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About Chris

  • Website: http://silicon-news.com or email
  • Biography: Chris started at The Coffee Desk during its hey-day as an infrequent guest author who slowly grew to becoming a mainline contributor. He is a business grad student at USC who is very fluent with technology and the ever-evolving web, and has priceless contributions to Silicon News as a result. He is known for looking at the "big picture" of things, namely new technological trends, and analyzing them from a business perspective that so many IT professionals tend to glaze over in their focus on the technology's specifics.

Posts by Chris:

Cord Cutting and Live Sports

Posted by Chris on January 21, 2013 in News

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With services like Netflix, Amazon.com, iTunes and Hulu(+), why would one need anything other than an Internet connection and a smart TV? For long, the answer has been sports: the big game ringleaders have been in bed with the cable/satellite companies deep for a long time.

But, that could be about to change and for the better of humanity — except the big network companies, that is.
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C Corporation, S Corporation, Or LLC? The Missing Startup Manual

Posted by Chris on January 17, 2013 in News

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Wanting to finally take the plunge and start up the business you’ve been pondering? The types of businesses may seem confusing and difficult to grasp, but here’s a quick rundown of what they are to you (and which one you should consider based on your needs).

The New Digg

Posted by Chris on July 20, 2012 in News

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Today, Digg’s Twitter account posted a link to ReThinkDigg.com in order to begin to generate hype for an essential “reboot” of Digg. The launch date for the “new Digg” is slated for August 1, 2012 with the tweet counting down with a mere “12 days” followed by the link. The move follows Betaworks’ acquisition of [...]

DNS Changer Malware Implications

Posted by Chris on July 8, 2012 in News

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For those not “in the know,” the DNSChanger virus has compromised thousands of computers over the years, and changed their DNS settings to point to rogue DNS servers – the addresses of which the FBI acquired and pointed to non-rogue “correction servers” – until now. It’s time to pull the plug on the servers, causing [...]

Apple-Yahoo! Acquisition or Merger Coming?

Posted by Chris on July 7, 2012 in News

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In what could be the biggest non-Obama bailout in history, strong evidence indicates that Apple may be very interested in buying out Yahoo! in the short term.

Yahoo! Is Dead

Posted by Chris on July 7, 2012 in News

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Honestly, this article is no shock to anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the past seven years: the former search giant Yahoo! is a completely dead company, with nearly no hold left in the market – Apple’s iOS ties remain the only life support. Let’s analyze the dead company further so we [...]

Capitalize on Greece’s Hard Times

Posted by Chris on June 27, 2012 in News

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Unless you live under a rock, you’ve heard of Greece’s issues lately within the European economy. But, every cloud has a silver lining, and just like Oscar Shindler profited off of World War II (before his philanthropic life-saving), you too can capitalize off of a European situation.

Internet Marketing Do’s and Don’t Ever’s

Posted by Chris on June 21, 2012 in The Internet

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So you want to market something via the Internet, eh? Well here are some marketing rules than anyone should live by – if you want a successful marketing campaign and value your career, that is!

An IPO Pick-Me-Up

Posted by Chris on June 19, 2012 in News

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At this point, I’m sure even Helen Keller knows about the Facebook IPO fiasco – and she’s dead. But in the aftermath of one of the most botched public offerings to date that has left investors stingy and companies fearful to go public (especially on NASDAQ). One company however – Workday – is about to [...]

“Scientology”

Posted by Chris on June 18, 2012 in Reviews

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Few ever have the gall to merely mention that word for fear of legal threats and/or murder, but here I offer the evidence I’ve gathered on Scientology through extensive research that should prove to discredit the cult as any legitimate organization in anyone’s eyes, as well as revealing what they really are, why celebrities flock [...]

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