Startup News
Avast acquires Secure.me in privacy/security lovefest
Venture Beat - 4 May 2013 23:52
"I am overwhelmed that our vision has reached its destination," wrote Secure.me co-founder Mario Grobholz on the company blog. "The deal with Avast is the most crucial milestone in our company's history."
Treehouse is now teaching the web with the web, thanks to CodePen
Venture Beat - 4 May 2013 22:30
"We know that exploring and modifying code is one of the best ways to master markup, so this tool will be a huge help to our students as they learn."
Engineers, this IBM robot will steal your job
Venture Beat - 4 May 2013 21:45
A robotic arm, equipped with audio and video hardware, provides a direct link from the supervisor to the situation and machinery. The arm also contains a projector, so the supervisor can literally draw out a plan of atta...
Check out The Atlantic's new #longreads e-book division
Venture Beat - 4 May 2013 20:04
As other print publications struggle to maintain great, expensive content in an age of changing economics and reader habits, it's heartening to watch an older institution gamely try new things.
How to do anything
Venture Beat - 4 May 2013 18:55
Guest Post You can achieve anything you set your mind to; doing so is just process of reduction. Don't believe me? Ask Elon Musk and Richard Branson.
NASA holds haiku contest to send a message to Mars
Venture Beat - 4 May 2013 17:25
MAVEN is going to dabble in atmospheric forensics, looking at Martian solar winds and gathering data to figure out a bit more about how the planet's atmosphere decayed. You can use that as inspiration for your haiku.
PhD Biopharma CEOs: Better, Bolder, Or Occasionally Lucky?
Forbes - 4 May 2013 16:04
For as long as I can remember, it's been fashionable for management consultants to attribute many of the challenges of biopharmaceutical companies to scientists run amuck (a perspective both summarized and challenged her...
Secrets of a Successful Social Enterprise
Forbes - 4 May 2013 16:00
Better World Books, perhaps the preeminent poster child for how to start and run a growing healthy social enterprise, just turned 10 years old. With about 340 employees, revenues are approaching $65 million, with year af...
Pentagon says DoD can start using Knox-enabled Samsung Galaxy S4
Venture Beat - 4 May 2013 01:28
Samsung's Galaxy S4 is officially allowed in the hands of Department of Defense employees -- so long as they run special Knox security software.