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Dear Rupert
Last week, Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp sent an open letter to the European Commission complaining about Google. We wanted to share our perspe...
Sales Hiring Guide For B2B Startup Founders
Everything you need to know about sales hiring for startups: the stages, a 5-step recruiting process, and strategies to build a top team.
Bayer CEO: Nexavar cancer drug is for "western patients who can afford it.”
This is a video by Zack Struver about Senator Bernie Sander’s proposal to expand Veterans access to patented medical inventions. The video discusses both the proposal by Senator Sanders to give the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs the authority to… Continue Reading →
Why Node.js is becoming the go-to technology
Nearform is an independent team of engineers, designers and strategists. We build digital capability and software solutions for ambitious enterprises seeking sustained business impact. We love what we do.
The SEO Dominance of RetailMeNot
How a $1.8BN company could implode if Google changes its search algorithm.
New study shows we work harder when we are happy
Happiness makes people more productive at work, according to the latest research from the University of Warwick.
The Man Who Invented Scotch Tape
How a scrappy "misfit" engineer with no college education revolutionized the world of tape.
Why is Netflix Buffering? Dispelling the Congestion Myth
Call the rural call completion (RLEC) hotline toll free or send us an email if you suspect rural call completion issues on the Verizon network.
A free, complete guide to Technical Analysis
Learn technical analysis - candlestick patterns, support & resistance, moving averages, RSI, MACD, Fibonacci retracements, Dow theory, and chart analysis.
Can You Buy A License to Speed?
Why does every nice car in California have a license plate frame from a charity that supports highway patrol officers? They think they'll get out of speeding tickets.
Latest TPP Leak Shows US Still Pushing Terrible DRM and Copyright Term Proposals
Today Wikileaks published a new draft of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)’s intellectual property chapter. This draft text, from May 2014, gives us another look into the current state of negotiations over this plurilateral trade agreement’s copyright provisions since another draft was leaked...
Update to Microsoft Takedown – Domains Fully Restored
We would like to give you an update on the Microsoft takedown and announce that ALL of the 23 domains that were seized are now back in our control.
Founder Stories: Tracy Young of PlanGrid (YC W12)
PlanGrid founders Tracy Young, Kenny Stone, Ryan Sutton-Gee and Ralph Gootee Tracy Young is the founder and CEO ofPlanGrid [http://www.plangrid.com/en], an app that lets construction companies store blueprints and documents on mobile devices. Since going through the YC’s Winter 2012 batch, PlanGrid has grown from a…
New EC2 M3 Instance Sizes and Lower Prices for S3 and EBS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Announcing New Amazon EC2 M3 Instance Sizes and Lower Prices for Amazon S3 and Amazon EBS
Female Founders Conference 2015 applications are open
We’re delighted to announce the second Y CombinatorFemale Founders Conference [http://www.femalefoundersconference.org/], on Saturday, February 21 in San Francisco. Once again, we’ll bring current and future founders together to share their stories, give advice, and make connections. At YC, we have the honor of…