by Don Reisinger
Those of you who like getting nostalgic every now and then will be happy to hear that Lycos, one of the first major Web brands, has been acquired.
Daum Communications, a Korean-based search company, announced that it has sold off Lycos for $36 million to Ybrant Digital, an India-based digital marketing company. The Korea [...]
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Lycos is alive, acquired for $36 million – CNet News
Cassidy: A wave of women entrepreneurs may be coming – Mercury News
By Mike Cassidy / Mercury News Columnist
There I was at another conference in Silicon Valley with another panel on female entrepreneurs, who appeared to be reaching a familiar conclusion: There aren’t enough of them.
The moderator, sitting on a stage at Stanford University with six female CEOs, noted dejectedly how hard it was to find six [...]
What is That New Phone Really Going to Cost? – Yahoo News
Phenomenal phones are flooding the market. In the past few weeks the new iPhone 4, the HTC 4G EVO, Droid X and HTC HD2 debuted, all phones with fast processors and big screens.
But these new phones come at a cost – a recurring monthly charge. So before you sign a contract for two years of [...]
While the Rich Grow Richer off Facebook and Twitter, Our Brains May Be Growing Poorer, Say Health Experts – PEHUB
It’s always been the case that people have a fundamental need to belong — to feel that they’re valued members of their social group. But social media is having a distorting, disturbing, and possibly lasting impact on the level of that need, say a growing number of psychologists.
“In the past, when you were home alone [...]
Running Faster, Falling Behind: John Hagel III on How American Business Can Catch Up – Knowledge Wharton
In the early 2000s, Silicon Valley-based business guru John Hagel III was involved in a high-tech start-up and hired Stephen Gillett, a young man right out of college. Less than a half dozen years later, Gillett was named a senior vice president and chief information officer for Starbucks — the youngest CIO of a Fortune [...]
Read MoreHate your commute? Then pity workers in Beijing, Mexico City – Yahoo
SYDNEY (Reuters Life!) – If you think your drive to work is bad then spare a thought for commuters in the cities of Beijing, Mexico City and Johannesburg which have come top in a global poll of the worst driving commutes in the world.
An IBM Commuter Pain Study of 8,192 motorists in 20 cities, released [...]
Steve Jobs on the New iPhone and How ‘It Began With the Tablet’ – Yahoo News
By Brad Spirrison
Less than one week before formally debuting Apple’s (Nasdaq: AAPL – News) new iPhone at the company’s Worldwide Developers Conference, Steve Jobs opened up about apps, the future of media and what to expect from the iPad, iPhone and other Apple devices during the 8th Annual All Things Digital Conference.
“I’ll tell you a [...]









