Nicholas Carlson
Nicholas Carlson
Nicholas Carlson is a deputy editor at Business Insider. His ground-breaking investigative reporting has re-written the histories of Facebook, Twitter, and Groupon.
He is a contributor to Bloomberg Television's biography series "Game Changers," and a frequent guest on CNBC.
Previously, he reported for Gawker Media's Silicon Valley gossip blog, Valleywag. He got his start on the beat at InternetNews.com. Before that, there was a stint at Merrill Lynch. He went to Davidson.
Nicholas is on Twitter.
Disclosure: Nicholas invests in a few mutual funds through his 401(k).
- e-mail:
- nicholas@businessinsider.com
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- AlleyInsider
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- 646-376-6014
Recent Questions Nicholas Has Answered
Hey Look, Another Drummed-Up Google Controversy
From the very beginning, Google has said the point of Google+ is to add a "social layer" to all of its existing products.
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Glenn Beck Tried To Buy Al Gore's Current TV, Which Instead Sold To Al-Jazeera For $500 Million
"We are sensitive to networks not aligned with our point of view."
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Holy Cow! Buzzfeed Just Raised ANOTHER $20 Million
Buzzfeed raised $15 million just last year.
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10 Things You Need To Know This Morning
EBay is trying some pretty radical new things.
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I Mounted An SLR Lens to My iPhone, And This Is What My First Few Photos Look Like
As close to a DSLR with iOS as you'll get, for now.
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Facebook Stock Is On A Profound Tear As Wall Street Analysts Praise Its Stunning Turnaround In Mobile
Here's what they are so bullish about.
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Apple Is Blasting A Multibillion-Dollar Hole In Samsung's Business
It's taking its business elsewhere, leaving a huge gap behind.
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This Is The Perfect Bookmarklet For Tweeters
It finds the "tweetable" sentences on a Web page.
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10 Things You Need To Know This Morning
Apple is already testing the iPhone 6.
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Google Is Attacking Apple From The Inside Out—And It's Working
Call it "the worm strategy."
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Sexting With Snapchat, Teenagers Prove They Aren't As Dumb As We Thought
Sometimes these dangerous beings surprise us, and act rationally.
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In The Next Few Weeks, The FAA May Decide Whether To Lift Its Absurd Ban Of E-Readers During Takeoff
Not even NASA can find a good reason for it.
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10 Things You Need To Know This Morning
Ross Levinsohn has a new part-time gig.
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Uber Warns Customers New Year's Eve Pricing 'Is Not For The Faint Of Heart'
"It could cost you $100 MINIMUM."
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The Amazon Reviews For This Banana Slicer Are The Best Thing On The Internet Today
"Once I figured out I had to peel the banana before using - it works much better."
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Here Are The Best TV News Bloopers From 2012
It's the last Friday afternoon in 2012, and you're still at work for some reason.
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Bizarre And Beautiful Designs Of Apple Computers That Never Came To Be
In 1981, Steve Jobs gave designer Hartmut Esslinger a $2 million assignment. Here's what he came up with.
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This Site Mocks You For Having 'First-World Problems,' And Silicon Valley For Spending Billions Solving Them
"My house's mood lighting doesn't match all of my moods."
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Watch For New, More Powerful Versions Of Apple's Best Computer, The MacBook Air
A faster processor but the same exterior design it has had since 2010.
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Here's Why Adobe Just Bought My Startup For $150 Million
Behance's CEO Scott Belsky explains the deal.
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