RE/CODE NEWS AND CONTENT
News Brief
Los Angeles’ Upfront Ventures Adds Kara Nortman as Partner
November 13, 2014, 12:23 PM PST
Code/Mobile
Nico Sell of Wickr Says She Is “Properly Paranoid” (Full Video)
“I keep my digital footprint small,” said the private messaging app founder at our Code/Mobile conference.
November 13, 2014, 10:51 AM PST
Mobile
BlackBerry Strikes Partnership With Samsung to Court Corporate Business
BlackBerry and Samsung partner to court corporate clients.
November 13, 2014, 10:18 AM PST
Media
Sony’s Web TV Pitch: Old TV, New Wrapper
It’s like cable TV, but you get it on the Web.
November 13, 2014, 10:01 AM PST
Gaming
Nvidia’s “Netflix for Games” Launches
The analogy works best if you pretend Netflix only has 20 movies.
November 13, 2014, 9:13 AM PST
Voices
More Maslow’s Hierarchy, Less Maslow’s Hammer
When people tell me how things occurred “in the day,” I usually want to run in the other direction.
November 13, 2014, 7:30 AM PST
Media
Another Big Name Leaves Pierre Omidyar’s First Look Media
John Cook, who left Gawker to join Pierre Omidyar’s startup earlier this year, is reportedly headed back.
November 13, 2014, 7:02 AM PST
Gaming
Mobile Games Company Scopely Raises $35 Million, Plans to Diversify in 2015
Thanks, in part, to sticky Dice.
November 13, 2014, 6:06 AM PST
General
Comcast Has Some Issues With the White House’s Net Neutrality Proposal
Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts talks about the uncertainty caused by President Obama’s net neutrality proposal.
November 12, 2014, 6:43 PM PST
Commerce
HomeAway Leads $20 Million Investment in Gogobot
The arrangement should give Gogobot a formidable ally in the travel industry. And it will need it.
November 12, 2014, 4:45 PM PST
Gaming
Churchill Downs Acquires Big Fish for $885 Million
Yep, that Churchill Downs.
November 12, 2014, 4:04 PM PST
Science
NFL Funds Additional Research to Prevent Traumatic Brain Injuries
The NFL and its partners named seven additional winners of the Head Health Challenge.
November 12, 2014, 3:00 PM PST
Policy
No Net Neutrality Rules Until 2015 as Disagreements About Plan Continue
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, a former cable lobbyist, insists he runs an independent agency after the White House offers its plan.
November 12, 2014, 2:34 PM PST
Gaming
Gaming on Samsung Gear VR? Expect Overheating Problems.
Interest in mobile VR is heating up … and so are the phones.
November 12, 2014, 2:00 PM PST
Enterprise
Cisco First Quarter Beats Expectations, Q2 Outlook Misses
Also Chief Financial Officer Frank Calderoni will leave Jan. 1.
November 12, 2014, 1:27 PM PST
Voices
Mission to a Redneck Space Object (Comic)
Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac & Snaggy.
November 12, 2014, 1:08 PM PST
Code/Mobile
Apple’s Greg Joswiak on What Makes Apple Apple (Full Video)
In a rare public chat, the head of iOS and iPhone marketing reflects on his long tenure and talks about why Apple chooses its spots rather than target a mass market.
November 12, 2014, 12:01 PM PST