Startup News
Yahoo exec countersues her accuser over sexual harassment claim
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 22:11
Yahoo says engineering director Maria Zhang is innocent of charges filed by ex-Yahoo engineer Nan Shi.
Hyperice Launches First-Ever Kickstarter Campaign Driven by Superstar Athletes to Introduce Revolutionary Fitness and Recovery Technology Device, the VYPER
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 14:02
Sponsored Post: Hyperice has officially launched a campaign to bring their latest and most exciting fitness and recovery innovation to reality through Kickstarter, a crowdsourcing platform that funds thousands of creativ...
EBay says PayPal's mojo was the force behind its strong second quarter numbers
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 23:44
PayPal picked up 4 million new users in the quarter, and showed $1.9 billion in revenues of its own.
Don't miss the biggest [a]list summit so far on July 31
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 22:00
Sponsored Post: This sponsored post is produced by a[list] daily. Popular entertainment marketing industry event, [a]list summit, is returning for its 9th iteration on July 31st and will be held at the brand new The Line...
Visa launches Visa Checkout to make online checkouts as fast as swiping a card
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 21:27
SAN FRANCISCO — Swiping a credit card is easy, and paying online should be just at easy, which is why Visa announced today the release of a product called Visa Checkout. It puts Visa plastic cards on the Internet throu...
VC firm Wavemaker Pacific teams up with DFJ to laser-focus on Asia
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 21:25
The DFJ Global Network, a network of independent venture firms, welcomes their 15th member, Wavemaker Pacific, that will focus on mobile and Internet investments in Asia.
Aerial drone maker Airphrame secures $4.2M in startup funding
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 21:23
Airphrame, a company that provides aerial imagery to commercial customers using drones, just secured $4.2 million in startup funds.
Report: Google's stealthy new ad formats boosted clickthroughs by 20% last quarter
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 21:03
The data is in, and Google’s new stealthier, blended-in, less-obviously-an-ad offerings have boosted clickthroughs tremendously: They’re up 20 percent just in the last quarter. That should be good news for Google whe...
Like Google Earth pictures? Now your company can buy them. (Snooping as a service?)
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 20:39
It’s one thing to cruise around the planet virtually with Google Earth when you’re bored. Now, Google is bringing out those high-resolution aerial images for business use. Today, the imagery from Google Earth for the...
Australian University 3D-prints body parts for med schools
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 20:28
The zombie apocalypse isn’t the only factor driving up the demand for dead bodies. More medical students + people living longer = fewer cadavers for scientific research and medical education. But Monash University in A...
Report: Microsoft will lay off 1,000 ex-Nokia employees in Finland
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 20:25
Layoffs in Nokia's home country may foretell the scope of the carnage that will be announced next week with Microsoft earnings.
How is this food-delivery startup standing out? By throwing $1 dinner parties
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 19:34
SpoonRocket, a startup that delivers meals to people in San Francisco and the East Bay, is trying out an unusual but fitting promotional tool: its special spin on a dinner party. No matter where you are in San Francisco,...
The Broke Entrepreneur: How To Survive Without Cash
Forbes - 16 Jul 2014 19:33
Last year our startup went through a serious downtime. We had a large deal signed that fell through with only 7% of its original commitment. During this time, we went through what every entrepreneur fears - no money. We ...
Airbnb unveils its new identity, launches redesigned mobile app and website
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 19:17
Airbnb unveiled a complete brand and product redesign today at an exclusive event for top hosts and guests. Airbnb calls its new logo a "multi-state moving identity," and a "3D modular symbol” that’s "adaptive to env...
A Stream of Bills: Startups Making Money For Music's Middle Class
Forbes - 16 Jul 2014 19:06
Even as many lament the so-called "stream of pennies" trickling from tech darlings like Songza and Spotify, a wave of small-to-medium-sized startups is offering a means for a growing middle class of musicians to make a s...
Europe's home-temp control leader Tado raises $13.6M to keep up worldwide expansion
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 19:01
Smart climate control maker tado° secures $13.6 million to fuel global expansion.
The Unexpected New Customer Service Channel
Forbes - 16 Jul 2014 18:54
Bosses need to be asking themselves, and their customers, whether text messaging to their toll-free number should be their next inbound customer service channel.
Shyp raises $9.2M to make shipping more expensive & more convenient for you
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 18:51
Shyp, the service that sends a friendly guy or gal to your house to take care of your shipping needs, just raised $9.2 million, according to a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Shyp, which was founde...
The 5 Best Ways To Raise Capital
Forbes - 16 Jul 2014 18:43
There’s more than one way to raise capital, and the very first option starts with you. If you’re not willing to invest in yourself, how can you expect anyone else to? Many successful entrepreneurs put nearly all thei...
IIX raises $10.4M to bring peering to everyone
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 18:27
IIX, a startup that provides direct interconnection technology, has just come out of stealth mode, and it wants to bring peering to another level, with help from the money it just raised and the colocation companies in i...
Amazon to launch 'Kindle Unlimited' ebook subscription service for $10 per month
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 17:49
Amazon is preparing to launch an ebook subscription service called Kindle Unlimited, according to a page on the online retailer’s website that’s now been taken offline. Kindle Unlimited will apparently give Amazon cu...
To fight Google and Foursquare, Yelp frees its data
Venture Beat - 16 Jul 2014 17:39
Get ready to see Yelp reviews all over the web. The local business discovery and review site today announced a revamped API, which increases the number of calls a third-party app can make to Yelp’s data to 25,000 calls...