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Ben Horowitz Defends Instagram Payday That Could Have Been 2

By Corey Cummings April 23, 2012

Late Sunday night Ben Horowitz of venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz wrote a blog post defending the comparatively meager payday the company received when Instagram was acquired by Facebook this month. That meager amount was $78 million, a return of more than 300 times its original...

Kaleidoscope App Turns Event Attendees Into Fashion Icons 3

By Techli Team April 23, 2012

Forget influencing the influencers. Fashion bloggers have been big business for brands that are...

AngelList Adds New Done Deals Page; Boasts 981 Deals and 38 Acquisitions 4

By Techli Team April 23, 2012

AngelList launched in 2010 with limited fanfare, but the social network for startups and angel...

Gaming-Specific Crowd Funding Platform Gambitious: Don’t Donate, Invest 5

By Corey Cummings April 23, 2012

A new crowd funding platform specifically for video games is planned to launch alongside this...

LED Lightbulb With 20 Year Lifespan Now Available On Earth Day 6

By Corey Cummings April 22, 2012

The lightbulb of the future has made its retail debut today to celebrate the 42nd annual...

Cadillac Throws Its Hat Into The Ring With New Self-Driving Cars 7

By Corey Cummings April 22, 2012

Cadillac has announced the development of autonomous driving technologies that are planned to be...

Thermoelectric Coating Harnesses Wasted Heat Energy 8

By Corey Cummings April 22, 2012

Purdue University is working on a thermoelectric coating that will utilize the wasted heat energy...

Self-Sustaining Wind Turbine Creates 1,000 Liters Of Drinking Water Daily 9

By Corey Cummings April 22, 2012

France-based company Eole Water has been developing a new wind turbine concept that creates water...

Path Spends Series B Money To Get Your Friends To Actually Use It 10

By Techli Team April 22, 2012

I love Path. It's beautiful, easy to share experiences with, and I don't have to worry about my...

Google Graveyard: Who Killed Google Wave? 11

By Jon Christian April 22, 2012

Google has released a slew of products since it rose to prominence on the tide of its self-titled...

Instagram Latest To Ban Self-Harm Groups 12

By Corey Cummings April 21, 2012

After migrating from Tumblr to Pinterest and now onto Instagram, the Facebook-acquired photo...

Valve Employee Handbook Reveals Creative Keys To Success 13

By Corey Cummings April 21, 2012

A copy of Valve’s newest employee handbook has surfaced this weekend in the Flamhaus' forums,...

Tumblr On Ad Announcement: We’re Doing It For The Brands 14

By Techli Team April 21, 2012

During his presentation at this week's Ad Age Digital Conference, Tumblr CEO and founder David Karp...

Megaupload Case Reportedly On Shaky Ground After Another Screwup 15

By Jon Christian April 21, 2012

The case against online filelocker service Megaupload, which was shut down by U.S. authorities in...