 2011: Things For The Audio Lover In Your Life
December 21, 2011 by
You’ve got a few hours left before all of the free “Get it before Christmas!” shipping deals come to a close, and you’ve still got people left gift-less. What ever will you do? Give’m the gift that just about everyone would love: pornography booze the gift of music! We’ve had all sorts of aural accessories … read more here
Kanbox, China’s Dropbox, Raises $20 Million
October 24, 2011 by
Kanbox, a Chinese cloud storage and sharing platform, has raised $20 million in Series B funding led by DCM with SIG China participating. The investment is part of DCM’s main fund as well as the firm’s $100 million Android A-Fund. Launched in January of 2011, Kanbox serves the same function as Dropbox, allowing users to … read more here
