Startup News
What's holding back the electric car market in the U.S.
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 08:00
Three and a half years after modern electric cars entered the mass market, there are now no fewer than 17 models on sale in the U.S. But only three of them are widely available nationwide.
How To Quit With Class
Forbes - 12 Aug 2014 16:30
Even as the economy struggles to recover and add jobs, workers keep moving around, sometimes for greener pastures. Career coaches and human resource pros agree that it's best to leave the best possible impression wheneve...
Virtual reality will become even more amazing with these upcoming technologies (video)
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 23:30
This video shows of some insane technologies from the SIGGRAPH convention in Vancouver.
Candy Crush Saga publisher King getting pummeled by market after weak Q2
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 22:30
King is also cutting its full-year guidance.
Twitter reveals that 8.5% of accounts may be bots (Updated)
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 22:05
In an SEC filing the company states that up to 8.5 percent of users are bots, and bots don't read ads.
Your sales team has gone mobile? Give them what they need to be productive.
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 22:00
Sponsored Post: With a good chunk of today's workforce moving mobile, how do you ensure productivity stays the same, or even increases?
Consolidation wave grows as Dutch mobile game marketer iQU buys HoneyTracks analytics startup
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 22:00
The deal is one of many taking place in the middleman market for understanding and monetizing mobile games.
Peel launches an iOS smart-remote app for Dish & DirecTV subscribers
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 21:47
TV content recommendation startup Peel rolled out a version of its slick smart remote app for iOS devices, provided you already pay for TV service through Dish Network or DirecTV. Until now, Peel has been primarily focus...
CenturyLink cooks up Panamax, an open-source tool for making Docker work with a click
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 21:09
By making Docker containers more accessible, Panamax could help Docker containers become more popular, as a supplement to or even a replacement of virtual machines.
6 Parallels Between Dating And Finding Investors
Forbes - 12 Aug 2014 20:59
Would you like to grab a coffee or drink? That’s how it all starts. Finding investors is almost exactly the same as finding your partner. Sometimes it’s a numbers game, sometimes it’s love at first site. It can be ...
Accessing Your Retirement Income: Sooner Or Later
Forbes - 12 Aug 2014 20:55
Most business owners want to retire … eventually; some sooner than others. While some owners profess to never wanting to exit their businesses, we know that ultimately everyone must exit. A business owner who sold his ...
Apple's diversity compared to Google, Facebook, & other competitors, in one chart
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 20:32
Apple is no standout
For many Web-video watchers, TV is just a metaphor
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 20:23
Nearly half of all U.S. adults and 67 percent of young adults are viewing streaming or downloaded video each week. At what point does TV become a subset of video watching?
YC to investors: There will be no funny business toward our female founders
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 19:43
Y Combinator didn't have to say anything about this, especially at the risk of alienating certain investors --- but they did.
Collective Health exits stealth, helps employers become their own health insurer
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 19:35
The San Mateo, Calif.-based company wants to help employers cut out the insurance company middleman and create their own insurance plans.
PlayStation 4 sales reach 10M worldwide
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 19:30
Gamers are continuing to pick up the PS4 over the Xbox One.
Site builder startup Squarespace launches blogging & note taking apps on Android in beta
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 19:02
Squarespace, maker of an aesthetically-competent site builder, launched two new mobile apps in beta on Android today — Squarespace Blog and Squarespace Note. Previously, the apps were only available on iOS. The new Blo...
Papaya Mobile's Appflood helps Chinese game makers succeed outside of China (interview)
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 19:00
With Appflood, PapayaMobile is promoting itself as having the only transparent global mobile ad network.
If you only need that textbook for a day, you can rent a digital version on Packback for $5
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 19:00
In a few weeks, thousands of students will enter the college campuses of our country, dreading the hundreds of dollars they’ll have to spend on textbooks, several of which they’ll barely open. But one startup, Packba...
Yahoo buys recommendation service Zofari [UPDATE]
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 18:57
Yahoo has bought recommendation platform Zofari, Zofari’s founders announced today. “After meeting some of the amazing folks on the Yahoo Search team and hearing about their vision, the decision for our team to join ...
Apple reveals it's slightly more diverse than Google & Twitter in new diversity report
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 18:49
Leaders of all the big tech companies have been suggesting that they can do better when it comes to diversity. Here's the latest figure from Apple.
Financial platform 'Axial' grabs $11M from Comcast Ventures
Venture Beat - 12 Aug 2014 18:44
Investment management platform Axial has raised a new $11 million round of funding, the startup announced today. Axial helps private companies (as well as those that advise them) gain access to investment firms and other...