Liz Gannes

Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo: We’re Playing a Long-Term Game

“I have a view that if you build something that’s good, and you keep making it better, it lasts,” says D’Angelo.

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May 20, 2013 at 11:03 am PT

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Pinterest Makes Pins More Than Pretty Pictures

Liz Gannes in Social on May 19 at 9:31 pm PT

Pinterest brings information from the rest of the Web deeper into its site, like any good emerging social platform.

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Next Up to Investigate Google’s Competitive Practices: Canada

Liz Gannes in News on May 17 at 6:03 pm PT

Here’s some late-on-a-Friday regulatory news for you: Canada’s Competition Bureau will investigate Google’s Canadian business operations, according to the Financial Post. Google confirmed the investigation, while Canada declined comment. Earlier this year, Google was largely cleared in a U.S. antitrust examination, and it is currently testing remedies in Europe.

Meta Wants to Become the Next Augmented-Reality Glasses Phenom

Liz Gannes in Product News on May 17 at 9:00 am PT

Meta wearers can interact with virtual games, architectural renderings and other 3-D objects by using their hands.

Shoot the Moon: How Google Turned a Hodgepodge of Upgrades Into a Show of Strength

Liz Gannes in News on May 16 at 11:24 am PT

For the search giant, the dream-big stuff of tomorrow was about today being a better version of yesterday.

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While Waiting for JOBS Act, Equity Crowdfunding Raises Millions

Liz Gannes in News on May 16 at 10:40 am PT

MicroVentures said today that it has facilitated $16 million in equity crowdfunding investments, the type that regular people might be able to participate in after the JOBS Act gets implemented, but for now are limited to accredited investors. That space keeps growing; FundersClub claims $5 million invested to date, AngelList, $7.8 million and CircleUp, $10 million.

Now Fully Kickstartered, Pebble Raises $15M in Venture Capital From CRV

Liz Gannes in Mobile on May 16 at 8:00 am PT

Charles River Ventures backs the Kickstarter darling.

RelayRides Forced to Suspend Car-Sharing Service in New York

Liz Gannes in News on May 15 at 2:12 pm PT

The state of New York and technological innovation are not BFFs.

Google I/O: Music, Maps, Messaging and More

Liz Gannes in News on May 15 at 8:57 am PT

All the news, as it happened.

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Udacity Will Offer Masters Degrees in CS From Georgia Tech

Liz Gannes in News on May 14 at 5:00 pm PT

In yet another groundbreaking online education deal (between Udacity and Coursera, there are at least two per week!), Udacity will now offer masters degrees in computer science via a partnership between Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing and AT&T. These MOOC degrees will cost less than $7,000 and be labeled separately as an “Online Master of Science” degree.