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Entrepreneurs, Advocates, Politicians Circle The Wagons Against CISPA

A diverse, growing group of entrepreneurs, privacy and security advocates, and high-level politicians are voicing opposition to controversial new cybersecurity laws including the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. In.

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Excelerate Labs Chooses 10 Startups

Excelerate Labs, a Chicago-based startup accelerator, has gone global this year with its selection of 10 startups to participate in its summer program.

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Planetary Resources Announces Astroid Mining Program

In a move that sounds more like the plot of Armageddon than a plausible space endeavor, newly announced Planetary Resources revealed today that it plans to mine near Earth asteroids.

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Minecraft Creator Settles Piracy Dispute With Deathmatch

The indie developer behind mega hit Minecraft is known both for his Swedish quirkiness and showing up at events donning an iconic black fedora, but when Markus Persson (commonly known.

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New York Announces NYU Center for Urban Science and Progress

New York City’s technology community is racing to be the next Silicon Valley. The city government is accelerating the momentum that has been building over the past few years with city sponsored.

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Submit Your Startup To Win $25,000 Worth Of Free UX/UI Design From AKTA

AKTA, a Chicago-based design and innovation web studio has recently launched a contest where startups can submit their product to win up to $25,000 in free user interface design work.

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Most-Feared Bogeymen: IT Professionals

Anonymous hacktivists, cyber criminals, and nation states top the concerns of IT security workers, according to new research. But in spite of their fears, those workers have shaky faith in.

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Microsoft Sells 650 AOL Patents To Facebook For $550 Million

In a press release today Microsoft announced that it has sold 650 of its recently-acquired AOL patents to Facebook for $550 million. Earlier this month Microsoft bought the majority of.

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Ben Horowitz Defends Instagram Payday That Could Have Been

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.

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

AngelList has helped 981 startups secure deals, and 38 startups get acquired. The company now publishes the data on their new Done Deals page.

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