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Julian Assange to SXSW crowd: Even billionaire Pierre Omidyar sees that there's no real liberty
Venture Beat - 9 Mar 2014 00:55
AUSTIN, Texas — Wikileaks founder Julian Assange warned a crowd of attendees at SXSW today about the growing threat of police states in many of the world’s most powerful countries. Assange, who has been living in the...
Why companies are not startups
Venture Beat - 9 Mar 2014 00:49
While it's fashionable to build corporate incubators, there's little evidence that they deliver more than "innovation theater." Big companies just aren't set up for real innovation and agility.
Watch the live stream of Neil deGrasse Tyson's SXSW Keynote about 'Cosmos'
Venture Beat - 9 Mar 2014 00:10
Famed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson took the stage at the South by Southwest interactive show just moments ago to chat about his upcoming new show Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey, which will premiere on Fox this week to...
Women-Led Businesses: The Underserved Opportunity - SXSW 2014
Forbes - 8 Mar 2014 23:25
Today I sat in on a panel discussion called Women Led Businesses: The Underserved Opportunity, moderated by Joshua Henderson, VP, Springboard Enterprises. Panelists included Trish Costello, founder of Portfolia and co-fo...
A Delaware story: Lyft's $150M round of funding
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 22:43
No SEC Form D has yet surfaced to confirm whether the offerings have been sold in their entirety, but that filing is likely around the corner.
How these social robots are helping autistic kids
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 22:00
Recent studies have shown that social robots like Romibo can be used to provide therapy (or co-therapy,in collaboration with a human), and potentially even help teach autistic individuals new skills.
5 mistakes you're making when you try to build a private cloud
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 20:55
The growing popularity of private clouds brings with it some expensive lessons. While success is definitely within reach, private clouds are not without their share of pitfalls.
Viralheat adds Zendesk integration, boosting social customer support for brands
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 20:00
Enterprise social management platform Viralheat seems to be playing nicely with a lot of new friends — it has just added Zendesk integration after recently partnering with Salesforce. “We incorporated Zendesk into ou...
LG's G Flex: Is a curved smartphone screen innovation or desperation? (review)
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 19:17
I'm all for novelty gadgets, but when it's something as important as a smartphone I tend to fall on the pragmatic side of things. It's clear that LG doesn't know what to do with its curved screens just yet.
T-Mobile adds more data to its cheaper plans -- but unlimited data is now $10 more
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 09:36
T-Mobile’s latest plans are great if you’re looking to save money — but a pain if you want an endless supply of data. Almost a year since launching its bold, contract-free Simple Choice plans, T-Mobile announced th...
Get ready for 'Insta-ads' -- Instagram signs $100M deal with Omnicom
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 07:23
It’s official — Instagram has finally signed a deal with an advertising agency, and the winner is Omnicom. Get ready to start seeing some ads amidst all the food porn and “fitspiration” pictures in your current f...
Epson's smart glasses try to reach beyond 'Minority Report'
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 04:53Recruiting platform Workable gets $1.5M to make hiring a breeze
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 04:49
As it's mainly geared towards small and medium-sized businesses, it helps these companies take advantage of all recruiting opportunities and resources -- even professional recruiters.
Thousands show up for Salesforce.com's 15th birthday party
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 03:04
Salesforce.com does have a reason to celebrate its 15th birthday, doesn't it?
Facebook cozies up with partners in new API support program
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 03:01
Facebook is introducing a program to work more closely with companies that use the social network's publicly available data.
Unexplored opportunities of mobile: Android, tablet, and wearables
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 03:00
Sponsored Post: LOGIN Conference 2014 will bring today's industry leaders of the mobile platform and the developers of the next wave technology together. The main purpose is to guide the direction to unexplored opportuni...
Knowledge Delivery Systems takes $6M to lift up urban school districts
Venture Beat - 8 Mar 2014 02:49
We're taking something to scale here. We're helping up to 5,000 teachers in a district get up to speed. ... We're not helping just 5 percent of teachers, but 100 percent."