And Now, (YourName)Coin
Well, this had to happen. Silicon Valley based Coinsoft Technologies is offering an instant ‘Create your own coin’ software bundle that users can buy for 99.99 USDs, and use it to create a crypto-currency More...
Man Insists He Will Pay In Coins, Thrown Out of Restaurant
In a strange incident in Los Angeles today, a 35 year old man was reportedly thrown out of a fine dining restaurant after he insisted that he can only pay the bill in crypto currencies (a.k.a coins). “The More...
Greenspan’s Bitcoin Comment Triggers An Algo Trading Frenzy
Multiple trading algorithms have reportedly fired no-limit Bitcoin buy orders in real time, based on Greenspan’s use of the word ‘bubble’. The humans in the market are thrilled as well. “That More...
Coinspotting: The Newest Game In The Valley
When it comes to defining technology trends, no place on earth can beat Silicon Valley. Most of these world changing concepts start off as small, fun stuff (remember “setting up my twtr”? ) So when More...
Snapchat Awarded Patent For Funding Valuation Algorithm
Snapchat, the app that helps people communicate using snaps that disappear, has been awarded a patent for a unique algorithm for Series C Funding. The patent has been awarded for a system “that uses technology More...
SVChronicle Exclusive: Bitcoin Pricing Call
Here is a scoop that would make Kara Swisher cry with envy: SVChronicle has managed to obtain the transcript of this week’s Bitcoin pricing call, reproduced in its entirety below. Jim: “Hello everyone More...
Million Dollar Hackathon Winner: ‘VC Robot’
A team of Stanford students won the million dollar prize in the final round of the nationwide hackathon competition, for developing a stunning fully functional robot, called the ‘VC Robot’ in just More...
Meet ‘Dial-In’: An App That Represents You in Conference Calls
This is a genius idea. Silly Labs today introduced an amazing app called ‘Dial-In’ that you can configure to dial in and participate in all your conference calls. The app promises to represent you on More...
One Line Summaries of Startup School Talks
SVChronicle had a front row seat to the talks at Startup School 2013. Here, we try to summarize the talks: Chris Dixon: I am a VC so I have to give you some formula – it is actually very simple – When More...
Mixup: Balaji Gives His TED Talk At YC’s Startup School
In a very honest tweet, Balaji Srinivasan, who had just gotten off stage at YC’s Startup school after giving a phenomenal talk, said “OMG. I brought the TED Deck”. Some viewers had rated the talk More...