GE Puts (Your) Imagination to Work, With Quirky-Crowdsourced Gadgets

GE is opening up a trove of patents to inventors in Quirky’s community.
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Comcast to Buy Remainder of NBCU From GE

Comcast Corp. is buying General Electric’s 49 percent stake in NBCUniversal for $16.7 billion, taking full control of the television and movie company.

Big Blue Is Still the Big Dog of Patents

IBM dominates the patent race for the 20th consecutive year.
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Closing the Internet Divide

What is the correlation between Internet connectivity and prosperity?

Box Raises $125 Million Growth Round Led by General Atlantic

Gary Reiner, the Hewlett-Packard director, is joining Box’s board. Also investing: The Social+Capital Partnership. But don’t ask about IPOs yet.
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With IPO Buzz Building, RingCentral Hires New CFO

The cloud-based phone service adds to its pre-IPO buzz by landing a CFO from a public company.
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Picking the Brightest, Most Efficient Bulb

Katie offers a brief guide to the latest energy-efficient light bulbs.
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2012: Siri Is a Stunner, Amazon Is Amazin’ and Security Gets Spendy

Tech prognosticator Mark Anderson is back in New York with his annual predictions for the world of tech in 2012.
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GE Comes to Silicon Valley to Build Software

You’ve probably never thought of General Electric as a software company. And yet, it kind of is.
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Thoughts on the First Day of Apple’s Era Without Jobs

Today Apple faces its first full day without Steve Jobs. His greatest legacy may be the potential that still lies ahead.
Many people found young Hong Kong designer Jonathan Mak's illustration poignant.