Startup News
How to Persuade People to Join Your Startup
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 20:12
When you’re first getting your start-up off the ground, finding and reeling in awesome team members can be one of your biggest challenges. In my last post, I discussed the strategies that InstaEDU used to...
Moovweb nabs $16M to help businesses optimize content for mobile
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 03:30
Eyeballs are moving to the mobile web faster than ever these days, and mobile content management platform Moovweb plans to help out clients by making sure their message is optimized for mobile devices.
YouCommentate aims to democratize sports commentary — and maybe the news
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 23:30
YouCommentate offers a real-time audio streaming platform so people can comment on live sports events. But it has even bigger potential than that.
Clash of Clans mobile game maker Supercell is raising more than $100M at an $800M valuation
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 22:36
Clash of Clans has proven to be an addictive game with high monetization.
Weekly Wrap: 3/28/2013
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 22:33
This holiday shortened thirteen trading week of 2013 comes to a close with investors sending stocks higher.
Amazon acquires Goodreads, a book recommendations service
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 22:31
Amazon announced today it has acquired Goodreads, a website that gives you personalized recommendations for books.
75% of Facebook engagement is in the first 180 minutes, says Facebook competition-winning tool
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 22:27
Crunching the numbers on tens of millions of social data points, hundreds of thousands of Facebook pages, and 8,500 of the world's top brands on Facebook has taught Optimal Social a few things about virality.
The quest to legalize smartphone unlocking pushes forward — only without Google
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 22:03
Lots of companies are throwing their weight behind the effort to keep smartphone unlocking legal. But big companies like Microsoft and Google aren't joining the fray.
Wal-Mart dabbles with ‘sharing economy’ to implement same-day delivery
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 21:20
Wal-Mart experiments with a new crowdsourced delivery system where Walmart in-store customers deliver to online shoppers.
Summly, Pocket point the way to publishing’s revival — or its complete destruction
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 21:05
Readers have more control than ever over the content that they reader, with tools to reformat web pages, remove ads, and save them for later. How should publishers respond?
New Report Criticizes Services for Troops, Veterans
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 21:00
A new Institute of Medicine report on the wellbeing of service members and veterans contains urgent recommendations for the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs.
About Walmart's Idea to Crowdsource its Same Day Delivery Service
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 20:59
Walmart is considering a plan in which it would get its in-store customers to deliver packages that its online customers have ordered, according to Reuters, which interviewed executives at the retail giant about the stil...
Talent Management Advice for High-Growth Mid-Sized Companies
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 20:55
Interview with Ana Dutra, Korn/Ferry International Consulting CEO...
Is the 'Pinnacle Foods' Brand at the Height of Trademark Significance?
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 20:50
Here is the dilemma: do you name the company after one of its iconic brand names, or do you give it an umbrella identity?
P.M. Kitco Metals Roundup: Gold Ends Down on Improved Investor Risk Appetite, Technical Selling
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 20:46
(Kitco News)Â - Gold prices ended the U.S. day session and the last day of the trading week moderately lower Thursday. The market was pressured by a bit better investor risk appetite amid a generally calm atmosphere on...
What does Google need with a same-day shipping service anyway?
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 20:40
Google has a lot of reasons to start its own same-day shipping service. Here are a few of them.
Game designer Brenda Romero quits IGDA following party with hired female dancers
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 20:38
The International Game Developers Association hired women in revealing clothing to dance and entertain guests.
Break our rules? No Google Glass for you.
Venture Beat - 28 Mar 2013 20:37
This week, Google awarded participants of its "ifihadglass" Google Glass contest with an opportunity to get the tech-y eyewear. But today it's taking back some of those offers after discovering not everyone played by the...
Gold Survey: Majority Of Survey Participants See Higher Gold Prices Next Week
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 20:35
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METALS OUTLOOK: Gold Seeks Fresh Start For Second Quarter
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 20:34
(Kitco News)Â - The second quarter kicks off next week, but the outlook for gold is expected to remain not much different than what is currently influencing the metal: underlying support from concerns in the eurozone a...
Analyst Moves: VRNT, R
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 20:33
Verint Systems (VRNT) had its estimates and price target increased by JPMorgan (JPM) due to better than expected earnings and a solid outlook. A $41 price target was set.
Boris Berezovsky Found With Ligature Around Neck, But Police Won't Rule Out Foul Play
Forbes - 28 Mar 2013 20:27
Thursday's inquest into the death of Boris Berezovsky revealed that the exiled Russian oligarch was found by paramedics on his bathroom floor with a "ligature" around his neck "and a piece of similar material tied around...