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Facebook crowns Mike ‘Schrep’ Schroepfer its new CTO
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 23:13
Hail to the chief technical officer!
Google BigQuery gets bigger with new features
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 02:18
Data nerds will benefit from the batch of updates to BigQuery, a web service that lets developers perform interactive analysis of massive datasets.
Former Zynga guy gets $1M for his new live broadcast app
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 00:57
Brace yourselves for... AIRXP! We don't know much, but we do know it's already raised a million-dollar seed round while still in private alpha.
Mobeam makes the Galaxy S IV the first phone to support typical barcode scanners
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 23:46
Our modern smartphone screens are great for many things -- browsing the web, taking photos, etc. -- but they're useless when it comes to traditional barcode scanners.
Looking to Raise Money? The 10 Hottest Events For Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 15 Mar 2013 23:14Are you getting overcharged by your hospital? Time to become a Smart patient
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 23:13
An article by Steve Brill in Time magazine has provoked debate about whether some patients — specifically the uninsured — are getting overcharged by hospitals. This comes at a good time, because the nation ...
Live Interview with Planting Empowerment Founders Here March 21, 2013 at 10 AM Eastern
Forbes - 15 Mar 2013 23:11It's Sheryl Sandberg's Courage To Raise Her Voice That's Hot News, Not Leaning In
Forbes - 15 Mar 2013 22:59Weekly Market Wrap: 3/15/13
Forbes - 15 Mar 2013 22:58
This eleventh trading week of 2013 comes to a close with investors sending stocks lower amidst fears that rising inflation will cause the Federal Reserve to retreat from market boosting policies.
How to kill the rest of your Friday: About.me/Chatroulette for cute dogs
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 22:52
Oh my god, Becky, look at her dog.
There Is No National Housing Market
Forbes - 15 Mar 2013 22:28
I am asked from time to time to contribute to a group of people who forecast national house prices. Â A lot of me would like to help (after all, who doesn't like being asked for his opinion), but I am never sure how to...
Where is everybody? Swarmly shows you, on your phone, in real time
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 22:27
Produced in Association with UKTI Swarmly founder Marco De Nichilo has built an app that lets you find out where the hot parties are -- simply by seeing where people are, in real time.
Asia's Week: The Bluster Blows From the North
Forbes - 15 Mar 2013 22:19Obamacare Fee Will Cost You
Forbes - 15 Mar 2013 22:03
Americans are learning of a new fee attached to Obamacare. This fee is expected to rake in $25 billion over three years, and many corporations aren't happy. Millions of dollars could flow from major companies into govern...
4tiitoo’s Nuia EyeCharm uses Microsoft’s Kinect to do eye-tracking for $60
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 21:54
Tracking your eyes as you read a computer is a cool technology, but it’s expensive. But startup 4tiitoo says it has found a way to do it inexpensively, by adding a clip-on for Microsoft’s Kinect motion-sens...
Christie Street creates in-house patent system to help inventors protect their ideas
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 21:41
Christie Street is already making easier for inventors to fund their ideas -- now it wants to help inventors patent them.
President Obama reportedly discusses cyber security with China’s new president
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 21:19
While on the phone congratulating China's new president Xi Jinping on his appointment, President Obama reportedly slipped in some conversation around cyber security and intellectual property theft.
Drumbeat: The next round of awesome HealthBeat 2013 speakers (Early bird tickets end Monday)
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 21:13
We're on a role with HealthBeat 2013. Check out our newly confirmed speakers.
Samsung’s Galaxy S IV will mark the beginning of the end of Samsung’s smartphone dominance
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 20:29
The more Samsung "adds value" to Android by customizing a version of it for the Galaxy line of phones, the more it will suck.
5 entrepreneurial lessons I learned from Richard Branson
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 20:20
Guest Post After winning a competition, I had the chance to fly down to South Africa and spend three days with my idol, Richard Branson. Here's what IÂ learned.
Here’s how personal news mag Zite plans to fill the Google Reader void
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 20:15
Google Reader is dead, but custom news magazine Zite hopes to help fill its place.
How AppGlu plans to remove all the post-launch stress from developers’ lives
Venture Beat - 15 Mar 2013 20:11
Tired of fixing content and coordinating push notifications at the whim of your business team? AppGlu is for you.