Foxconn responded to yesterday’s kerfuffle about the CEO of Foxconn, Terry Gou, commenting that he cared for “a million animals” – namely his employees. They said it was an off-the-cuff remark, similar to saying that managing is like “herding cats” as opposed to suggesting that Foxconn employees walk on all fours and root in the mud. Big difference, clearly. The statement is below. I love the line

HBO’s new documentary, “MoviePass, MovieCrash,” tells a story that many of us know about: how MoviePass, the subscription-based movie ticketing startup, was a catastrophic failure. After a series of mishaps…

Downfall: Photos Of MegaUpload Founder’s Valuable Cars Getting Seized The shit really hit the fan over at massively popular file hosting site MegaUpload. Yesterday, the United States Department of Justice seized and shut down the site and commenced criminal cases against its owners and others, sparking retaliatory actions from hacker collective Anonymous. Yesterday, following the DoJ indictment, t

HBO’s new documentary, “MoviePass, MovieCrash,” tells a story that many of us know about: how MoviePass, the subscription-based movie ticketing startup, was a catastrophic failure. After a series of mishaps…

[読了時間：２分] 博報堂ＤＹメディアパートナーズ（博報堂DYMP）は、北米最大級の国際コンテンツ見本市「ＮＡＴＰＥ２０１２」（１月２３日～２５日、フロリダ州マイアミビーチ　フォンテヌブルー・リゾート）が同社開発の位置情報系アプリを無料公式アプリに採用したと発表した。日本製のアプリが世界規模イベントの公式アプリに採用されるのは異例。 博報堂DYMPが開発したアプリは「ＮＡＴＰＥ　Ｈｕｎｔ（ナッピ　ハント）」という名称で、スマートフォンにダウンロードして会場内に複数設置されている画像パターンをスタンプラリーの要領で探して回るというもの。NATPE2012は米国のテレビ業界関係者を中心に世界から５万人が集うという大型イベントで、2隻の大型客船やホテルを含む８カ所の会場で同時開催されるため、スタンプラリー的なアプリで、人の流れを作り出そうという狙い。スタンプラリーを完了した人には、Amazonの

[読了時間：２分] 博報堂ＤＹメディアパートナーズ（博報堂DYMP）は、北米最大級の国際コンテンツ見本市「ＮＡＴＰＥ２０１２」（１月２３日～２５日、フロリダ州マイアミビーチ　フォンテヌブルー・リゾート）が同社開発の位置情報系アプリを無料公式アプリに採用したと発表した。日本製のアプリが世界規模イベントの公式アプリに採用されるのは異例。 博報堂DYMPが開発したアプリは「ＮＡＴＰＥ　Ｈｕｎｔ（ナッピ　ハント）」という名称で、スマートフォンにダウンロードして会場内に複数設置されている画像パターンをスタンプラリーの要領で探して回るというもの。NATPE2012は米国のテレビ業界関係者を中心に世界から５万人が集うという大型イベントで、2隻の大型客船やホテルを含む８カ所の会場で同時開催されるため、スタンプラリー的なアプリで、人の流れを作り出そうという狙い。スタンプラリーを完了した人には、Amazonの

Are you looking to showcase your brand in front of the gaming industry’s top leaders? Learn more about GamesBeat Summit sponsorship opportunities here. As it did with music and cellphones, Apple today fundamentally redefined what a textbook is with the announcement of iBooks 2 and its accompanying iBooks Author software. The benefits of iBooks 2 and its interactive textbooks were hammered home dur

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1990年代初頭から記者としてまた起業家としてITスタートアップ業界のハードウェアからソフトウェアの事業創出に関わる。シリコンバレーやEU等でのスタートアップを経験。日本ではネットエイジ等に所属、大手企業の新規事業創出に協力。ブログやSNS、LINEなどの誕生から普及成長までを最前線で見てきた生き字引として注目される。通信キャリアのニュースポータルの創業デスクとして数億PV事業に。世界最大IT系メディア（スペイン）の元日本編集長、World Innovation Lab(WiL)などを経て、現在、スタートアップ支援側の取り組みに注力中。 [読了時間:2分] 参加者が行ってみたい旅を作り、その内容に共感した人を共に旅に出るソーシャルサービス「trippiece<トリッピース>」が1月20日、リニューアルを行なった。最大のポイントはUI/UX。「シンプルに思いを伝えられる構造、そして共感し合え

We've all been hearing a lot about Pinterest lately, so you're probably wondering whether you should take the plunge and create a profile for your company. We say you go for it, especially if women are your target consumers -- 70% of pinners are female. Pinterest has a highly engaged audience -- a reported 3.3 million users logging more than 421 million pageviews -- so there's plenty of opportunit

Finbourne, founded out of London’s financial center, has built a platform to help financial companies organize and use more of their data in AI and other models. Even as quick commerce startups are retreating, consolidating or shutting down in many parts of the world, the model is showing encouraging signs in India. Consumers in urban cities are embracing the convenience of having groceries delive

SOPA Protests Sway Congress: 31 Opponents Yesterday, 122 Now Yesterday the Internet cried out in protest of SOPA-PIPA, and congress heard us loud and clear. At the beginning of Janaury 18th, there were 80 members of congress who supported the legislation, and 31 opponents. Now, just 63 support SOPA-PIPA, and opposition has surged to 122, according to ProPublica. Unfortunately, there are still more

It’s no secret that the bar for startups to land a Series A has risen, but has it risen too high? According to Jenny Fielding,…

（追記、9:15） TechWaveさんに、ご紹介いただきました。 http://techwave.jp/archives/51725456.html この取組みへの想いや「femto」というネーミングなどについてもインタビューしていただいてます。 — ベンチャーをサポートする取組み「Femto Startup LLP」（有限責任事業組合フェムト・スタートアップ）をはじめました。 インターネットプロバイダの株式会社インターリンクと同社代表取締役の横山正氏との共同事業という位置付けで、私が「ゼネラルパートナー」という名称の役職をさせていただいています。 1月1日付けで組合契約の効力は発生していましたが、登記が済んで、やっと銀行口座を開設できる段階に来ましたので、本日公表させていただきます。 このLLPの出資総額は5000万円。他のインキュベーター各社さんと同様、一件あたり200万円から300

Can Apple’s new textbook initiative save U.S. education? (infographic) Apple recently announced a handful of new initiatives focused on making digital books more accessible in the classroom. The company launched a new version of its iBooks (iBooks 2) iOS application for the iPhone and iPad, which will offer highly interactive electronic textbooks, as well as a new textbook section in the iBookstor

It’s no secret that the bar for startups to land a Series A has risen, but has it risen too high? According to Jenny Fielding,…

Apple launched the app at its education event in New York City in conjunction with the revamped iTunes U and partnerships with various textbook publishers. The goal is to increase the iPad's role in the classroom. Although potentially any type of book can be created in iBooks Author, the focus is clearly on educators and textbook makers. We spent some time using the program -- which is best descri

It’s no secret that the bar for startups to land a Series A has risen, but has it risen too high? According to Jenny Fielding,…

[読了時間:5分] ネットイヤーグループの立ち上げやカブドットコム証券株式会社社外取締役、ミクシィ社外監査役等を歴任し「起業のファイナンス」等の著書でも有名な磯崎哲也氏 (磯崎哲也事務所)は1月20日、株式会社インターリンクおよび同社代表取締役横山正氏ら三者が組合員となるベンチャー支援組織「有限責任事業組合フェムト・スタートアップ (Femto Startup LLP)」を設立したことを発表した。設立日は2012年1月1日付けとなっている。 最近、2000年代に成功を納めた起業家がエンジェル投資家となり投資事業を行うケースが急増しているが、磯崎氏はどのようなコンセプトで「Femto Startup」を設立したのだろうか。TechWave独占インタビューをお伝えする。 “投資後のコンサルティング” が最大の強み ・TechWave増田： 「ミクシィ笠原社長やウノウを設立しジンガに売却した山田

Live Nation says its Ticketmaster subsidiary was hacked. A hacker claims to be selling 560 million customer records. An autonomous pod. A solid-state battery-powered sports car. An electric pickup truck. A convertible grand tourer EV with up to 600 miles of range. A “fully connected mobility device” for young urban innovators to be built by Foxconn and priced under $30,000. The next Popemobile. Ov

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By blacking out the default Firefox start page and using social media, Mozilla reached 40 million people with its anti-SOPA/PIPA message. According to a stats wrap-up just posted to the Mozilla blog, 30 million people in the US saw the start page’s call to action, 1.8 million visited its mozilla.org/SOPA info page, and the effort generated 360,000 emails to Congress. Additionally, Mozilla sent out

[読了時間：２分] Appleが教育出版業界を「破壊」するー！？多くの憶測が事前に飛び交ったニューヨークでの教育関連の発表イベント。発表された内容を簡単にまとめてしまえば、Appleは次の３つの無料ソフトを発表した。電子教科書を読むためのリーダーアプリ「iBooks2」、電子教科書を開発するためのツール「iBooks Author」、授業の音声、映像を視聴できるアプリ「iTunes U App」の３つだ。 iBooks２は、iPad向けに無料配布されるリーダーアプリで、文章だけでなく音声、映像もその場で視聴でき、メモを添付したり、理解度を高めるミニテストなどを受けることも可能。iBooks2で利用できる電子教科書は、大手出版社のHoughton Mifflin Harcourt社、McGraw-Hill社、Pearson社から14ドル99セント以下で発売になるという。この３社の高校向け教科

It’s no secret that the bar for startups to land a Series A has risen, but has it risen too high? According to Jenny Fielding,…

Kodak has been in trouble for a while. While the company employed almost 150,000 people worldwide in 1988, today it has just 18,800. As consumers began to move toward digital photography in the 1990s, Kodak feared it would cannibalize its film business by embracing digital, and held back. The rest is history. Companies like Canon, Olympus and Nikon jumped into the digital fray early, leaving Kodak

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Microsoft just posted earnings for the last quarter of 2011, and everything was right on target. Earnings per share came in at $0.78 while revenue was $20.89 billion. Analysts were expecting $0.76 and 20.93 billion, on average. Apparently a lot of people were expecting a miss -- shares are up almost 3% after hours. Investors may also be happy that Microsoft lowered its full year operating expense

Mustaches Prevail on Gentlemint, the Pinterest Site for 'Manly Men' Not much, if you ask co-founders Glen Stansberry and Brian McKinney, co-founders of the recently launched Gentlemint.com -- a Pinterest-inspired site for "manly men." "We wanted to add an old-school, 'gentlemanly' feel," Stansberry says of the 'stache logo. "Kind of like a Teddy Roosevelt persona....Pre-hipster." A monocled man wi

The Nintendo 3DS, a portable, 3D-enabled gaming device, is getting its own crop of free demos and downloads, Nintendo announced on Thursday. Starting Jan. 20, players can head to the Nintendo eShop to download a demo for Resident Evil Revelations with more demos to follow, such as Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games, Rayman Origins and Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D. It's a good sign

Startups Twitter Acquires, Shuts Down Social News Startup Summify Summify, a startup that uses social data to create a personalized news digest, just announced that it has been acquired by Twitter. This sounds like a talent acquisition on Twitter’s part — in other words, the main purpose of the acquisition was probably hiring the Summify team. Some of Summify’s feature have been immediately disabl

If you’re a developer of applications for iOS or Android — or a publisher looking to better monetize your mobile web content — you’re probably going to be interested in this post. Today Appstores.com is launching what it’s calling an ‘AdSense for apps’ — in other words, an ad unit that publishers can embed in their mobile websites that will automatically display ads for native applications that ar

Skillshare is a platform for instructor-led, in-person classes. You can search for classes to take or propose to teach a class topic. As the name implies, Skillshare is a community of experts and entrepreneurs; therefore, the best teachers are some of the most intrepid students. And if you set your mind to it, teaching on Skillshare can actually help sustain your livelihood, without the traditiona

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Online Ad Spending to Surpass Print for First Time in 2012 [STUDY] According to a study released Thursday by eMarketer, online advertising is expected to generate $39.5 billion in sales this year -- a 23.3% increase from 2011 -- compared to a sum of $33.8 billion on print. That's impressive growth, especially since 2011 also witnessed a 23% jump in online ad spending, according to eMarketer's calc