The iPhone and iPad app store has been a huge success for Apple. Can Steve Jobs make lightning strike a third time -- on the Mac? Here's why it may be a little more difficult.READ»
Anyone in the venture business will be used to hearing a buzz word rise up out of nowhere and find its way into every aspiring entrepreneur's pitch. I call this "the puck at your feet" because it's not where the industry is heading but rather where the industry is today. By the time you launch your buzz word feature everybody will be offering that buzz product. You need to think about where the puck is going.READ»
The abrupt shuttering of FiLife, a well-known personal finance destination backed by IAC and Dow Jones Interactive, has loosed speculation that the site was paying for clicks to reach its eye-popping 3.4 million monthly unique ...READ»
You've got less than a week to turn that pile of odd-sized W-2's, 1099's, and paper receipts into an income tax return that won't break the bank or get you audited. This April there are more free, cheap, online tools that can help ...READ»
That is the question in Silicon Valley as the acquisitions market heats up. And with it, another head scratcher: Are acquisitions good for anyone?READ»
As the quest to improve America's health-care system continues, the tech crowd is ready to offer its own prescription: Apply the fundamentals of Web 2.0 (consumer-focused tools; crowd-sourced, minable data; robust community) to the ...READ»
Mint is already aggregating data from its 1.5 million users and mining it for personal spending trends. Now the newly-acquired company is planning to sell that data on a case-by-case basis.READ»
Yesterday, we reported that popular personal finance site Mint.com would be sold to Intuit for $170 million, just a few weeks after Founder and CEO Aaron Patzer closed a fresh $14 million round of "preemptive" funding. "We could have ...READ»
Writing about personal finance systems we once likened Intuit's Quicken to Old Spice and spiky start-up Mint to Axe Bodyspray. Now Mint's success is being bought up by Intuit--will the smell of Old Spice overwhelm all else?
The ...READ»
Before I used computer-aided design to create products, I had pencils. Before I had pencils, I had Legos. Before Legos, crayons. Before crayons, blocks. And with these tools, I have always been a designer.
The act of exploring ...READ»
People around the world are radically changing their attitudes towards saving and spending, and alternative financial services sites are reaping the benefits. That was the message from the young ...READ»
Dwight Eschliman
San Francisco -- based Dwight Eschliman says his photography is an "effort to bring a bit of organization to a disorderly world." Fortunately for Eschliman, the shoot for "Oakley's Optical Illusion" was "easy, ...READ»
Last post I detailed my 24-hour worryfest over a TurboTax glitch.
It turned out no more sinister than a doh! from deep in the bowels of Intuit HQ.
The TurboTax damage control unit are all over me now.
Someone saw my ...READ»
What: Intuit's Quicken for Health Care
When: Mid-2007
Intuit wants to kill the confusing medical bill--and, even better, the supremely confusing "this is not a bill" explanation of medical benefits. Quicken for Health Care is the ...READ»
You asked us for real examples of how people keep the business side of Me, Inc., running smoothly. So here's some sound advice (and nitty gritty details) from other free agents.READ»
Marissa Mayer, who keeps Google's home page pure, understands that less is more. Other tech companies are starting to get it, too. Here's why making things simple is the new competitive advantage.READ»
Craig Newmark has organized a community whose members include some of the Web's most influential people. Here is his manual for (virtual) community organizers.READ»
The only thing harder than developing a hot brand is turning around a once-popular one. We spoke to five brand stewards going through the process of breathing life into iconic names to see how they're doing it.READ»
