Startup News
Five Mistakes Organizational Innovators Make
Forbes - 2 May 2014 06:00
When a great idea from an innovator or intrapreneur inside a corporation, nonprofit or government fails to reach its potential, there can be soul searching or worse. Failing gracefully is an important skill for entrepren...
Paul Ramsay, Australia's Gentleman Billionaire, Dead At 78
Forbes - 2 May 2014 05:12
Paul Ramsay, Australia's gentleman billionaire, has died at the age of 78 after suffering a heart attack on his private yacht while on holiday in Spain.
WildStar preorder deals are 25% off as final beta weekend commences
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 00:20
As last beta weekend for Wildstar approach, sales on preorders for the MMO is ramping up.
Paul Singh: Start a $1B Company from Your Couch in a T-Shirt
Nibletz - 2 May 2014 23:30
Paul Singh of Disruption Corporation, Crystal Tech Fund and 500 Startups tells it like it is (and for startups to stop calling themselves startups).
Comcast may stream games from Electronic Arts to its set-top boxes
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 23:05
EA will provide games that Comcast users can play via tablets on the TV.
Apple buys LuxVue for its low-power, micro-LED display tech
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 22:47
Apple may soon tap micro-LEDs for its next generation of devices. Apple tacitly confirmed its purchase of LuxVue, a low-power, micro-LED display maker, in a statement today, following a TechCrunch report about the acquis...
Turning Your Failure Into Your Strategy
Nibletz - 2 May 2014 22:29
Building a company isn't easy. One of the common themes at this year's EE Tennessee conference was that most of the speakers spoke about utilizing failure. The benefits to failing, it seems, can be the probiotics for you...
VCs just poured $15.5M into these toy robots
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 21:56
Here's the real deal behind Orbotix's funding.
Here comes a new, Web-wide security threat -- this time for OAuth & OpenID
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 21:50
"In the real world, a large number of third-party applications do not adhere to a whitelist to patch this vulnerability. This makes the systems based on OAuth 2.0 or OpenID highly vulnerable."
Google buys Rangespan, grabbing retail and big data smarts
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 21:32
Big data plus retail equals the potential for greater sales. Google sells lots of stuff, so it could could net some perks by acquiring Rangespan.
Nintendo once accounted for 10% of Walmart's profits -- and 5 other things I learned from reading 'Console Wars'
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 21:00
To convince Walmart to stock the Genesis, Sega took over the retailer's home town.
At DataBeat 2014, you'll find tech that makes you money (really)
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 20:50
It's no longer enough to just sell tools for data scientists. At our DataBeat conference in two weeks, we'll talk about how certain technologies lead to growth more frequently than others.
Psst ... want some free NASA software for messaging the Space Station?
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 20:29
Or perhaps you’d like some NASA software for controlling liquid oxygen in a rocket propulsion system? You can have either of them for free — along with another 1,000 or so programs that the legendary agency is now ma...
Use These Four Keys For Authentic Marketing (And Higher Profitability, Too)
Forbes - 2 May 2014 19:41
While deceptive marketing still happens (far too often), customers are getting smarter and are making stronger and more insightful demands. Using dark psychology to manipulate a consumer audience into supporting things t...
Shooting and crafting supports mechanized Titans in Minimum
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 19:38
Minimum goes beyond traditional shooters by requiring you to focus on an overpowered Titan instead of other players.
EFF's Privacy Badger tells you when websites ignore 'Do Not Track' settings
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 19:20
A badger will now tattle on websites that ignore the “Do Not Track” feature built into web browsers. OK, so this badger isn’t actually a real animal, but rather the namesake behind the Electronic Frontier Foundatio...
How To Strengthen Your Company: Start In The Middle
Forbes - 2 May 2014 19:02
The way to maximize the performance of most organizations, says CAMPUSPEAK CEO T.J. Sullivan, is to identify their "middle members" and then find opportunities to further draw out their skills.
These nerds want to put your bored ass in a hot nightclub
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 18:56
People who party a lot know the dark, sad hours before the dawn, when you’re exhausted, home is a long way away, and there are no trains running. So do the entrepreneurs behind Skout and Nixter, but in a very ...
GamesBeat weekly roundup: Call of Duty leaks, Xbox goes Hollywood, and Marvel invades Disney Infinity
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 18:55
Check out our entire week's worth of coverage on VentureBeat's channel for video games, GamesBeat.
Subway Targeting 1.5 Million New Customers With Formula One Sponsorship
Forbes - 2 May 2014 18:47
Sandwich chain Subway is considering signing a “ground-breaking” sponsorship deal with Formula One auto racing which would give it access to 1.5 million new customers according to new research.
Is Sustainable Winemaking The Wave Of The Future?
Forbes - 2 May 2014 18:28
Organic, biodynamic or sustainable: which winemaking practice is best for you and the environment? Part III in my series.
Titanfall's 'no servers found' issue affecting players -- Microsoft is working on a fix (update)
Venture Beat - 2 May 2014 18:25
Microsoft is also having some issues with in-game purchases for titles like Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and Halo 4.