A report from Experian Simmons found that more than half of smartphone owners have accessed the Internet with their phones in the last 30 days. It also found that mobile phones are becoming an important shopping tool.

According to comScore, Google's Android mobile operating system crossed the 40 percent threshold during the three months ending in July. Also, more than 82 million people in the U.S. owned smartphones during this period.

Talk of a bubble has faded somewhat. It's still not far from people's minds, but something in the discourse has shifted. Companies are still seeing tremendous valuations, from the billion dollar Airbnb out west to ZocDoc out east, acquisitions...

All this talk of the daily deal space has reminded us that we have not had a proper shameless plug in quite some time - no solo emails, no major plugs in articles, or the like. Well, it's time to rectify that. We expect to see you two weeks from today in San...