Liz Gannes

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Google’s New Nexus 5 Is the Googley-est Phone Yet

Posted by Liz Gannes in Mobile, October 31, 2013 at 11:01 am PT

Kickstarter CEO Passes Job to Co-Founder

NSA Hacked Links Between Google and Yahoo Data Centers, Says Latest Snowden Revelation

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 30, 2013 at 10:37 am PT

The Spring Is a Combo of Yelp, Loyalty Programs and Kickstarter for Social Good

Posted by Liz Gannes in Commerce, October 29, 2013 at 8:01 am PT

With Project Ara’s Modular Hardware, Future Motorola Phones May Look Like Tetris Games

Samsung to Developers: Come Play for the Biggest Team (And the One With TVs)

Posted by Liz Gannes in Mobile, October 28, 2013 at 2:15 pm PT

Airo Promises to Monitor Food Intake With a Spectroscopic Wristband — Theoretically

Posted by Liz Gannes in Product News, October 28, 2013 at 4:00 am PT

Sequoia Capital Hires Blair Shane as CMO

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 25, 2013 at 6:00 am PT

Why Is Uber Fighting a Regulatory Battle That It Already Won?

Posted by Liz Gannes in Commerce, October 24, 2013 at 10:57 am PT

Former Googlers’ Cover App Makes Android Lock Screens More Useful (Video)

Posted by Liz Gannes in Mobile, October 24, 2013 at 10:00 am PT

Former Googlers’ Would-Be WebEx Killer Highfive Gets $13.5M Before Even Launching

Posted by Liz Gannes in Enterprise, October 24, 2013 at 4:00 am PT

SEC Gets Closer to Opening Up Crowdfunding; Here’s the Proposal

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 23, 2013 at 9:43 am PT

Applauze Raises $7.2M for Mobile Ticketing App, Just Six Months After Launch

Posted by Liz Gannes in Mobile, October 23, 2013 at 9:00 am PT

Caterina Fake’s Findery Launches Mobile App for Stories About Places

Posted by Liz Gannes in Mobile, October 22, 2013 at 5:44 pm PT

Instant House Help Service Handybook Raises $10M

In New York Fight, Airbnb Says It Has Proof That Hosts Rent Out Their Own Homes

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 22, 2013 at 10:14 am PT

Unaccredited Investors May Finally Get the Go-Ahead to Fund Startups This Week

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 21, 2013 at 4:03 pm PT

GGV Capital Brings on Xiaomi Investor Hans Tung

Applying Data Analytics to Education, Panorama Wins Mark Zuckerberg’s First Public Angel Investment

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 21, 2013 at 4:30 am PT

Google for $1,000 Has Quite a Cha-Ching to It

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 18, 2013 at 9:00 am PT

As Suitors Swarm, Imgur Partners With Yahoo to Host Images

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 17, 2013 at 2:39 pm PT

Google “Closing In” on Unified Product Experience, Says Soon-to-Be MIA Larry Page

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 17, 2013 at 1:28 pm PT

Google Has a Decent Q3, and Wall Street Is Okay With That

Posted by Liz Gannes in News, October 17, 2013 at 1:10 pm PT

Former Pandora Exec Jessica Steel Named President of UrbanSitter

HomeAway Tests New Rental Booking Option

Posted by Liz Gannes in Commerce, October 17, 2013 at 8:14 am PT

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Another gadget you don’t really need. Will not work once you get it home. New model out in 4 weeks. Battery life is too short to be of any use.

— From the fact sheet for a fake product entitled Useless Plasticbox 1.2 (an actual empty plastic box) placed in L.A.-area Best Buy stores by an artist called Plastic Jesus