Startup News
Zynga chief information officer departs to take top job at cloud-storage company
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 23:58
Zynga is losing a top-level executive next month. The social-gaming developer’s chief information officer will resign her position to take the post of chief executive officer at cloud-storage company Nirvanix, acc...
Startups are from Mars, enterprises are from Venus
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 23:43
Guest Post Founders and venture capitalists will need to augment their teams with sales executives who can nimbly step around the challenges of contract negotiations, channel partnerships, and client services engageme...
Truckers: Don't Fear Higher Diesel Prices
Forbes - 25 Mar 2013 23:43
Higher fuel costs are perennial worries for trucking company leaders, but the concern is much overdone. The most likely trigger for higher diesel costs is stronger economic growth—which is good for truckers.
Facebook update allows threaded comments for Pages
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 22:26
Comments and conversation threads will be ordered based on relevance to the user and might appear differently to each person.
Bausch + Lomb Files Registration Statement For Proposed IPO
Forbes - 25 Mar 2013 22:10
Bausch + Lomb, the global eye health company, today announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the SEC, through its holding company WP Prism, relating to the proposed initial public offering of...
This is why West Virginia Republicans are totally right to ban Google Glass while driving
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 21:58
A West Virginia delegate proposed a bill over the weekend that would make it illegal for people to drive and use Google Glass at the same time.
Digg: We want build something better than just a Google Reader clone
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 21:50
Web users are really hankering for a replacement to Google Reader -- but Digg wants to give them so much more.
Analyst Moves: JCP, CHKP
Forbes - 25 Mar 2013 21:23
JC Penney (JCP) was downgraded by BMO Capital Markets (BMO) from market perform to underperform with a price target of $12 as sizable losses at the company will likely continue.
Windows Blue revealed in further detail in new video
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 21:23
While screenshots of Windows Blue — the next version of Windows — leaked yesterday, it appears the flood of new details wasn’t over just yet.
‘Predictive intelligence’ application Sherpa announces $1.1M seed backing
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 20:54
Sherpa, an iPhone application that promises to simplify your day, has announced a $1.1 million round of seed funding. The app uses location-based technology to make your commute, routine, and life easier and is designed ...
Analyst Moves: BWA, KBH
Forbes - 25 Mar 2013 20:53
Borg Warner (BWA) had its price target increased by Citigroup (C) to $88 as the fast growing Stop/Start market should add to earnings.
Trying to make paywalls work, Andrew Sullivan offers Dish access for $2 a month
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 20:34
Blogger Andrew Sullivan has changed the pricing model for his popular blog The Dish, now offering access for $2 a month rather than only a $20-a-year option.
NATO says famed cyber attack against Iran nuclear plant is ‘act of force’
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 20:33
A group of NATO researchers say the Stuxnet attacks were an illegal act of force against Iran, as is outlined in a new manual that makes international law applicable to cyber warfare.
Uber expands ‘uberverse’ with new Android, Blackberry, Windows apps
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 20:02
Uber's new app releases will help expand its user base and continue disrupting the taxi industry around the world.
Nasdaq will pay $62M in cash to vexed Facebook IPO investors
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 19:36
The Nasdaq can official begin issuing compensation to those who lost money in the Facebook IPO technical glitches. The SEC approved the proposed plan of $62 million in cash.
Evernote continues global crusade, offers 60M Germans Premium services for free
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 19:12
The king of digital note-taking services partners with Deutsche Telekom to make its subscribers eligible for a free year of Evernote Premium.
Guru Stocks at 52-Week Lows: BIDU, ABX, APA, PKX, MT
Forbes - 25 Mar 2013 19:08
According to GuruFocus list of 52-week lows, these Guru stocks have reached their 52-week lows.
You Can Smell Other People's Emotions, and They're Contagious
Forbes - 25 Mar 2013 19:06Sherpa, The Latest Personal Assistant App, Focuses On Location
Forbes - 25 Mar 2013 19:01
Personal assistant apps are a new hot area for startups. The promise of these services is to sift through people's deluge of emails, documents and calendar events to extract actionable insights, and provide that informat...
The Roku 3 Set-Top Box: A Nearly Perfect Product
Forbes - 25 Mar 2013 19:01
Let me get right to it: I've been testing the Roku 3 set-top box for about a month, and can definitively say that is a nearly perfect product, and easily the best set-top box on the market. And for $99, it is also a very...
Poutsch: Re-hacking Democracy, one question at a time
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 19:00
With a name borrowed from the German word putsch (meaning a political ‘coup,’), this French-Belgian startup means business.
Barnes & Noble reminds us Nook doesn’t have in-app purchases by telling us its coming
Venture Beat - 25 Mar 2013 18:53
Barnes & Noble subsidy Nook Media announced today that apps for its Nook devices would soon gain the ability to offer customers in-app purchases.