Startup News
Google CEO: We need to stay focused, but my eyes are on the future
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 22:48
You might have been expecting an update on Google Glass, but Page actually chose to talk about Project Loon, an attempt to bring balloon-powered Internet access to people in remote and developing areas.
Subsurface Deterioration Underlies Positive Year To Date Move
Forbes - 18 Jul 2013 23:06AMD chief touts video game chips as big diversification opportunity
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 23:36
AMD credits semi-custom chips for game consoles for return to profits in upcoming Q3.
Eat24 releases POS system to help restaurants keep up with demand for delivery
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 22:56
After announcing a big partnership with Yelp, food delivery startup Eat24 releases its own point-of-sale system designed for restaurants that have a high volume of online orders.
Yelp orders up its own reservation service: Acquires SeatMe for $12.7M
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 22:50
It was only a matter of time until Yelp outgrew its partnership with OpenTable and stepped up to offer reservations on its own.
Google's $14B quarter in 9 pictures
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 22:38
Google just released its Q2 2013 quarterly earnings: $14 billion in revenue, including $13.1 billion in ad sales, and almost $4 billion in profit. Here's the company's quarter, visually.
'Excel killer' Tableau moves to the cloud
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 22:36
Today, the company held a press conference to unveil its "Tableau online" product, a cloud-based version of its data analysis software.
The Unsurprising Nature of Unrest
Forbes - 18 Jul 2013 22:31
By Michael Moran and Jonathan Wood
Xbox 360 sales slow for Microsoft in Q4
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 22:29
Despite the slowing console sales, Microsoft's devices division is up thanks to Windows Phone.
AMD beats expectations, swings to a loss with weak Q2 PC sales
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 22:21
AMD beats expectations, but it is losing money compared to profits a year ago.
Microsoft takes $900M charge for Surface RT tablets in disappointing earnings
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 22:11
Microsoft's fourth quarter earnings sure look ugly, with missed analyst expectations and the company taking a $900 million charge on its Surface RT tablet inventory.
CloudBeat 2013: PayPal embraces open cloud most aggressively
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 22:04
I'm delighted to announce the first three speakers at our CloudBeat 2013 event in San Francisco on Sept 9-10. This is our third annual CloudBeat, an event set on debating the trends in the cloud economy over the next twe...
At Google, revenues up, but profitability down
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 22:02
PRISM, more EU privacy complaints, and even U.S. accusations of taking drug money weren't enough to keep Google down. This quarter, I/O and Glass generated excitement, but ads brought the revenue.
Yahoo acquires Beijing-based startup Ztelic
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 21:34
Yahoo today acquired its nineteenth startup, Beijing-based Ztelic, which analyses data from social websites.
The full PRISM letter Google, Yahoo, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft are sending congress
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 21:23
Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, and many more companies are asking President Barack Obama and the U.S. congress for greater transparency on PRISM, NSA surveillance of Americans, and government requests for data about...
Oracle Revs Up Exalytics To Boost Both Speed And Simplicity
Forbes - 18 Jul 2013 21:02PHP exploding on Google App Engine: 'It's amazing, and we didn't anticipate this'
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 21:00
For years, developers asked Google to enable PHP on App Engine. In May of this year Google finally relented, and the most-requested language for Google App Engine is becoming one of the most popular languages on Google c...
P.M. Kitco Roundup: Gold Firmer On Chart Consolidation; Bernanke Opines On The Metal
Forbes - 18 Jul 2013 21:00
(Kitco News) - The gold market ended the U.S. day session modestly higher Thursday. Price action saw technical chart consolidation and a corrective bounce following Wednesday's selling pressure. There was not much market...
Quarterly closes $3.25M to send you gifts from important people you don't know
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 20:25
Quarterly is a startup based in Hollywood that offers a subscription service for gifts from influential contributors like Tim Ferriss and Alexis Ohanian.
Morgan Stanley's Brokerage Biz Improves But Still Trails BofA Merrill Lynch
Forbes - 18 Jul 2013 20:13More Money Or More Freedom, Which Would You Choose?
Forbes - 18 Jul 2013 19:50Grovo gets $5.5M for its nifty Internet training videos
Venture Beat - 18 Jul 2013 02:07
Grovo cofounder and CEO Jeff Fernandez described the content as "bite-sized, in-house, professionally produced video lessons every day covering the latest changes to the Internet."