Startup News
From Outliers To A Growing Force: What Do Women Entrepreneurs In The Middle East Need To Thrive?
Forbes - 23 Jul 2014 06:00
For many years in the Middle East, the harsh weather, the oil wealth, male dominance of the public space, as well as a traditional patriarchal society made it difficult—or unnecessary—for women to enter the business ...
Taulia gives businesses discounts for paying their invoices early, gets $27M
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 02:31
It’s a tough economy out there, financing and managing supply chains can be challenging for some business, but one startup is providing them with an alternative means to keep the balance sheets going. Taulia is a San F...
Stocks to Watch: Facebook, Gilead, 3M among stocks to watch
Market Watch - 23 Jul 2014 23:55
Latest earnings from social networking giant key up investors.
Property Developer Koh Wee Meng Seek Terrain In Australia
Forbes - 23 Jul 2014 23:40
A canny developer decides it's time to seek safer terrain.
Finally! Magic 2015: Duels of the Planeswalkers feels like the real card game (review)
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 23:30
This is the digital Magic game that fans have been wanting since 2009.
Twitter diversity report reveals company leadership is 79% male, 72% white
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 23:23
Twitter finally released its own diversity report, revealing the micro-blogging giant is roughly similar to Google, Facebook, and most other major tech companies. “We are keenly aware that Twitter is part of an industr...
Uber teams up with Microsoft to launch a Windows Phone app
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 23:17
Now Uber works as a native mobile app, not just a web service, on Windows Phone.
Mobile saves the day: Facebook surpasses revenue expectations
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 22:25
Today Facebook posted its second fiscal quarter earnings with revenue $2.910 billion, a 61 percent increase from Q2 2013, and 30 cents in earnings per share. Analysts were expecting Facebook to report earnings of $0.32 p...
The Five Things Product Packaging Must Do
Forbes - 23 Jul 2014 22:24
This article is by Simon Preece, director of effectiveness stuff at Elmwood, a brand design consultancy whose clients include Procter & Gamble, Fairway Supermarkets, Kimberly-Clark and Nestle.
Hire the Best for Success, Whatever They Look Like
Forbes - 23 Jul 2014 22:04
In a recent article about Facebook’s “diversity”, a major news publication reported their employment as 69% male, 57% white, 34% Asian, 4% Hispanic 2% black and 3% other ethnics. There was no mention of age or ...
Apple is working with Swatch & others on a 'family' of smartwatches
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 22:01
Instead of selling one or two "iWatches," Apple and its partners will offer a family of smartwatches to suit all tastes "from geek to chic."
Tango launches secondary offering to let employees sell $8M in stock
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 22:00
New private offering lets employees sell some of their holdings.
Thanks to new CEO, Trifacta's data-cleaning tech could show up in a lot more places
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 21:55
Get ready for Trifacta's Hadoop-focused data transformation to become a more common piece of the big data toolkit.
Mobile game developer Social Point raises $30M to go to Asia
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 20:54
Mobile game maker, Social Point, just received $30 million in funding in a round led by Highland Capital Partners Europe.
Who Makes A Better Leader: A Man Or A Woman?
Forbes - 23 Jul 2014 20:50
In 2012, women held just 3.8% of Chief Executive Officer positions in Fortune 500 companies, and 90 out of 535 seats in US Congress. Much has been written about why women are so severely underrepresented in senior lead...
Sentimental postings on social media are turning out to be pure gold for adverstisers
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 20:38
Consumers and their sentimental postings on social media have become a treasure trove for advertisers and their mobile ad campaigns.
The voice renaissance: Why Amazon and Apple are returning to the roots of mobile
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 20:30
Guest Post: In 1973, Martin Cooper of Motorola used the earliest handset to make the first cell phone call. Since then, the mobile phone has evolved from a portable telephone to a personal digital assistant to a device f...
Yetang Brings Hipster Fashion To China
Forbes - 23 Jul 2014 20:28
Yetang.com, an online Chinese retailer specializing in fashion and design from independent designers, has raised multi-million RMB in angel funding from IDG Capital Partners.
5 Similarities Between Leadership And Parenting
Forbes - 23 Jul 2014 20:23
This article was co-authored with Dyan Crace.
Stagelight, the music creation software for the rest of us, adds more sweeteners
Venture Beat - 23 Jul 2014 20:17
New features in Version 2.0 include a looping feature for mash-ups and Key Lock, "the piano that can't play wrong notes."
Big Data Creates A Faster--And Fairer--Hiring Process
Forbes - 23 Jul 2014 20:15
Increasingly, technology can give companies a competitive edge in hiring. Data can help track which of your managers are best at identifying and recruiting "winners"--and can help them spot potential winners from within ...
How Brand Marketers Can Win the War Against Industry Disruptors
Forbes - 23 Jul 2014 20:12
This article is by Scott Sterner, senior VP of Search & Performance Marketing at Beeby Clark+Meyler.