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Apple Employees Jokingly Referred To Gold iPhone 5s As ‘The Kardashian Phone’
Internally, the gold iPhone 5s was jokingly referred to as ‘The Kardashian Phone’ by some Apple employees. This fact was tweeted out by the NYT’s Nick Bilton today and we confirmed the nickname with our sources. Yes, we asked this question of our sources. Apparently this was not a serious ‘code name’ or anything, just an internal joke. Kim Kardashian, of course, has a… Read More
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Monica+Andy, A Children’s Clothing Line And Online Store From Bonobos Founder’s Sister, Debuts
Monica+Andy, a new children's clothing line and online store launching in early November has benefit of receiving input from a famous name in the e-commerce space: the "Andy" in "Monica+Andy" is Andy Dunn, CEO of men's fashion brand, Bonobos. Now his sister, Monica Royer is getting into the business too, but with a completely different take. She's not designing clothes for men or women, but… Read More
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Wolfram Alpha Launches Problem Generator To Help Students Learn Math
If you're studying math or science, you are probably pretty familiar with Wolfram Alpha as a tool for figuring out complicated equations. That makes it a pretty good tool for cheating, but not necessarily for learning. Today, the Wolfram Alpha team is launching a new service for learners, the Wolfram Problem Generator, that turns the "computational knowledge engine" on its head. Read More
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Ask A VC: Greylock’s Simon Rothman On Disruptive Marketplaces, Greymarket And More
In this week's Ask A VC, we were joined by Greylock's newest partner, Simon Rothman to talk about future disruptive marketplaces and more. Read More
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U.S. Cellular Gets The iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c on November 8th
U.S. Cellular, the 5th largest wireless network in the US, has announced today that it will get the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c on November 8th. Subscribers on the network have been champing at the bit for the announcement and Twitter is full of folks complaining that they still hadn’t announced a date that the device would come to the carrier for the first time ever. The iPhone 5s and 5c… Read More
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Windows Azure Offers Up To 22% Price Drop For Memory-Intensive Apps While Questions Remain About Running An In-House Cloud
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