Startup News
Microsoft launches $136 dual-SIM Lumia 535, first non-Nokia smartphone from the company coming this month
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 06:00
As expected, Microsoft today announced the Microsoft Lumia 535, available in single-SIM and Dual-SIM versions, the first smartphone from the company without Nokia branding. Both devices are priced at an estimated €110 ...
Openfolio and Coinbase bring something that Bitcoin investing needs: transparency
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 22:20
You can now see who's investing in Bitcoin.
GitHub now lets companies run its Enterprise code-storage service on Amazon's cloud
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 17:00
An increasing number of businesses rely almost exclusively on the Amazon cloud instead of their own data center infrastructure. And if GitHub intends to grow larger, it needs to go where the business is.
More Americans support net neutrality than oppose it -- if they have an opinion (poll)
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 02:10
Of those who have an opinion, 24 percent support net neutrality, while 14 percent oppose and 60 percent have no opinion, according to a poll of 1,400 U.S. citizens conducted by VentureBeat.
Streaming music beast Spotify now has 50M listeners and 12.5M paying subscribers
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 16:48
Despite the backlash Spotify is getting over Taylor Swift’s decision to remove her entire library, Spotify remains the largest music service in the world. The company now has 50 million monthly active listeners across ...
Maybe Digital Marketing Isn't For You?
Forbes - 11 Nov 2014 16:00
When it comes to digital marketing, overnight success is a myth that many businesses get entrapped into believing. They put on their rose-tinted glasses and go about trying every trick in the book – they want to tie pa...
Microsoft offers one-year of Office 365 Home, Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Music Pass, and Skype Unlimited for $199
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 02:29
Microsoft is testing a new Work & Play Bundle that features four of its subscriptions: Office 365 Home, Xbox Live Gold, Xbox Music Pass, and Skype Unlimited World + WiFi. A one-year commitment will set you back $199, but...
Made in America: Game industry grows 4 times faster than U.S. economy
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 19:15
While the rest of the economy was slowing down, video games added thousands of jobs.
How Theresia Gouw Stays Motivated As An Entrepreneur
Forbes - 11 Nov 2014 21:34
VC investor-turned-entrepreneur shares the thrills that comes with being on both sides of a startup's success.
Bring It On: Women Are Empowered By Adversity
Forbes - 11 Nov 2014 21:48
Founder and CEO of Kathy Ireland Worldwide lauds women as proactive "implementers," only made stronger by setbacks, whatever they may be. Original interview from the Forbes Women's Summit in 2014.
The Art of Doing It All: Why Integration Beats Balance
Forbes - 11 Nov 2014 16:00
"Balance" is overrated and for most entrepreneurial women, impossible. Try aiming for work-life integration instead.
Intel's chief VC: Why he's bullish on the tech economy, yet welcomes an 'adjustment'
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 07:40
Arvind Sodhani is the president of Intel Capital, the venture investing arm of the semiconductor giant Intel. As such, he presides over one of the biggest — albeit under-hyped — investors in the technology landscape....
Anticipating The Legal Hurtles Of Going Global
Forbes - 11 Nov 2014 21:34
Legal entrepreneur, Cherie Blair, warns founders to be prepared for some of the lesser known regulatory obstacles they might encounter while trying to expand their businesses internationally.
Forter raises $15M as it takes care of fraud detection for online retailers
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 15:30
We might have hit data-breach fatigue, but online fraud and security is still a huge concern and resource drain for retailers. Forter, a Tel Aviv, Israel-based company, provides a fraud prevention solution with a real-ti...
UniKamp Pitching Night: Battle of the top university startups
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 23:00
Sponsored Post: Featuring the most promising startups from Stanford, Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University, Santa Clara, and other hot young startups, UniCamp Pitching Night comes to Palo Alto Friday, November 14.
Google Trends expands beyond search with list of daily viral YouTube videos
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 22:23
Google today updated Google Trends with a new section for YouTube videos. The company will now show you the most-watched content on its video portal in the last 24 hours. Google Trends first started tracking YouTube back...
The Longest Lasting Emotions In Customer Experience
Forbes - 11 Nov 2014 21:20Candy Crush Soda Saga quenches thirst of King fans with worldwide mobile launch
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 18:45
The Candy Crush series is one reason that mobile games are expected to overtake console revenues in 2015, according to Newzoo.
Google, Spotify, & Pandora bet a computer could generate a better playlist than you can
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 18:30
Deep learning amounts to one of those technologies that several companies could start to implement in the future, in order to improve music streaming.
Chromecast gets apps for Showtime, Starz, plus a handful of trivia and board games
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 18:24Riparo EMF underwear protects your, uh, future generations from cell phone radiation
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 18:00
This radiation-proof underwear gives new meaning to wearables.
Revel lands a whopping $100M to put another nail in cash registers' coffins
Venture Beat - 11 Nov 2014 14:30
The San Francisco-based company provides a cloud-based iPad system that acts as a souped-up digital cash register for brick-and-mortar retailers, with order entry, payment processing, personnel scheduling, time clock, in...