Startup News
Hulu sells its 'Hulu Japan' service to Nippon TV
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 05:40
Streaming video service Hulu is selling its Japanese sister service to Nippon TV, the company announced today. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The “Hulu Japan” service was first launched by Hulu nearl...
Google reportedly tried to buy a brainwave-reading startup
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 02:30
Not content with voice, visual, or gestural input, Google cofounder Sergey Brin reportedly tried to buy a Toronto-based startup that makes a brainwave-tracking headband. On Thursday, TechCrunch cited an unnamed source cl...
Hobby? What hobby? Apple sold $1B worth of Apple TVs in 2013
Venture Beat - 1 Mar 2014 01:30
As for what a new Apple TV might include, rumors have pointed to an integrated Wi-Fi router, a TV tuner to pick up local broadcasts, and more support for iOS games.
Hack Work To Combine Peak Performance And Personal Purpose
Forbes - 1 Mar 2014 00:38
Is it any wonder that employee engagement is reported to be at an all time global low while business continues to become increasingly complex? In an earlier article, Work is Broken; Let's Hack it, one of us described ...
Lenovo to launch a line of smartphones from... Ashton Kutcher?
Venture Beat - 1 Mar 2014 00:19
I'm not entirely sure I buy the idea that Kutcher is an "engineer," but Lenovo obviously trusts his judgment.
Babel Street picks up $2M to serve as your international data interpreter
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 23:59
You don't need to hire a pack of interpreters if you want to research what people are saying on social networks around the world. Babel Street has you covered for that.
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Twitch plays Pokémon, why Steam matters, and Thief stumbles
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 23:53
Check out our entire week's worth of coverage on VentureBeat's channel for video games, GamesBeat.
Lyor Cohen's 300 And The Dawn Of The Moneyball Record Label
Forbes - 28 Feb 2014 23:30
Lyor Cohen, Kevin Liles and Todd Moscowitz founded 300 with the goal of creating a record label for the 21st Century, a nimble outfit capable of launching self-starting artists to the next level without the burdensome bu...
The World's Highest-Paid Musicians 2013
Forbes - 28 Feb 2014 23:30
Madonna is living up to her nickname: the Material Girl tops our annual list of the top-earning musicians by a wide margin. How much did she make, and who was her closest competition? Read the full story here or click th...
Gorgeous photo-blogging service Exposure gets even better with new typography features
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 21:59
Exposure, a blogging platform for photo narratives, just launched a new editor. The tool, powered by Barley (an editing framework), adds new formatting options to Exposure. This is a greatly needed addition, as Exposure ...
Amazon cloud evangelist Brunozzi leaves for VMware
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 21:57
VMware just found itself an excellent promoter for its cloud efforts. They found him at public-cloud giant Amazon Web Services, naturally.
Here's the full filing for GrubHub's $100M IPO
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 21:08
With fast-growing revenue and a huge merger underway the GrubHub-Seamless family is ready for its moment in the spotlight.
What Challenges Does Facebook's Proposed Acquisition Of WhatsApp Face?
Forbes - 28 Feb 2014 21:07
What challenges does Facebook's proposed acquisition of WhatsApp face? This question was originally answered on Quora by Terrence Yang.
How to Delegate to Get the Best From Your Startup Employees
Nibletz - 28 Feb 2014 20:55
Building a business takes everything you've got. But eventually you have to delegate to rock star employees to get the job done.
'Because Of Them, We Can': How This Social Entrepreneur Is Empowering Young Black Children
Forbes - 28 Feb 2014 20:47
"To uplift history it's got to be ongoing," Eunique Jones Gibson says. "This is a movement and the only way to stop a movement is to stop moving."
Apple's Touch ID may soon recognize your finger more consistently
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 20:45
The performance of Apple's "Touch ID," a prominent security feature of the iPhone 5S, will reportedly improve thanks to an upcoming software update.
Five Reasons Half of You Will be Freelancers in 2020
Forbes - 28 Feb 2014 20:45
Is the Global Recession over? Hard to say. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate dropped from 7.2% to 6.6% over the past six months. However, a recent Gallup Poll found that many Americans ar...
Google launches Scraper Report to report scammy sites, gets reported as best example
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 20:29
Yesterday, Google announced a tool to combat site scraping, called the Scraper Report. Hilarity ensued.
5 Landing Page Mistakes That Are Killing Your Chances At Conversions
Forbes - 28 Feb 2014 20:21
You’ve probably already figured out that getting visitors to your landing page is only one part of the online marketing equation.
Good Leaders Treat The Janitors Right
Forbes - 28 Feb 2014 20:20
How a CEO treats the janitors is an illustration of the DNA of the entire organization.
The DeanBeat: Will multiplayer-only games make the single-player campaign obsolete?
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 20:00
A few big games of 2014 will make the triple-A multiplayer-only game a big force.
Microsoft may sell Windows 8.1 for cheap -- or even give it away
Venture Beat - 28 Feb 2014 19:12
To boost the number of folks using the operating system, Microsoft is reportedly considering giving it away for free or selling it at a very low cost.