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Here is an interesting video from the pre-IPO social media space. TechCrunch writer Alexia Tsotsis talks to StumbleUpon fonder Garrett Camp about its latest funding round in which it raised $17 million from August Capital and Accel Partners…

After he was fired from "Two and a Half Men', Charlie Sheen posted the following video online. Sheen is up to 2.4 million followers on Twitter now.

I am excited about the opportunities ahead that social networking presents. Right now, Facebook is shooting itself in the foot by compromising user trust with dubious moves on privacy issues. However, if Facebook plays its cards right and…

By Rick Bookstaber In a recent post I laid the blame for the inadequacies of neoclassical economics and behavioral economics on the failure to take into account human context. By context I mean that humans make decisions that are colored…

Paul Kedrosky told Bloomberg's Pimm Fox that he doesn't believe we are in a social media bubble yet and that Facebook's valuation could go even higher in coming months. Revenue is doubling year-on-year at Facebook and that has Kedrosky…

Internet search is broken. Battered by spammers, content farms and black hat optimizers, the typical Internet search is a horrible mess. Try basic search terms like "washing machine". Or try a term relevant to this site like…

AOL is buying Internet News site Huffington Post for $315 million. Here's what you need to know about the deal and what it says about the tech world, investing and the economy. Mergers are tough Most mergers fail because the 'synergies'…

Interview with Michael Whalen In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we speak to Michael Whalen, Emmy award winning composer and new media observer, about the outlook for the business of creating and delivering content. …

By Doug Hornig Today, the Federal Communications Commission acts on so-called “Net Neutrality,” and given the commissioners’ predicted 3-2 party line vote, it would be a shocker if they rejected it. What happens next is anyone’s guess,…

A funny look at Time's selection of Mark Zuckerberg for Person of the Year over Julian Assange