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Tesla Gigafactory spending: More than $50M so far, and much more to come
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 06:00
The plant is meant to supply large quantities of battery cells for future electric cars, and is expected to cost around $5 billion.
Pinterest is trying to raise another $500M, valuing the company at $11B (report)
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 04:34
Pinterest, which started out as a scrapbooking site, is remaking itself as a destination where people discover and indicate things that might want to buy.
The Advantage Of Personal Interests In The Workplace
Forbes - 19 Feb 2015 21:24
By investing some time in listening to the outside interests of your employees, you may discover talents that provide unexpected benefits to your business.
comScore: Yahoo gains more U.S. search share thanks to Mozilla Firefox deal, Google slips below 65% mark
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 00:10
The search engine wars are back.
Google.org Making Tech for Good a Reality
Forbes - 19 Feb 2015 23:51
Jacquelline Fuller manages Google.org, the Internet giant's philanthropic arm, which doles out reportedly more than $100 million each year in grants and donations, $1 billion in equipment, and roughly 80,000 volunteer ho...
Mobile gaming in public markets: Let's take stock
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 23:15
Guest:Due to uncertainty over "when the next hit is" and "the catalog," public mobile gaming companies do not enjoy valuations on par with a range of other, often far less profitable -- but more predictable -- technology...
What CMOs Can Learn From Fallen Journalists
Forbes - 19 Feb 2015 23:13
This article is by Lisa Nirell, is chief energy officer at EnergizeGrowth, a marketing consultancy; speaker; and author of The Mindful Marketer: How to Stay Present and Profitable in a Data-Driven World.
The reason messaging apps are valued so highly -- in one slide
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 23:12
Messaging apps have more users than some of the world's biggest telephone companies, according to Flurry CEO Simon Khalaf.
This New York VC wants you to know the two secrets to getting his money
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 22:58
Brooklyn Bridge Ventures founder Charlie O'Donnell broke down the key elements to getting investor funding at a panel discussion at the Made in NY Media Center in Brooklyn.
FounderDating, a networking site for entrepreneurs, rolls out Q&A feature
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 22:00
FounderDating, which is a sort of "LinkedIn for entrepreneurs" (not a dating site for well-heeled founders) is adding a new question-and-answer site for its members, called FounderDating Discuss.
Bitcoin can get you illegal drugs -- but a game developer is using it to redefine digital ownership
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 21:25
Bitcoin will serve as the technological backbone to enable players to buy, sell, and trade their digitally owned in-game items.
Stripe finally launches support for Bitcoin
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 21:18
Digital payment protocol provider Stripe is now adding Bitcoin as just another payment option for all of its users.
Hammer Time: MC Hammer talking wearables, ads, music at Mobile Summit next week
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 21:11
VB Event:Obsessed with mobile growth? Join us February 23-24 when we reveal the best technologies and strategies to help your company grow on mobile. It all takes place at our 5th annual Mobile Summit at the scenic Caval...
Yahoo announces Flurry Yahoo Mobile Development Suite for app makers
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 20:32
At the Yahoo Mobile Developer conference in San Francisco today, CEO Marissa Mayer talked up the new tool set.
Math Blaster is back -- and it's on Facebook
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 20:25
Get ready to feel like you're 10 again.
How Ditching Your Ho-Hum PowerPoint Presentation Can Make You A Star
Forbes - 19 Feb 2015 20:23
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. That's what I really hear when a speaker fumbles with the PowerPoint remote and says, "How do I work this thing?" Meet two young women from Brooklyn who can make your presentations rock.
Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news roundup
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 20:15
Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, including Pinterest, Science Logic, Credible, Revmetrix, and Cuseum.
The Multiplier: How paid app install campaigns boost organic downloads (webinar)
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 20:10
VB Webinar:A must-attend session for mobile app developers and publishers, large and small. Learn how paid user acquisition efforts can have a significant impact on organic installs. And vice versa.
Imgur now wants to help you find photos and animated GIFs based on broad topics
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 20:00
Image-hosting platform Imgur is rolling out some new features today designed to help users sift through the cacophony of content hosted on the site.
Microsoft says OneNote users doubled in 2014, outlines plans for 2015
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 19:51
And it's on track to double that number again this year.
Brianna Wu's Giant Spacekat pulls out of PAX East, blames GamerGate death threats
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 19:45
Wu says employees would be at risk at fan show because of the ongoing death threats.
Microsoft's Sway app for iPhone now lets you drop in videos, links, and bullet points
Venture Beat - 19 Feb 2015 19:43
Microsoft is moving fast with Sway.