The disruption in media and real-time politics at paidContent 2012
As part of paidContent 2012: At The Crossroads on May 23 in New York, I'll be talking with venture capitalist Fred Wilson about the future of media and with Josh Marshall of Talking Points Memo and Vivian Schiller of NBC News about real-time politics.
A journey through a water cleaning plant in Brazil
About an hour drive outside of the packed streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil, and into the sprawling Sorocaba region, GE has quietly been leading the way on clean water technology.
What you need to know about that $15 billion Facebook privacy case
Lawyers tried to ruin Mark Zuckerberg's big day with a sprawling lawsuit that portrays the Facebook founder as a rogue hacker, and accuses the company of tracking users on their computers and iPhones. We have a plain english Q&A.
Facebook buys Karma app
Newly public Facebook says it is buying Karma, a mobile social gifting app. The news was released via Karma's blog. The deal terms were not announced. Facebook plans to keep the service alive. A Facebook spokesperson says it is an acquisition & not an acquhire.
Dish: Sure, we’ll build LTE, just give us four years
Dish Network has taken possession of it’s 4G spectrum and it’s ready to deliver its competitive mobile broadband network – in 2016. In a filing with the FCC, Dish basically asked the FCC for the granddaddy of all extensions for turning in its LTE homework assignments.
A $5 app turns Android tablets into a second monitor for Mac or PC
Apple iPad owners have the $10 AirDisplay app to use their tablet as a second monitor for their Mac, but Android owners aren't left out in the cold. Mobile app developer Shape offers a similar program for $5 that works with both Macs and Windows PCs. 
With 9M pre-orders, Galaxy S III could play hard to get
After waiting for Samsung's highly anticipated Galaxy S III handset, it's possible you could be waiting some more: Samsung has 9 million pre-orders for the new smartphone; 3x more than last year's model. And it says it can only build 5 million each month.
Is a cheaper, ad-supported Kindle Fire on the way?
Amazon is reportedly trying to sell ads that would appear on the Kindle Fire's welcome screen, at prices of at least $600,000 for a two-month campaign. Does that mean a cheaper, ad-supported Kindle Fire is coming soon?
Facebook IPO: Here is the best of the web
Feeling overwhelmed with all the Facebook chatter? Is all this talk of the IPO making you yearn for the weekend already? Well, we are going to make life a little easier for you and find you best stuff for you to read. Keep checking often.
Kleiner Perkins closes $525M fund, makes changes
Kleiner Perkins says it has closed its next $525 million fund 15 and confirms that cleantech-focused investors Ray Lane and Bill Joy will not be leading investments for the new fund.
Why 900M isn’t the only number that matters to Facebook
Facebook's hyperinflated valuation heading into its IPO has everything to do with its promise, and very little to do with its actual profits. Here are some numbers we know about Facebook's infrastructure that speak to its promise perhaps as much as its 900 million users.
Level 3 concurs: Comcast appears to be prioritizing traffic
Comcast may have given users a break on Thursday by raising its monthly data cap to 300 GB, but Level 3, the backbone Internet provider and content delivery network, wants people to know that Comcast is still likely prioritizing its Xfinity traffic over others’.
