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Code.org creators: Coding is a privilege, which is not yet available to most Americans
“We’re hoping to modernize the curriculum to make coding easier to teach,” said Hadi Partovi, creator of Code.org.
Makeathon winners construct sensor networks, car dashboard apps
What happens when you put a bunch of soldering irons, electronic components, and simulated car dashboards in front of a bunch of software hackers?
Funding Daily: Chocolate Jesus
This pitch VentureBeat received today easily takes the cake. Or as the case may be, the chocolate covered Jesus:
‘It’s a very tiny jump’ from developer to data scientist
Data scientists are the new rock stars. At Devbeat, we heard from Pivotal’s team lead Hulya Farinas about how developers can make the jump.
Zenefits adds more features to save businesses from loads of ‘admin crap’ (exclusive)
Zenefits has managed to do the impossible — get people excited about back office operations.
HealthTech Conference 2013 identifies massive opportunities for healthtech entrepreneurs
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Yahoo is selling over 100 domain names worth up to $1.5M each
Yahoo is putting hundreds of seemingly valuable domain names up for sale, the company announced today.
Brand.com launches ‘first systematic program’ to remove lies and libel from Google
Brad met the woman of his dreams, and it turned into a nightmare. A great first date was followed by the inevitable googling of his name.
Cool and crazy gadgets from CES Unveiled: A flexible solar charger, a powerful $299 phone concept, & more
We’re less than two months away from the 2014 International CES, and the Consumer Electronics Association isn’t wasting any time hyping up the show.
Chegg shares fall 23% on first day of trading, but key board member unfazed
The textbook rental site’s stock fell to $9.82 a share, at the time of publishing, but board member Paul Holland is optimistic that the stock will ultimately go up.
With Fiberlink acquisition, IBM gets serious about mobile device management
IBM just snapped up another company — its eighth in 18 months — to replace its poorly regarded mobile device management offering.
Facebook and 22 universities to give CompSci students academic credit for open source projects
It’s Christmas-comes-early for geeks.
Why the father of PHP doesn’t like programming
“I like solving problems — I don’t like programming. It’s tedious,” said the creator of PHP on stage at our DevBeat conference.
Snapchat turned down a $3B acquisition offer from Facebook
While Facebook had already dished out $1 billion to buy photo sharing social network Instagram, the company was hoping to make an even bigger offer for photo service Snapchat.
Booker Expands Management Team by Adding New CFO, CTO and SVP of Product Roles to Sup...
Sponsored Post Booker, a leading cloud-based software provider that streamlines operations and helps businesses grow their revenues, is pleased to announce that it has added three new members to its senior leadership team, Bill Smith as Chief…
How the Finns built their gaming startup hub in Helsinki
The biggest example of tech success in Finland is the game sector.
Internet erupts with #LetToddWork demand after Obamacare CTO testifies under House subpoena
The Internet responded to the news that Todd Park would be subpoenaed to appear at a House Oversight Committee hearing by protesting with the hashtag #LetToddWork.
Amazon launches AppStream cloud service to deliver heavy-duty mobile apps
Amazon Web Services continued its march forward in the cloud today with a new GPU-powered service for processing data and streaming it to mobile devices for seamless experiences.
Twitter adds more ad targeting capabilities: OS, device, and WiFi
Advertisers using Twitter to connect with potential customers can now target with even more fine-grained accuracy, thanks to three new updates that Twitter announced today.
Dropbox unveils major redesign to simplify separating business and personal data
Dropbox presented a completely rebuilt, re-imagined Dropbox for business product today that aims to make it easier for people to switch between their work and personal accounts from one central place.
Amazon steps into desktop virtualization with WorkSpaces, an assault on VMware
There’s a new challenger in the desktop virtualization space.
New platform transforms Excel spreadsheets into working web apps in minutes, automatically
Karma. Anyone who has spent too much time in Excel spreadsheets needs some.
Track API activity with AWS CloudTrail, Amazon’s newest cloud service
As apps on Amazon Web Services (AWS) become increasingly complex and integrated, AWS API calls come from more places and people. It can get confusing — and tracking all that information can be valuable for compliance aid, security analytics, operational troubleshooting, and resource life cycle tracking.
Quirky lands another $79M to build even more strange connected gadgets
Quirky, the maker of the Pivot Power, is raising more money to build the future of weird connected devices.
Netflix rolls out a gorgeous new UI for Smart TVs, Roku boxes, and game consoles
Netflix is launching a brand new user interface that will unify its TV screen watching experiences regardless of what device you may be using, the company announced late yesterday.
The 5 hybrid apps you meet in heaven ^H^H^H^H^H^H mobile
Sponsored Post When it comes to the great mobile app development debate, the split between native and web sometimes takes on almost religious zeal.
Location Labs’ secret to reaching 50M installs: Give carriers mobile security features to call their own
You probably don’t know the name Location Labs — and the company wouldn’t have it any other way.
Selligy snags $2.8M to help out salespeople in the field
Selligy, a customer relationship management app for iPhone, aims to make salespeople more effective by automating much of the sales process. And Salesforce.com, the CRM giant, appears to like it.
Create a best-in-class virtual-banking experience
Sponsored Post With a plethora of options competing for consumers’ time online these days (either for entertainment or for other services), if your credit union desires an effective and vibrant virtual banking presence, you’d better be aiming to create a quality experience for your members — a quality virtual banking experience.
This is the perfectly likable Instagram image
If you’re trying to produce likable, shareable Instagram images, you’d better share blueish images with a lot of background, texture, and light. And stay away from red.
Google goes global with the $179 Moto G: Cheap phone, premium experience
With Motorola’s new Moto G, the “G” stands for “global.”
Jawbone’s latest health band, Up24, takes wireless syncing to another level
With the third major update of its Up health band, Jawbone is finally adding a long-awaited feature: wireless synchronization.
Mainframe2, which pipes Windows apps to your browser, gets a boost from Amazon
Mainframe2 promises to run graphically intensive Windows software right in your web browser. To do that reliably, it’s getting a little help from Amazon.
PlayStation 4 can only share recorded videos to Facebook at launch
Players can’t upload videos to YouTube when the console debuts on Friday.
Here’s what you aren’t allowed to record with PlayStation 4′s built-in DVR
Sony also restricts what you can stream to Twitch.
PlayStation 4′s quick app switching is limited compared to Xbox One
PS4 can switch quickly between a game and an app — but only one of each at a time.
Sony beefed up Video and Music Unlimited so that you’ll use them instead of Amazon, Vudu
Music Unlimited will stream in the background, and Video Unlimited will load videos very quickly.
A remedy to clueless tech lawyers
Guest Post When I was a youngish “tech lawyer” in D.C., I discovered that every D.C. lawyer advocating for tech entrepreneurs thought they were full-blown tech lawyers. We were not. We were policy advocates. I learned this the hard way.
Skulpt Unveils World’s First Device to Measure Muscle Fitness With One Tou...
Sponsored Post Skulpt, a leading technology developer that empowers people to better understand their bodies, unveiled today the first-ever device to measure muscle fitness. The Skulpt Aim is the world’s only wireless device able to accurately measure…
The natural weakness of programmers as entrepreneurs
You love to write clean, tested, scalable, extensible, beautiful code. You love converting marketing requirements into 960-wide artwork, replete with whitespace, custom fonts. And that is a problem.