Startup News
Beer Delivery Startups Hit Baltimore
Nibletz - 7 Feb 2015 19:12
Food delivery startups are getting to be quite familiar, but what if you want some liquor to make the evening just right? In Baltimore Maryland you can now use alcohol delivery apps to have alcohol delivered right to you...
Facebook scoops up 21 more buildings near its HQ
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 02:19
Facebook has purchased a 21-building industrial park adjacent to its current Silicon Valley headquarters. The giant social networking company bought the property from Prologis, the global real estate company announced to...
Screenshots of Microsoft's upcoming Project Spartan browser leak on Web
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 23:16
The screenshots, with Chinese text, were first posted on the Chinese site ITHome and show such features as a reading mode for long articles or PDFs.
A CEO wrote this brutal memo when he realized his billion-dollar startup was failing
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 21:00
Fab.com was once considered the fastest growing startup in the world. When cofounder and CEO Jason Goldberg realized Fab was failing, he wrote a five-page memo to his executive team. It's dated October 11, 2013.
The Backed Pack: A gaming projector, an air quality sensor & a robotic toy kit
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 20:00
Each week, our friends at Backerjack bring us updates on some of the most successful gadget crowdfunding campaigns.
Pennsylvania Senator Introduces Bill To Help Startups
Nibletz - 7 Feb 2015 19:57
The big startup boom across the United States has run parallel to the Obama administration. When many startups think about politics, politicians and getting support for startups they often think back to Startup America a...
What Oil Crash? Qatar Reportedly Paid Mega Millions For Another Art Trophy
Forbes - 7 Feb 2015 19:24
Oil prices may have been crashing in recent months, but that doesn’t seem to have stopped oil-producing countries like Qatar from spending mega millions to acquire art trophies.
How the 'Internet of Everyday Things' could turn any product into a service
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 19:00
Guest:Disposable sensors on products like cleaning supplies could soon enable brands to sell outcomes -- such as clean clothes or a clean house.
Tumblr's head of ads steps down as parent Yahoo merges ad operations
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 18:45
"We are aligning the Yahoo and Tumblr sales teams," Yahoo said in a statement.
The Emerging Bull Market For Digital Healthcare Journalism
Forbes - 7 Feb 2015 18:32
The prominent ascent of digital healthcare journalism reflects as much as anything else the ability, in the current media ecosystem, to identify talented emerging writers and match them with consumer segments interested ...
Austin Startup RealMassive Expands Into Memphis & Nashville
Nibletz - 7 Feb 2015 18:27
If you’ve ever been looking for commercial property and hoping you would find a platform as easy to use as Zillow, you probably couldn’t, unless you’re in one of Austin based startup, RealMassive’s, 20 some marke...
How NewsWhip helps newsrooms track the web's top-trending stories
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 18:15
Feature:Though its flagship influence-tracking product Spike has proven popular with journalists, the company has seen PR and brands pick up on it too.
Siri crushes Cortana, Google Now when it comes to foreign languages
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 17:00
Guest:We put Siri, Cortana, and Google Now to the test in five languages to see which voice assistant has the best multilingual chops.
A lesson from the Keystone XL Pipeline on how to manage change in your company
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 16:00
Guest:You've got a new digital initiative you want to implement and you need the powers that be to cut you resources and budget to make it happen. But given the resistance that substantive workplace changes always meet w...
This week on VentureBeat: The Crunchies, cemetery drones, stickers, & more
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 03:05
Mobile executive? VB is hosting our 5th annual Mobile Summit on February 23-24 at the scenic Cavallo Point Resort in Sausalito, CA. See if you qualify here. Every week, the news team at VentureBeat brings you a blitz of ...
The 8 weirdest moments of the 2015 Crunchies
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 01:59
Last night was my first Crunchies. I was excited. It was fun. But as the night wore on I couldn't help keeping tabs on some the odd things that were happening.
What to Think, Ep. 40: New York tech is just different
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 01:30Why Twitter will always be #2
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 00:55
Twitter’s got an interesting problem: Its revenue is booming, but — as with all the major social networks — its user growth has slowed to a crawl. That’s not a good place to be for Twitter: It means that the od...
Customer Service And Customer Support Trends: An Interview With SOCAP CEO Matthew D'Uva
Forbes - 7 Feb 2015 00:21
If you're a customer service, customer support, or customer care professional, it's probably time to discover SOCAP International, to my knowledge the longest-running national (U.S.) organization that serves custome...
What the Internet of things means for business app developers
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 00:00
Guest:IoT is gaining steam as it moves from what has been a consumer focus to business adoption in 2015. And this crossover will radically change application developers should be thinking about IoT.
The Super Bowl's biggest winner? It's mobile
Venture Beat - 7 Feb 2015 00:00
Guest:Mobile marketing has matured to the point in which reach and efficient ROI can be achieved simultaneously.