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Snapchat CEO Warns it’s a “Matter of When” Tech Bubble Bursts

Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel revealed Tuesday at the California Code Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes that the company is planning for an initial public offering (IPO). He said the company, recently valued at $15 billion, had no desire to be acquired in a merger like the Facebook’s $3 billion offer two years ago. Then, in a refreshing twist for such a young captain of industry, Spiegel warned that the Fed’s “easy money policy” and low interest have created a tech bubble and it’s only a “matter of time till it bursts.”

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Snapchat Goes for a $500 Million Slurp at the V.C. Trough

Although the ink is barely dry on the $485.6 million venture capital funding for Snapchat that valued the company at about $10 billion, Bloomberg reports that Snapchat is looking to raise another $500 million at a valuation of up to $19 billion. That would make the messaging platform the third-most-valuable venture startup on the planet, just behind Xiaomi and Uber. It also would value the company at 92.5% of what was considered a jaw-dropping value of $22 billion paid by Facebook to buy WhatsApp.

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British PM Suggests Banning SnapChat, WhatsApp to Prevent Terrorism

The rise of terrorism at the hands of Islamic fundamentalists throughout Europe has become so profound that Prime Minister David Cameron says he plans on placing restrictions on, and potentially banning, encrypted online communication tools that could be used by these groups and individuals to carry out their attacks on civilians.

Hillary Clinton, the 'Snapchat' Candidate

If Barack Obama was the candidate of Facebook, and has governed as the President of Selfie, then Hillary Clinton is the “Snapchat” candidate–i.e. one who is eager to erase the past from collective memory. Tony Lee reminded me today that

Snapchat Proves Tech Bubble Hasn't Burst Yet

Snapchat Proves Tech Bubble Hasn't Burst Yet

“Please God, just one more bubble” was a popular bumper sticker in the San Francisco Bay area’s fabled Silicon Valley after the late 1990s “Dot Com” bubble burst.  For the last five years, U.S. stocks have relentlessly climbed by 210%

Hackers steal Yahoo! Mail usernames, passwords

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jan. 31 (UPI) — Attackers now own an undisclosed number of Yahoo! Mail usernames and passwords, stolen from a third-party site, the Sunnyvale, Calif., Internet giant said. As a result, Yahoo! will now require affected users to change

Obama Disses Facebook

Obama Disses Facebook

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, and his pro-amnesty FWD.us group, has been one of the biggest proponents of amnesty, but that did not stop President Barack Obama from dissing Facebook last week. Obama reportedly was talking with millennials about Snapchat, Instagram,

Emily Post's Netiquette

I think we all have a few things that annoy us when it comes to the Internet and social media.  Some of mine: unnecessary reply-alls, adding me to a Facebook group if I don’t know you and we haven’t discussed the

The 'Digital Natives' Are Restless

The 'Digital Natives' Are Restless

Huffington Post has a piece detailing the compulsive behavior of one typical 14-year-old girl with regard to social networking and the addiction that consumes her. Describing Casey Schwartz as a “digital native,” the article relates Casey’s flitting between various media sites, such