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Uber continues in Germany and states iOS downloads increase
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 06:20
Uber continues its services and does not fear the €250,000 ($323,068) per-trip penalty for violating the ban.
Yes, a 'build your own Uber for X' kit costs only $400
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 05:45
Mowares' product is exactly what it sounds like -- all the basic tech underlying Uber's business, all bundled up for you to purchase and use.
Adtile is disrupting mobile ad technology. Here's why you should care
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 22:16
Adtile is changing the paradigm of boring mobile advertising. Here's how they're doing it.
The Evolution Of Facebook
Forbes - 12 Sep 2014 21:41
How has Facebook changed since 2004? Here's a look at some of the site's most notable redesigns and features.
Tea Party Targets an Agency that Actually Reduces the Deficit
Forbes - 12 Sep 2014 21:28
Conservative Republicans love free trade, but they don’t much care for a federal agency that helps facilitate it.
Four examples prove you should hold off pre-ordering the iPhone 6
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 21:12
Don't be a guinea pig.
The Science of Social Selling
Forbes - 12 Sep 2014 21:07
Social selling is one of the hottest buzzwords in the technology market. Unfortunately, social selling is usually misunderstood as navigating the sales process using only tools like Twitter, Linkedin, or Facebook. Wh...
9 companies that are in big trouble if Salesforce Analytics is real
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 20:39
You can put together a list of companies that partner with Salesforce and could now be in the crosshairs if Salesforce Analytics Cloud turns out to be a real, live business-analytics tool in the cloud.
How MHacks reignited my optimism about hackathons (and the future of Silicon Valley)
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 20:30
Guest Post: In the past few years, I've sponsored, hosted, and participated in hackathons all around the United States, but MHacks was my first collegiate hackathon, and it was a whole different ball game.
Broken content marketing? Hint: It's about getting the right leads, not more leads
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 20:17
Guest Post: Recently, my business did a purge of contact records we had collected over the years that were never going to convert into clients. A whopping 220,000 records were clogging up our CRM - and continuing to get ...
Here's what Windows 9's Start menu looks like in action (video)
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 19:29
While Microsoft has already revealed that the Start menu feature will be included in its forthcoming Windows 9 operating system, we haven’t had much time to see what it might look like. Fortunately, German Windows news...
Lonely Planet's Tony Wheeler On Travel With A Purpose
Forbes - 12 Sep 2014 19:15
When Lonely Planet founder Tony Wheeler crossed over into Malaysia in the early 1970s, his passport was stamped with a unique tag: "SHIT." It stood for “Suspected Hippie in Transit.”
GamesBeat University has the tips and tricks you need to run a modern game business
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 19:00
Talks will include how to get featured by Apple and dealing with online harassment.
Square may be raising another $100M round, valuing the company at $6B
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 18:32
Digital cash register and wallet Square may be in the process of raising another $100 million dollar round as competition heats up in the digital payments sphere. Not much is known about this potential new round of fundi...
Google's first state-side Adsense partner will make your crappy site sing (and more money)
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 18:07
Google wants you to make more money. Of course, to do so, it must sell more ads -- and make more money itself (Google is OK with that). But there's a problem: Your site is crappy. And no one clicks on your ads.
How Telltale Games is preparing for the era of cloud gaming
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 18:00
Just about any game gets better with the cloud, including interactive stories.
Square To Raise Fresh $100 Million At A $6 Billion Valuation
Forbes - 12 Sep 2014 17:58
By Ryan Mac and Alex Konrad
Client Sues Tax Advsior For Bad Advice: Is The Settlement Payment Tax-Free?
Forbes - 12 Sep 2014 17:25
The next time you're with your tax advisor, take a good, long look at him (or her). Only when you do, try to look past the framed degree commemorating his six-and-a-half years at an affordably priced correspondence colle...
Dispelling The Myths Of Business Ownership
Forbes - 12 Sep 2014 17:25
As the economy recovers, you're likely to meet a starry-eyed human babbling on about becoming a business owner.
Intro to Computer Science is now the most popular freshman class at Harvard. Here why that matters.
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 17:10
The elite are turning to tech.
The DeanBeat: How to achieve total world domination and make a trillion dollars in games
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 17:00
Every year, the naysayers warn about a financial bubble in the game business. They sit on the sidelines and wait for the world to fall apart. But it still looks like they’re missing out. The game business is still on t...
Apple's iPhone 6 Plus sells out in less than a day
Venture Beat - 12 Sep 2014 16:53
Apple has already sold out of its new iPhone 6 Plus device, not even a full day after the device became available for order. Apple opened up preorders for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last night, and it appears that Ap...