Just today, we noted that Venture Beat released "Shit Startup People Say." But apparently we missed "Shit Entrepreneurs Say" (clearly for techies), which was quietly published on YouTube on Wednesday. The video, created by virtual phone system Grasshopper, is a fair bit different than VB's, so have a peek.
And if you like this meme, check out Toronto startup TeamBuy's "Shit Rich People Say" and Vancouver-born Lululemon's "Shit Yogis Say." Namaste, mutha fuckas!
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Through a 10-K filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Google revealed some acquisition numbers. In 2011, Google spent just under $2 billion on nearly 80 acquisitions. And that excludes the $12.5 billion Google will be spending to acquire Motorola when the deal (pending regulatory approval) closes within the next couple of months.
The software giant's biggest acquisition was ITA Software, which Google snatched for a little less than $700 million, or roughly one-third of the year's spending. The company's 2011 acquisition activity is a substantial boost from 2010, when it spent only $1 billion on just 48 acquisitions—still high numbers, but perhaps not for Google.
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Users of iPads and other tablets may be under a "serious risk" of developing neck and shoulder discomfort, a new study suggests. According to the U.S. Department of Environmental Health, using tablets can be considerably more dangerous than laptops or desktops because of how the body natrually positions its back and neck.
The study, titled "Work: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation," had tablet users conduct various tasks on their tablets under varying conditions, such as with cases propping the devices up at certain angles, or having the devices sit on the user's lap. Consistently, having a tablet placed at a high angle on a tablet—much like a laptop or desktop—resulted in the fewest postural issues. Other methods of engaging on tablets showed postural issues that could result in neck and shoulder pains.
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Toronto-based startup GreenOwl Mobile, the developer of real‐time mobile traffic platform TrafficAlert, announced the Vancouver beta launch of its voice‐based traffic app at the DX3 Canada trade show. The free iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry app constantly monitors traffic on a driver’s route and provides voice and visual alerts to traffic situations ahead. It also allows users to notify others of new incidents as they happen.
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The internet's fast growth pace isn't poised to slow down any over the next four years, a projection released by the Boston Consulting Group suggests. According to their research, the internet economy is expected to double by 2016, from just over $2 trillion in 2010 to more than $4 trillion.
Driving the growing economy is a continued rise in users. In 2010, 1.9 billion people used the internet. By 2016, this number will swell to 3 billion, or nearly half of the world's population, BCG believes.
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There were echoes in the advertising industry last year that search advertising which Google has dominated in so many ways over the past decade was about to decline in terms of revenue in the wake of mobile, the sudden return of display advertising and real-time bidding advertising networks.
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The world's largest social network, Facebook, is going to file for an Initial Public Offering this coming Wednesday, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed sources, the reputable WSJ says a $10 billion share offering would place Facebook's valuation at $100 billion.
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It was bound to happen eventually.
Following what is probably the biggest internet meme of 2012 so far—"Shit Girls Say," inspired by Twitter account Shitmydadsays—news site VentureBeat has jumped on the bandwagon and released "Shit Startup People Say." While the production quality is poor and the acting is mediocre, what makes VB's video worth watching is the fact that they use "a liberal amount of script from real life." Though it's worryingly hard to tell the real and the fictional pitches apart.
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Canadian company Fairfax Financial Holdings has bet the bank on Thorsten Heins and BlackBerry 10, doubling its stake in Research In Motion. Prem Watsa, who runs Fairfax, has also joined the board of the ailing Waterloo company.
Fairfax now owns nearly 27 million shares of RIM, well above the 12 million it owned in September, according to a new filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Toronto company bought 6.5 million shares on January 25 and another 7.6 million shares yesterday.
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Symantec has released the findings of its January Symantec Intelligence Report, and if it proves anything, it's that spam is still as prevalent as always. These days, Symantec says, spammers are taking advantage of the hype and cheer of holidays and major events in hopes of tricking more vulnerable uses.
“We also expect to see plenty of spam and malware taking advantage of some of the major upcoming sporting events this year. We are already seeing references to the Summer Olympics in London as part of 419 or advance fee fraud messages,” said Paul Wood, senior intelligence analyst, Symantec. “By relating their mails to widely celebrated holidays and current events with global interest, spammers and malware authors can (at first glance at least) make their messages more interesting, and increase the chance of recipients visiting spam Web sites or becoming infected,” Wood said.
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