20 years ago when we old people we were using #NFC for #mobilepayments most people thought it meant National Football Conference. 🤣 More at

Celebrating 20 years since I started my mobile payment company. At the time most folks thought that NFC stood for National Football Conference which I blogged about several years ago at

Grateful the PTAB denied institution of all 8 IPR’s Samsung filed against us. We are just a small company trying to protect our ideas and our #IP.

No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it's not enough. This is why I raised $111M for @serenaventures. To support the founders who are overlooked by engrained systems woefully unaware of their biases. Because even I am overlooked. You can do better, @nytimes.

With Millions at Stake, Inventors Fight America’s Patent System

Google's loss to Sonos settles it: Big Tech has an IP piracy problem https://t.co/KlL1904Oxl by @AdamMossoff

Intel’s new Alder Lake Processors will run faster on Windows 11 https://t.co/aDmdFAKcrh

This is how we turn outrage into action. Thank you @reedhastings & @Netflix. $100m into Black-owned banks is a giant step forward. If major U.S. companies invest 2% of profits in left behind communities, we can close the racial wealth gap in 10 years.

Netflix said it would shift 2% of its cash holdings to banks and credit unions that primarily serve Black communities to improve these financial institutions’ ability to offer loans to people and businesses

"Further, and happily, participation in the U.S. patent system, as patentees and as licensees, is available to citizens and non-citizens alike." Schenck, A.G. v. Nortron Corp., 713 F.2d 782 (Fed. Cir. 1983). Modern counterpoint to Invention of a Slave.

After a lifetime of reaching for the stars, today, Katherine Johnson landed among them. She spent decades as a hidden figure, breaking barriers behind the scenes. But by the end of her life, she had become a hero to millions—including Michelle and me.

"It always seems impossible until it's done." - Nelson Mandela #leadership #entrepreneurship #motivation #anythingispossible

“#Women pioneered computer programming” . Between 30% and 50% of programmers in the 1950s were women. https://t.co/l3lpWfIvXG #HourOfCode #CSEdWeek #cs4all #stem #edtech /@codeorg

The Bill and Melinda @GatesFoundation will invest $1.7 billion in U.S. public #education. https://t.co/SI6eUSMRMj #edtech #edchat

Agility and responsiveness in supply chain: @ALOM_GLOBAL featured in article by @Ventureneer in @Forbes @IWFglobal

Never underestimate the power of intelligence. #KnowledgeIsPower #YouAreEnough

We must support and create new pathways for women in tech. That’s the message that Melinda is bringing to #GHC17:

"You are enough!" #motivation

Congratulations! @KayMadati: Excited to join @Twitter as head of content partnerships & to work with @anthonynoto + other amazing leaders”

BBC #100Women: 9 things you didn't know were invented by women. #womeninSTEM #womenintech