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CHART OF THE DAY: Do We Need An Apple TV? People Already LOVE Watching (AAPL)

Nicholas Carlson

It's easy to assume that Apple is going to change the game when it launches a TV later this year.

But remember one thing: People already LOVE television.

Look how much they're watching compared to doing other things, according to this chart posted by Peter Kafka at All Things D:

How much people watch TV

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In 1993, AT&T Accurately Predicted The Future With These Ads (T)

www.businessinsider.com Jay Yarow 27 days ago

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In general, predictions about the future tend to be pretty worthless. In 1993, though, AT&T did a very good job illustrating how the world was going to change. Some of the accurate predictions: Navigation in your car. Video chatting with your family. Sending a fax from the beach. Watch any movie you want at any moment. It's 1993, so it's not like it was a crazy stretch to see what was coming in the next 10-20 years. However, it's still pretty neat to see how things were envisioned and how they played out. UberGizmo posted the series of ads below, calling them "frighteningly accurate." Ap... Read similar

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Twitter Co-Founder Biz Stone Gets Money From Bono And Al Gore For His Mysterious New Startup, Jelly

www.businessinsider.com Alyson Shontell 3 days ago

Twitter co-founder Biz Stone has a new startup called Jelly, and he just raised a Series A round of investment for it. The amount was not disclosed. The round has a few traditional investors, such as Spark Capital and SV Angel. It also involved strategic angel investors such as politician Al Gore and musician Bono. Twitter co-founders Jack Dorsey and Evan Williams, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, Emmy-winning director Greg Yaitanes, author Steven Johnson, Obvious Corp's Jason Goldman and business woman Roya Mahboob also invested. Stone hasn't revealed what Jelly is yet, but he has dropped ... Read similar

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10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (GOOG, AAPL, NFLX, MSFT)

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 27 days ago

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Is Microsoft Going To Make Its Own Phone? Probably Not Any Time Soon, Says Exec (MSFT)

www.businessinsider.com Steve Kovach 34 days ago

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One of the biggest questions facing Microsoft's mobile business now is whether or not it'll decide to go it alone and make its own smartphones. Speaking at AllThingsD's mobile conference this morning, Windows Phone's corporate vice president Terry Myerson appeared to shoot down any speculation that a Microsoft-made phone was coming any time soon. When asked what it would take to get Microsoft to build its own phone, Myerson said Microsoft would have to be able to provide something its Windows Phone partners like HTC and Nokia can't. "It would have to be something where Nokia or HTC or ot... Read similar

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Two Andreessen Horowitz Big Wigs Tell Us How CEOs Screw Up Most

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 38 days ago

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Silicon Valley venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz just announced that it's hired another special advisor. It's Ken Coleman, the former CEO of ITM. Coleman has had a long career in the Valley, with stops at Hewlett-Packard, Activision, and Silicon Graphics. He's met a lot of important people along the way. For example, 26 years ago, he hired Ben Horowitz into Silicon Graphics. Or at least, one of Coleman's reports did. Horowitz says Coleman was his "boss's boss's boss's boss." Despite the huge gap in responsibilities, Coleman availed himself as a mentor to Horowitz. Now, Horowitz ha... Read similar

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A User Named Tamerlan Tsarnaev Created A 'Terrorists' Playlist On YouTube And 'Liked' These Militant 'Jihad' Videos

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 31 days ago

The dead man suspected of bombing the Boston Marathon on Monday was named Tamerlan Tsarnaev. On YouTube, there's a user with the same name. There's a page showing that user's latest activity. Some channels this user subscribes to are: Allah is the One MaineSkiFamily's channel This user also created a playlist called "Terrorists." It used to contain two videos, but they are now deleted. Here are some videos the user "likes" according to the YouTube activity page. This one condems Harry Potter as paganism. This one says "no one can stop Jihad." This one says, "Those who were kill... Read similar

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Big Changes At Y Combinator: One Partner Out, 6 In Including Socialcam And Groupon Founders

www.businessinsider.com Alyson Shontell 3 days ago

Yesterday, Paul Graham announced some personnel changes at Y Combinator. One of its partners, Harj Tagger, is leaving to found a company after he does some traveling. In his place, Y Combinator has hired Kevin Hale, designer and founder of Wufoo. In addition, some part-time partners are coming on board. Michael Seibel, who sold his mobile video startup Socialcam to Autodesk for $60 million, is among the new partners. Groupon founder Andrew Mason is too. They're joined by Hipmunk and Reddit co-founder Steve Huffman, and App.net founder Dalton Caldwell. Y Combinator was launched in 20... Read similar

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Everything You Want To Know About America's Best Colleges

www.businessinsider.com Business Insider 179 days ago

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Yahoo Stock Drops On Revenues Miss (YHOO)

www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 33 days ago

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Larry Page Has 'Hashimoto's Thyroiditis' Disease, And It May Have Impacted His Voice

www.businessinsider.com Alyson Shontell 5 days ago

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In the past year, Google CEO Larry Page's voice has grown softer. Today on Google+, he opened up about the vocal condition that caused his voice to change. His vocal cords now have paralyzed nerves, so they do not move properly. He says that his doctors don't really understand what happened to his vocal cords. So, he started to do some research on his own. The vocal cord nerves run through the thyroid, so he started looking there for answers. In 2003, Page was diagnosed with Hashimoto's thyroiditis. He describes it as a "fairly common benign inflammatory condition of the thyroid which caus... Read similar

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Why The Classic Career Question 'What Should I Do With My Life?' Is Totally Wrong

www.businessinsider.com Alyson Shontell 3 days ago

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Whether you're a new college graduate or you've spent years in the work force, one question seems to linger: "What should I DO with my life?" LinkedIn's founder, Reid Hoffman, says that's the wrong question to ask. Instead, professionals should be asking, "How can I help?" and trying to understand what other people's needs are. "[That] question focuses the attention on you, instead of the most important factor, everyone else." Hoffman recently wrote in a PowerPoint presentation for college graduates. "The best career has you pursuing worthy aspirations, using your assets, while navigating... Read similar

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Lots Of People Believe Marissa Mayer's Search Expertise Saved Yahoo From An Otherwise Lousy Quarter (YHOO)

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www.businessinsider.com Nicholas Carlson 19 days ago

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CHART: If A Video Doesn't Go Viral Within 3 Days On The Web, It's Toast

www.businessinsider.com Dominic Green 26 days ago

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Audi Made An Android App That Saves Your Battery Life

www.businessinsider.com Steve Hall 14 days ago

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Business Insider's Ultimate Gift Guide

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Ex-Googler Agrees: These Are 14 Do's And Don'ts After You Get A New Job

www.businessinsider.com Megan Rose Dickey 13 days ago

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Apple Cruises Past $400 (AAPL)

www.businessinsider.com Jay Yarow 26 days ago

Apple's stock is creeping above $400 ahead of tonight's earnings report... Please follow SAI on Twitter and Facebook.Join the conversation about this story » Read similar

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Thanks To An Early Flaw, It's Possible To See Which Facebook Users 'Bang With Friends'

www.businessinsider.com Alyson Shontell 9 days ago

Bang With Friends (BWF) is a website and app that does exactly what its name implies. It helps you turn Facebook friends into hookup buddies, and it has gained so much early traction, it is raising ~ $1 million from investors. BWF promises no one will know you're using the service unless someone you're interested in is interested in you as well. But if you started using the service prior to January, there's a chance your BWF activity can be viewed by your Facebook friends. According to the Wall Street Journal, a link was being passed around Facebook yesterday that showed which friends are usin... Read similar

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