Thank you Astro_Soichi for tweeting this amazing picture of city lights, stars, and aurora from the International Space Station. And thanks for a peak of North Korea. And the Bahamas. Key West. And Saudi Arabia. Mozambique,…

Amazing tweets from space is a post from: TechStartups.com

I recently wrote about the amazing race for the cheapest, fastest DNA sequencing machine. Not surprisingly, two companies I mentioned — Pacific Biosciences and Complete Genomics — made The Wall Street Journal list of 50 top promising, young companies. Pacific Biosciences…

Top 50 startup companies according to the WSJ is a post from: TechStartups.com

The future of gaming will be done on the Internet. You could argue this is a stupid move. The Internet has destroyed the music industry, the magazine industry, the porn industry, and countless others.

Why on earth would gaming, one of the most…

Gaming shares same fate as the TV and music industry is a post from: TechStartups.com

I’ve never been to South By Southwest Interactive conference, but everyone who has been says it is ammmaaaazing.

The SXSW conference starts on Friday. But the newbies should know, there are rules. Don’t confuse your internet fame with being a…

Launch business ideas at South By Southwest is a post from: TechStartups.com

At the Academy Awards, Ben Stiller came dressed as a native from Avatar and made the whole room crack up. The highest-grossing flick of all time only received 3 Oscars for visual effects, cinematography, and art direction.

MTV discussed why the…

Mixed feelings about Avatar is a post from: TechStartups.com

As always, clean tech companies could learn a little something from the Web 2.0 folks with the names, just so we don’t get confused.

The Wall Street Journal took to the streets to find which companies were hot. The WSJ ranked the…

List of the 10 top clean tech companies is a post from: TechStartups.com

In trying times, we love success stories. That might be one reason why in this great recession, entrepreneurs are seen as heroes. Thomas Friedman wrote in The New York Times about his Einstein-like friends.

The New York Times reports:

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Calling all clean tech visionaries. Look at Bloom Energy for inspiration. is a post from: TechStartups.com

Many of the entrepreneurs in New York have lived through the dot-com boom. But as of late, the tech scene has gotten a second life and the time is ripe for a new breed of Internet companies to thrive. The start-up energy sizzling…

Start-up scene in NYC is hot! is a post from: TechStartups.com

The secret to success is to “play dirty.” And apparently, New Yorkers don’t know how to play rough enough.

Dan Porter reports in the Business Insider:

There are secrets out there. There are secrets about how to win at SEO.

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Facebook secrets revealed is a post from: TechStartups.com

Everyone seems to be telling my generation to just settle. Lori Gottlieb suggested falling in love with someone who is just good enough.

Now, Don Peck suggests settling in our careers.

The Atlantic reports on our jobless times:…

The jobless need to learn how to say yes is a post from: TechStartups.com

When I hear anything Virgin Galactic related, I get really excited. I think about the editor of the first magazine I ever interned at. His boss bought him a ticket to ride Virgin Galactic’s Spaceship. The golden $200,000 ticket was enough to make…

Virgin Galactic will start testing flights in 2011 is a post from: TechStartups.com

When I was at the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley last month, I felt like a dinosaur standing next to the chunky computers on display. Ironically, I had my laptop strapped around my shoulder with my iPhone tucked away in the…

So long desktop computers, you’re history is a post from: TechStartups.com

Google is getting smarter — it wants to personalize 20 percent of your searches. By using cookies as tags, Google can cater to your interests and your location.

The Register reports:

Speaking this afternoon at the search-obsessed

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Personalized web searches is a post from: TechStartups.com

Normally, genome wide sequencing machines look for individual mutations in the DNA code. But researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a blood test that can detect the fingerprint of tumors.

By looking for large rearrangements of the DNA…

DNA test for tumors is a post from: TechStartups.com

Wahed Said wants to build a waste-to-fuel plant in New York. He is not alone. Said is a green entrepreneur, who is a managing partner for Native American Investors Group. His two partners are Native American.

“Our mission is to…

One man has waste-to-fuel dreams is a post from: TechStartups.com

Orchard House Cafe is starting to become my makeshift office. Most of the time, speakers play oldies music and clandestine conversations are inaudible. The more I come here, the more I realize this place has the vibes of the TV show,…

Here’s evidence Google Store View has begun is a post from: TechStartups.com

Tech Crunch is bringing a game show approach to elevator pitches. At an event on May 24-26 in New York City, entrepreneurs will dish out their startup ideas in front of a thousand people — and the audience will vote American…

Pitch your startup idea: The winner takes home a grand prize of $50,000 is a post from: TechStartups.com

I spoke with analyst Christine Perey at the O’Reilly Tools of Change conference last week. Perey is very excited about augmented reality (watch the video below to see).

AR will change the way we interact with the world. Imagine…

Augmented reality with Christine Perey is a post from: TechStartups.com

Happy, snowy Friday. Do you feel like having some self help ideas for your business? Here are some things that happened this week.

10 entrepreneurs who created companies valued at $50 million talk about their biggest mistake.

Scientists turn body…

Roundup of Start-up News is a post from: TechStartups.com

The “Embargoes” video is hilarious! It might be too insider baseball for anyone who doesn’t blog about tech start-up companies. Seriously, the embargo thing situation happened to me last week.

If you are a PR rep for start-ups, you’ll identify…

Why Start-ups Shouldn’t Set Embargoes (Video) is a post from: TechStartups.com

At the O’Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing conference, Nilofer Merchant, a leading authority on business strategies, talked to me about her new book, The New How: Creating Business Solutions Through Collaborative Strategy.

When I asked her why…

Start-ups Have Too Many Ideas is a post from: TechStartups.com

Using scanned CT data from the hospital, the company puts…

Kelyniam Will Make Custom Cranial Implants is a post from: TechStartups.com

Anyone who has suffered through biology class (probably everyone), will appreciate this rap song. Derrick Davis and Tom McFadden at Stanford University created a rap song about biology to make boring lessons like glycolysis more entertaining.

Well they deserve a…

Stanford Boys Inspired By Jay-Z and 50 Cent Rap Songs, Sing About ATP is a post from: TechStartups.com

Now here’s some good news for tech companies in clean tech, biotechnology, and information technology. Over the next two years, Intel and 24 top venture capital firms including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers will shovel $3.5 billion into start-up companies.…

Tech Companies Will Get $3.5 Billion is a post from: TechStartups.com

A few days ago, I was at the Ace Hotel for a meal. This guy sitting next to me asked me for my name. He proceeded to Google me and look through all the Google images of me — in…

The Rules Of Attraction Through Augmented Reality is a post from: TechStartups.com