Startup News
‘A good Jew’ hashtag earns Twitter a $50M fine from France
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 23:42
Biz says, "We don't always agree with the things people choose to tweet, but we keep the information flowing irrespective of any view we may have about the content."
Entrepreneurs applaud Senate’s backing of medical device tax repeal
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 23:41
The Senate has backed a repeal of a 2.3 percent tax on medical device makers that was enacted as part of Obamacare.
China Rich List: The Top 25
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 23:43
The top 25 people on Forbes' 2012 list of China's richest.
Genapsys raises $8.5M to sequence your genome on a cheap chip
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 23:13
While it's remarkable that we can actually sequence entire genomes today, the process remains relatively expensive.
New Russian high-tech fund to invest up to $20M in startups across the globe
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 22:38
Guest Post The founders of one of Moscow's biggest startup accelerators announced the creation of a fund primarily dedicated to IT projects in Russia.
Com2Us rides the Kakao mobile games wave and expands to the U.S.
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 22:30
The company is starting to benefit from games distributed on mobile messaging platforms such as Kakao Talk.
Discuss the ‘Future of Funding’ with top investors
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 22:09
Sponsored Post 2013 is looking like a very uncertain and pivotal year for startup investing. Was the dreaded "Series-A Crunch" overblown, or is it just getting started?
Enable Two-Factor Authentication On Your Apple Account To Avoid A New Password-Resetting Attack
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 22:08
On Thursday, Apple began allowing a new security setting that requires anyone trying to hijack your Apple account to also have access to your phone, theoretically foiling hackers. A day later, turning that feature on has...
How IT learned to stop worrying and start loving user experience
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 22:06
Guest Post Security remains a staple for these modern IT directors, but the steady flow of employees’ new technologies has changed their thinking to include user experience.
Entrepreneurship - The Board Game! (VIDEO)
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 22:05
Leah Goold-Haws grew up with a serial entrepreneur father who ran businesses in hardware, sportswear, Mexican food, airport gifts and others. He would recruit his children to help him in his endeavors. Now, as a mother o...
You Don't Need to Understand Your Investments
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 22:04
You don't need to understand your investments. At first blush, that sounds like a terrible thing to say, doesn't it?
New Apple flaw lets hackers change your Apple ID and iCloud passwords
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 22:01
After announcing two-factor authentication to protect your accounts yesterday, a new vulnerability that allows hackers to change your password without answering security questions surfaced today.
FCC regulation & VoIP: What’s next?
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 21:29
Guest Post Things have been heating up between the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and the VoIP industry lately.
Analyst Moves: MU, MFRN
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 20:50
Micron (MU) had its estimates and price target increased by Jefferies (JEF) as margins at the company have been expanding.
Earnings Wrap: TIBX, KBH
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 20:42
Tibco Software (TIBX) announced that profit during the first quarter fell by over 50 percent. Net income was $9.5 million, or 6 cents per share, versus $20.6 million, or 12 cents per share, in the same period last year. ...
Analyst Moves: TIBX, LULU
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 20:20
Tibco (TIBX) had its estimates and price target reduced by JMP (JMP) after the company lowered guidance. A $26 price target was issued with an outperform rating.
In battle for talent, Warner Bros. will open game studio in San Francisco
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 20:12
With all the news of studio closures, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment shows the digital side of the industry is growing.
Daily Dividends Report: APD, INDB, WASH
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 19:39
Air Products & Chemicals (APD) announced its quarterly dividend of 71 cents per share, an increase of about 11% over its prior dividend in December of 64 cents. The dividend is payable May 13 to shareholders of record as...
Suburbs Or Cities? Extraction Or Ideas?
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 19:37
There is a food fight going on over at the Daily Beast between Richard Florida and Joel Kotkin.
Google’s self-driving car has a pretty high opinion of itself
Venture Beat - 22 Mar 2013 19:25
Google's self-driving car was on the U.C. Berkeley campus lately -- and the spot it chose to park was one usually reserved for highly intelligent humans.
Evolution's Next Stage: How Humans Are Changing Much Faster Than Ever Before.
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 19:20
Evolution is like a search engine, though not a very good one. We?re not talking Google. We might be talking Google drunk, blindfolded, on crutches, and with a frontal lobotomy.
Analyst Moves: DSW, NKE
Forbes - 22 Mar 2013 19:08
DSW (DSW) was upgraded by Credit Suisse (CS) to outperform from neutral with a price target of $73 as expectations are currently at a more reasonable level.