July 12th 2012
Elon Musk
at Madrone Studios
The Week in Review
Monday
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
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
“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
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
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
