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Amazon Web Services is doing so well, it has nowhere else to grow
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 23:49
Sure, Amazon's public cloud is still growing. But it needs to do more if it desires to surpass the best periods of growth.
Stocks to Watch: Microsoft, Amazon, Starbucks are stocks to watch
Market Watch - 24 Apr 2014 23:27
Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Friday's session are Microsoft, Amazon.com, Starbucks, and Pandora Media.
Surface sales up 50% from last year -- down nearly 50% from holiday quarter
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 22:46
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In first quarter, Microsoft ships 2M consoles -- including 1.2M Xbox Ones
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 22:13
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LOGIN Conference: Unexplored Opportunities For Mobile and Wearables
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 22:00
Sponsored Post: This year, LOGIN Conference will feature a full day of mobile and wearable technology sessions covering game development, marketing and advertising, design, and apps, just to name a few.
Apple, Google, Adobe, & Intel settle no-hire lawsuit
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 21:55
A lawsuit over illegal anti-hiring practices allegedly involving four major technology companies has finally be settled. A Google spokesperson confirmed the news to VentureBeat: “We can confirm the existence of a settl...
Mt. Gox crumbles into liquidation, throws Bitcoin legitimacy into question
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 21:42
"I hate gold. But right now, I'd rather own gold than Bitcoins."
Sirrus Unveils First New Chemistry Platform for Adhesives, Coatings and Inks in Decades
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 21:32
Sponsored Post: Sirrus, a manufacturer of high-performance monomers formerly known as Bioformix, has successfully developed a new chemistry platform that promises to transform a range of adhesive, coating, printing and r...
Solidia Technologies White Paper on Water Use by Global Cement and Concrete Industry Finds Potential Savings of 2 Billion Tons of Water Per Year
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 20:46
Sponsored Post: A white paper on water use in the global production of cement and concrete finds that a savings of two billion tons of water per year could be realized with the adoption of a patented process developed by...
5 Tips for Streamlining Your Online Marketing Efforts
Nibletz - 24 Apr 2014 19:55
In online marketing, brute effort, by itself, is not enough to protect a business. It takes intelligent and strategic effort.
What to Think: A new podcast featuring VB's Dylan & Jolie
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 19:20Galaxy S5: Samsung finally delivers the ideal Android phone (review)
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 19:00
What intrigues me the most about the S5 is that its weakest elements actually aren't deal breakers -- they just pale in comparison to what the phone gets right.
Social discovery engine Little Bird snags Google and Adobe award-winning marketer Carmen Hill
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 19:00
Carmen Hill, an award-winning expert in content marketing, is joining Marshall Kirkpatrick’s social discovery engine Little Bird as director of marketing. “If you know Carmen Hill, you know this is incredible,” Kir...
When Harvard helps: Upstart digs through your ed background before giving you a loan
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 18:24
If you spent more college mornings nursing a hangover than attending Anthropology 101, good luck getting an Upstart loan.
STAR Angel Network Invests in Stockr: Managing Partner Shawn Rogers to Join Stockr Advisory Board
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 18:21
Sponsored Post: STAR Angel Network, a New York City based Angel network founded by 11-year NBA veteran Jared Jeffries and comprised of professional athletes and business leaders, announced today its participation in the ...
5 Surprising Career Tips You Never Got: 25-Year-Veteran Exec Opens Kimono
Forbes - 24 Apr 2014 18:13
Are you operating from the right career advice? For Nora Denzel, the advice she got along the way was off -- way off. Here are five powerful tips she wishes she'd heard earlier...
VC Steve Jurvetson: Elon Musk is more capable than Steve Jobs was
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 18:10
Venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson parlayed a $1 million investment in Hotmail to a $400 million payout. Now Jurvetson sits on the boards of Tesla and SpaceX and believes human's will travel to Mars in 20 years.
How To Succeed Without Being A Workaholic: Twitter Cofounder Shares His Secret
Forbes - 24 Apr 2014 18:06
Stop me if you’ve heard this before.
Top Tips From Award-Winning Entrepreneurs
Forbes - 24 Apr 2014 18:06
Millionaires. Centimillionaires. Billionaires. Every one of them gathered together in the desert at the ?Entrepreneur Of The Year? gala hosted by Ernst & Young and sponsored by The Kauffman Foundation For Entrepreneurshi...
Stealthy startup turns your phone into a remote control for your credit cards
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 18:00
Imagine being able to limit your child’s debit card to a certain spending amount – or for use only at certain merchants. Or imagine forgetting your wallet in a taxi but knowing your cards can’t be used once they’...
Need a ride? Alternative-cab service Lyft hits 24 new cities today
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 18:00
Having taken on a big $250 million funding round, Lyft can now roll in to lots more cities.
FCC chairman promises to set 'high bar' in new net neutrality rules
Venture Beat - 24 Apr 2014 17:47
Federal Communications Chairman Tom Wheeler released a statement today “setting the record straight” that the federal agency is not abandoning its principles of an open Internet. Yesterday the FCC revealed it would b...