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THE HISTORY OF THE XBOX #tbt

Original post by Rick Marshall via Digital Trends The next generation of Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console will have its official debut later this month, and it’s hard to believe it’s been just over 13 years since Bill Gates announced the very first system’s arrival. We still don’t have any official word on what the new Xbox will be called […]

Venture Capital Funding for Big Data #tueinfographic

Original post by IDG $3 billion is the amount of venture capital (VC) funding that has flowed into information management, access, and analysis software vendors since the beginning of the slow economic recovery in 2009 and through August of 2013. Does this level of VC funding denote irrational exuberance or a wave of unprecedented innovation? […]

16 Common Mistakes Young Startups Make #sundayschool

Original post by Lauren Drell by Mashable Are you working on a startup? If so, I hate to break it to you, but there’s a good chance it will fail. In fact, recent research shows that 75% of startups fail (based on a study of 2,000 startups that received VC funding from 2004 to 2010). Odds are, you won’t be […]

TechMeetups Weekly Newsletter 11 April 2014

Issue 11 April 2014 London Silicon Roundabout Weekly Updates Hi LSR members, Thank you for coming to our Techmeetups Networking Night last Wednesday and hope you’re looking forward to the next one! The next London event, the Guru Program London Spring 2014 #TMUguru. has been moved to the 27th and 29th of May. Here is the event agenda and the […]

Fathers of Technology: 10 Men Who Invented and Innovated in Tech #tbt

Original post by Ricky Ribeiro via biztechmagazine When people are asked to describe inventors, they often use one word: genius. As a society, we look upon the inventor with awe, and we fawn over his inventions with curiosity and admiration. We wonder, how did he do that? Where did he find his inspiration? In the course of IT […]