Web startups are made out of two things: people and code. The people make the code, and the code makes the people rich. Code is like a poem; it has to follow certain structural requirements, and yet out of that structure can come art. But code is art that does something. It is the assembly of something brand new from nothing but an idea.

We’ve got some big news here in Fictive Land and rather than do a more traditional press release sort of deal, we’re just going to make the announcement and then take questions.Weve got some big news here in Fictive Land and rather than do a more tradition al press release sort of deal, were just going to make the announcement and then take questions

I did a live interview last Friday on Bloomberg TV. It was interesting. A conversation about the early stage technology environment, increases in the cycles of change, new things at betaworks and the Facebook IPO.

The Most Amazing Photo Of Earth Ever: This photo was taken by Russia's latest weather satellite, the Electro-L at approximately 36...

Did you see those silly cats on Tumblr, that breaking news on Twitter, and those photos of your friend’s kids on Facebook? Different social networks have their own distinct personalities. Bitly links...

Data provided by Bitly, a Web service that shortens URLs for easier sharing, reveal dramatic spikes in the volume of clicked links relating to the killing of Trayvon Martin. Initially, the story mostly drew a local audience. It erupted online following the release of 911 calls by the Sanford (Fla.)

#Detectd /16 A (good) Driver in Paris Parisians are rumoured to be among the worst drivers in the world. That said, a rather interesting scene in Paris this morning was the act of a driver from...

Metrics - Building Clickatron One of the core product features of bitly has always been metrics. Unlike tools like google analytics, bitly metrics have always been a way to gather website metrics when...

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Project Noah harnesses the power of mobile to let armchair naturalists contribute to real scientific research.