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VentureBeat is hiring a full time Director of Event Content
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 23:48
If you're obsessed with amazing technology and how it impacts our lives, then this post might be for you. VentureBeat is looking to hire a full time Director of Event Content to join our team and help define our industry...
Mobile revenue shines as Facebook's earnings beat Wall Street estimates
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 23:33
Facebook's earnings just hit the wire, showing $1.6 billion for the quarter and a grand total of $ 5.1 billion for all of 2012. But the real standout line item was mobile advertising revenue -- the most hotly anticipated...
Mind the Bridge funds Mediterranean startups' journey to US
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 23:31
Italian investor forms a seed fund to support international startups as they set up headquarters in Silicon Valley.
Windows 8 pays off big time in Lenovo's latest quarter
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 23:14
Is Lenovo immune to the PC market slowdown? PC shipments of 14.1 million say that's the case.
EA narrowly beats expectations for holiday game sales
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 23:13
EA turns out decent results in a tough quarter.
Analysts: Office 365 is a win for consumers. For businesses, it's not so clear
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 23:00
We asked the experts to predict how the new Office 365 will fare in an increasingly flooded market. Analysts agree that adoption will be slow at first, but it's a win for consumers who can access high-quality products at...
Taking its data and going home: Facebook action forces Yandex to shut down mobile app
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 22:50
Yandex shut down its social search app today, soon after Facebook pulled the plug on the app's data access.
Health startup raises $11M to offer coupons for caramels
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 22:39
Linkwell's platform connects insurance companies, brands, and consumers in a coupon distribution network.
Twitter gets bigger photos, more convos
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 22:25
Pictures are prettier, thanks to new lightboxes. And conversations are tiered, showing replies to replies. Crazy!
Dropbox: We're about 'content' now, not file sharing
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 22:20
With its set of new features, Dropbox is moving away from file sharing and into the realm of "content." The goal is to be much more than just a personal storage system.
3 billion check-ins let Foursquare highlight the most awesome places in the U.S.
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 22:16
Three billion tweets and tens of millions of tips ought to add up to something. In Foursquare's case, that means the "Best of" series, which highlights "the most awesome places in cities across the U.S."
Apple's 'Eyes Free' Siri tech coming to 2013 Honda Accords & Acuras
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 22:11
Honda is the latest in a string of automobile manufacturer that will bring Apple's Siri voice control technology to its line of cars, the automaker announced today.
The Most Subscribed-To YouTube Channels
Forbes - 30 Jan 2013 22:03
The ten YouTube channels that have attracted the most subscribers.
'Github for recipes' brings open source into the kitchen
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 21:17
Fork the Cookbook launches an adaptive recipe platform where home chefs can tweak, edit, and modify their recipes.
Dropbox Adds Photo Sharing, Document Viewing
Forbes - 30 Jan 2013 21:15Windows 8 upgrade for students will cost $70 on Feb. 1, but you can still get it for $40 now
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 20:36
Microsoft will offer a discounted version of Windows 8 Pro for students after the price of the OS goes up on Feb. 1, but anyone who wants to get in on Windows 8 can do so at an even lower price during the next two days.
You may actually want these BlackBerry 10 phones (hands-on)
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 20:24
The biggest surprise from today's BlackBerry 10 event: these phones aren't half bad.
Vimeo starts slapping content ratings on its videos
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 20:21
Those fearful of ever watching a story that contains excessive violence, cursing, nudity and other unsavory elements probably have bland taste in movies/TV shows -- but they're also in luck.
SEC Drops The Ball With JOBS Act
NuWire - 30 Jan 2013 19:41
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) broke the law when it failed to meet its Dec. 31 deadline for implementing rules that will establish new rights for entrepreneurs and small-business owners as part of the Jump...
Visual Studio + Git: Microsoft development tools now support open-source version-control system Git
Venture Beat - 30 Jan 2013 19:29
Microsoft development tools such as Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server now support Git, the open-source version distributed version control system for software projects.
Outrageous O'Leary Leads Ryanair's New Grab For Aer Lingus--And Mouths Off To The World.
Forbes - 30 Jan 2013 19:10Pop Quiz: What Kind Of Entrepreneur Are You?
Forbes - 30 Jan 2013 19:06
A short and simplified questionnaire to identify your dominant entrepreneur traits.