10 Tech Things You Need To Know This Morning
Nov 22, 2013, 17:44 IST
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We have good news, and we have bad news. We'll end with the bad news.
- The U.S. is considering the use of cell phones during plane rides.
- Samsung owes Apple $290 million according to the their patent retrial. That's less than Apple was asking for. It wanted $380 million from Samsung in damages.
- Spotify raised $250 million at a valuation above $4 billion.
- Speaking of which, $4 billion is the new $1 billion in startups.
- NBCUniversial may take a stake in Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg's AllThingsD spinoff.
- The New York Times wrote about a new app, Lulu, which lets women rate men. But the review was criticized as "clueless" because it neglected to say how the app could be controversial. Here's more about Lulu and how it works.
- VCs aren't reliable predictors of tech success. Like startups that exit for over $1 billion, people who invest in those companies are rare too.
- Meet Debbie Sterling, the CEO of Goldieblox who's awesome video about girls and technology went viral.
- Ok, here's the bad news: A poorly-timed nor'easter is heading straight for the east coast and it could ruin Thanksgiving.