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UnGrounded: British Airways Attempts to Bottle Some Startup Spirit

theodp writes "Bill Gates already called dibbs on polio, so British Airways had to settle for tackling the 'global misalignment of talent' problem, putting '100 of the most forward-thinking founders, CEOs, venture capitalists, and Silicon Valley game-changers' on a flight from San <

Microsoft's Most Wanted: A Convicted Child Molester Worked At Yammer

A few years ago, a fast-growing startup, adding staff at a breakneck pace, hired a facilities manager as a contractor without asking too many questions.


That startup was Yammer, now part of Microsoft.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers: The 5 Games That Will Determine their Fate in 2013

The NFL schedule makers were relatively kind to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers this season, as their road games against the New York Jets, New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks were all scheduled early enough that they should largely avoid cold weather-related issues.

Filipino Gift-remittance Startup Ayannah Gets $1M Angel Round

Ayannah, a gift-remittance startup in the Philippines, just received $1 million in its first angel round.

The company’s service is called Sendah, and allows Filipinos working overseas to pay for products and services back home for their families through Sendah’s site.

College World Series Bracket 2013: Teams We'd Love to See in Semifinal Action

For every team remaining in the 2013 College World Series, one game is the difference between advancing in the tournament and being ousted from Omaha.

Giants To Sign Christian Arroyo

Giants first-rounder Christian Arroyo is in Arizona to take his physical and thus is close to signing with the team, Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.

Batteries hold key to wearable device revolution

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Longer-lasting batteries are crucial for a new crop of wearable computers whose rise may upend Apple and Google's dominance of mobile devices, two of the field's pioneers say.

The 4 Biggest Disappointments for the Giants so Far

2013 was almost bound to be disappointing given the sky-high standards set by the 2012 World Champion San Francisco Giants.

Hedge fund manager used postal box to hide $6 million fraud, Feds say

CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A North Carolina hedge fund manager used a personal post-office box and forged bank statements to hide his theft of about $6 million over a seven-year period, U.S. regulators and prosecutors said on Monday.

High TechCarnival Aims To Entertain, Inspire, and Educate

kkleiner writes "A self-described think tank of engineers and inventors called Two Bit Circus have completed a successful crowdfunding campaign to launch a high tech reinvention of carnivals form yesteryear.