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IP management company Lecorpio hauls in $10 million it 'didn't even need'
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 23:45
SaaS software play Lecorpio snares $10 million in venture funding it didn't even need.
The next Call of Duty is teased for May 4 revelation
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 23:45
Activision is nearing an announcement of the next Call of Duty game.
New Orleans Gets Kicked Up A Notch With Help From Celebrity Chef's Foundation
Forbes - 1 May 2014 23:44
Chef Emeril Lagasse speaks to a room of back of house and front of house staff members with the same enthusiasm he has when he’s kicking it up a notch on television. The pep talk ends with a group huddle. And, with abo...
DayZ's standalone sales surpass 2 million even though it's 'only' an Early Access game
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 23:30
DayZ is still one of the top-selling games on Steam more than four months after its Early Access release.
Congratulations on Your Kickstarter Campaign...Now What?
Forbes - 1 May 2014 22:51
More than 58,000 projects have successfully fundraised on Kickstarter since it launched in 2009. Not all of those projects turn into successful businesses post-Kickstarter, but many of them do and often a couple years in...
Vine TV is here, and it looks like YouTube
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 22:45
Believe it or not, sometimes people want to explore Vine videos and watch them continuously on desktops. Now people can do just that.
roundCorner Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire NPower's FoundationConnect, Industry Leading Grants Management System for Foundations
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 22:32
Sponsored Post: roundCorner, Inc. a leading provider of cloud-based nonprofit fundraising and donor engagement solutions backed by salesforce.com, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Fou...
Founder-Driven PR: Why It's Important To Drive Your Own Campaign
Nibletz - 1 May 2014 22:32
When driving visibility for your venture, whether you're still a startup or a profit-generating company, having a strong PR campaign is crucial. But, as Joel Andren (founder and CEO of Press Friendly) spoke about today a...
Glu Mobile agrees to acquire Diner Dash developer PlayFirst
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 22:30
Glu will likely give Diner Dash the free-to-play treatment, which is helping the Deer Hunter games make big bucks.
Developer challenges my mom to review Escape Goat 2
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 22:00
Ian Stocker enjoyed my mom's review of Dark Souls II so much that he wanted her to play his game, Escape Goat 2.
Microsoft buys GreenButton, adding Hobbit power to the Azure cloud
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 21:55
GreenButton started when CTO of the Lord of the Rings trilogy needed a rendering farm to handle massive processing for the third installment of the graphics-laden epic.
Uber gears up to launch 'Uber Family' service & eyes a new batch of cities (scoop)
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 21:43
Follow all of GamesBeat's coverage from the 2014 Game Developers Conference here. Uber may soon become a family business. A source tells us that Uber will soon launch “Uber Family,” a new service that caters to passe...
Four Tips To Make Corporate Meetings More Productive
Forbes - 1 May 2014 20:31
It’s been awhile since I’ve written my Forbes column. What was once a bi-weekly publication has recently become increasingly sporadic. And although I’d like to think it’s because I’ve said everything I’ve ...
Tech Entrepreneurs Are Here To Run Your Bank
Forbes - 1 May 2014 20:03
Finovate Conference, San Jose - For decades, financial technology firms sold their products to big banks. Today, a new generation of venture-backed fintech entrepreneurs have the consumer in their sights and are threaten...
Wonder Woman's war comes to Gotham: DC Universe Online kicks off Amazon Fury expansion trilogy
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 20:00
Sony Online Entertainment is also introducing a new weapon system that will add some balance to the massively multiplayer online role-playing game.
BookBub, the bargain bin for ebooks, rustles up its own bargain: $3.8M
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 20:00
Ebook deals service BookBub secured a $3.8 million first round of funding, the company announced today. BookBub is a service that features discounted deals on ebooks by working with authors and book publishers. It seems ...
TapSense announces support for Facebook's new mobile ad network
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 19:57
Mobile ad platform TapSense has announced support for the new mobile ad network Facebook just announced yesterday. The long-rumored network is supposed to be hyper-targeted and includes support for banner, interstitial, ...
Colorado startup sues GoPro for allegedly infringing camera-mount patent
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 19:50
This is a true David versus Goliath lawsuit.
R&D Tax Credit Expiry Rears Its Head In Corporate Earnings Reports
Forbes - 1 May 2014 19:39
The expiration of the R&D tax credit is starting to come up in corporate earnings conference calls as having a significant impact on Q1 earnings.
As Storage Startups Compete To Stow Your Winter Sweaters, The Cramped City Dweller Wins
Forbes - 1 May 2014 19:38
Billion-dollar valuations are the norm in the cloud storage space to handle your digital files. Physical storage for your extra sneakers, not so much.
Steve Jobs biographer: Why online media turned to ads -- and why that failed
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 19:28
"If a system for metering or paying for content had been devised, the entire business of publishing and journalism and blogging would have turned out differently."
NYC wants to turn all of its payphones into a massive, citywide WiFi network
Venture Beat - 1 May 2014 19:14
New York is planning to build a citywide WiFi network -- one of the largest in the U.S. -- out of its aging payphone infrastructure. After converting 10 payphones into WiFi hotspots last year, New York City’s Departmen...