As Immigration Reform Bill Heads to the Senate Floor, the ZuckerPAC Gets a Win

In a small victory for Mark Zuckerberg’s political group, a bill that could greatly benefit tech company talent-seekers makes it through the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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Big-Name VCs Form “Glass Collective” to Back Google Glass App Makers

Google Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Kleiner Perkins agree to look together at companies building on Google Glass.
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Aardvark Founder’s Social Shopping Site Luvocracy Creates Market Around Recommendations

Nathan Stoll’s grandmother was an Avon lady. Now he wants to reimagine that role for the social media age.
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HP Negotiating Early End to San Jose Arena Naming Rights Deal

The deal to call it the HP Pavilion could end as soon as this summer. SAP is interested.
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Security Firm Endgame Lands $23 Million From Paladin Capital

Girding for cyberwar.
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Former Hulu CTO and Kleiner Perkins Partner Eric Feng Heads to Flipboard

Eric Feng, a mainstay in digital media properties such as Hulu, Airtime and Erly, announced on Friday that he will join the executive team of Flipboard, the social magazine app made popular on smartphones and tablets. Feng will join the startup as CTO and second in command to CEO Mike McCue, and will head up engineering and strategy for the company. Feng will also bring along Eugene Wei, a colleague of Feng’s who rose to prominence at Hulu and was VP of Product at Erly.

What if Mobile Ads Don’t Catch Up?

The mobile ad market is small, but the mobile Web is booming, so dollars will follow eyeballs, right? Here’s the counter to that argument.
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Quirky Collects $68M for Crowdsourced Gadgets