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Published December 20, 2012 at 1600 × 1600 in Now you can listen to Elon Musk wherever you go

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The Week in Review

Monday

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HAXLR8R Demo Day: Lessons from China Quartz and NYU’s Studio 20 team up to explore “networked beats” Like its other platforms, Amazon is taking the long view with its Coins virtual currency Startup hustle: Why two men decided to sleep together in a van for months on end The biggest beneficiary of the HTC First’s imminent death? The HTC One Social media may finally be dying, but the BS around it hasn’t Bitcoins, Wikileaks, 3D printers, PGP and the gov’s battle against information “Space Oddity,” atoms, and the intersection of science and art Video games, role-playing, and Rube Goldberg machines: Is this the future of education? Sorry, ‘Snow Fall’ isn’t going to save the New York Times Barracuda Networks gobbles up e-signature startup SignNow for unknown sum “Infrastructure as a service” company Dyn acquires Trendslide for mobile monitoring

Tuesday

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What to watch as the bitcoin drama develops Study shows that Lumosity brain games can rehab your brain The best photos from last week’s PandoMonthly with Brian Lee Dept. of Homeland Security freezes accounts between Dwolla and bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox It always comes down to math When everything rides on a single cold call Finovate: Quantopian debuts live data trading for consumer quants Amanda Palmer puts on a ninja gig BlackBerry: A funhouse visionary haunted by Research in Motion We mapped out Dave McClure’s latest batch of 500 Startups companies Number 8 Wire entrepreneurialism: How a cultural myth can inspire a country Can software help wireless customers save money? Bitcoin investors rush in: Liberty City Ventures raises $15 million dedicated fund The launch of the Boost Bitcoin Fund brings more capital to an area of growing investor interest Melon turns to Kickstarter for its mental performance measuring EEG headband RelayRides acquires Wheelz as the car-sharing industry consolidates

Wednesday

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“Commerce has become marketing and marketing has become commerce” Lessons from a rare $2 billion LA tech win: “I was competing with both hands tied behind my back” Skift’s approach to building a new media company: It’s as much about data as it is about news RelayRides suspends New York service after cease and desist The future of search: Answer, converse, anticipate US authorities launch their first attack on bitcoin Google is keeping iCloud’s promises For startups with university roots, an exit is priority number one Give me that old bitcoin religion Chartbeat crosses the Chinese wall with ad sales tools, focusing on quality over clicks IPO candidate Plex Systems grabs Eloqua CMO Heidi Melin to grow its cloud ERP platform Vessel launches its “command center” to help mobile developers kill faulty software Ticketfly adds Fanbase customer analytics platform to help venue owners pack events With Thirst’s Droplet, the vision for news on Google Glass becomes a little clearer

Thursday

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For Chris Dixon the next big thing might be bitcoin The center of tech is shifting from Silicon Valley to “application towns” like New York and LA Chris Dixon: The consumer Web has gotten too good, enterprise companies are cutthroat Portland startup launches transit mobile ticketing service. Is this the future? We are real people trying to do real things With 2 million users, “secrets app” Whisper launches on Android As venture capital becomes a commodity, it’s all about community What CEOs could learn from comedians How Microsoft, Google, and Square use hardware to market their software and services A federal shield law for journalists would be virtually useless San Francisco: Get your ticket to see John Doerr at PandoMonthly now! Scroll down: The future of online media is in the cards Marqeta now powers Facebook Card loyalty and payments tech, announces $14M Series B round Berg Cloud Sandbox: A tool to unite connected devices and the companies that make them Two years of stealth and $11M in VC later, EdgeSpring launches a data analytics platform for the average man

Yesterday

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Bitcoin is legal, but mainstream adoption will mandate playing by the rules For the Internet of things, will it be verticals or horizontals? A bitcoin bubble could be good for everyone New Zealand-based Vend raises $8M without turning to the Valley Hotseat: Gravity’s Amit Kapur defends the integrity of the MySpace mafia PandoHouse Rock: A history of 3D printing, from prototypes to pistols With the bleeding stopped, ShoeDazzle is in the market for a strategic acquisition or investment Bitcoin’s consumerization continues with Perk, a rewards platform and Web browser for normal people How to become a VC without leaving home Gliph joins Boost.vc, launches bitcoin messaging and payments app Zinio’s new subscription product only solves half a problem Facebook ponders its place in the Internet of Things The Apathy Epidemic: Why your startup will suck you dry