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It's raining cats and dogs at SXSW
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 15:30
Despite all the terrible marketing leading up to it, SXSW is still a terrific interactive festival.
Companies That Are Annihilating Their Competition
Forbes - 13 Mar 2015 17:49
Companies that really annihilate the competition find ways to do it without cutting into their profit margin or turning their products in commodities.
This mobile soccer game lets you trash-talk stars like Jerome Boateng, Alejandro Bedoya, and Philippe Senderos
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 16:15
Feature:Find out how Soccer Without Limits CEO Adam Davis and star players Jerome Boateng, Alejandro Bedoya, and Philippe Senderos plan to conquer fantasy soccer on mobile with Fury 90.
Google wants to spend $300M to expand its data center near Atlanta
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 00:52
Google's servers, storage, and networking gear all need to live somewhere.
Payment platform Balanced closes its doors and transitions customers to Stripe
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 23:57
Balanced has announced that it is closing down its marketplace payment platform. “Unfortunately, we haven't been able to reach the escape velocity necessary to be a large, innovative, independent player in the payments...
Cyanogen reportedly close to raising a $110M round, but Microsoft won't invest
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 23:37
Cyanogen needs more capital to get its user interface software onto more Android devices, reports Bloomberg, citing people with knowledge of the matter.
How Snapchat became so much more than a messaging app
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 23:30
Guest:With the report Wednesday of a new investment from China's Alibaba set to value Snapchat at $15 billion+, it's clear that Evan Spiegel's app has big ambitions.
Pinterest beefs up security with full S support and bug bounty program
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 23:00
When you have millions of users around the globe, keeping them protected is important.
Square is shutting down Square Order
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 22:55
Square is shuttering Square Order, a service that allows customers to preorder drinks and food from local vendors, VentureBeat has learned. The company is notifying customers that the app will no longer be available for ...
Great Shoes Are Greats' Business - How This Shoe Company Sold Out Products In Just 90 Days
Forbes - 13 Mar 2015 21:55
Many of today's businesses still operate with a pre-internet model where middlemen, for a price that gets passed onto consumers, are involved anywhere from product development to distribution.
Charles Barkley Stays Relevant And Doesn't Use Social
Nibletz - 13 Mar 2015 21:45
Here at Day One of Southby Southwest Interactive the longest line so far was to see Auburn Tigers alum, NBA legend and Turner analyst Charles Barkley speak. The panel topic was “How to remain relevant in today’s di...
Shinra Technologies' cloud gaming technical beta kicks off in Google Fiber-equipped Kansas City
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 21:35
Shina's supercomputer streaming begins testing in the Midwest this summer.
6 Tech Companies Disrupting The Daily Drive
Forbes - 13 Mar 2015 21:10
Over the last few weeks, there have been a flurry of rumors and articles speculating about what automotive project Apple may or may not be working on in its secret Cupertino labs. According the to the tech blogosphere, y...
HBO lets SXSW attendees star in their own Game of Thrones poster
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 20:43
The interactive exhibit features wooden swords with embedded accelerometers and gyroscopes.
YouTube launches 360-degree video support on Android and Chrome
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 20:36
First announced in January, the new feature is available today.
Big Viking Games shows how Toronto is becoming a hotbed haven for startups
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 20:23
VB Event:Credit it all to a combination of hefty government tax credits, top engineering and animation talent, lower costs -- and now, a favorable exchange rate.
Eko pulls in $2M for smart stethoscope, enters clinical trials
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 20:10
The startup says its Core stethoscope is the first to be wirelessly connected, enabling various heart sound analytics and monitoring.
Twitter confirms its acquisition of live video app Periscope
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 19:48
Retweeting a tweet is the new way to confirm an acquisition, apparently.
Apple Watch app screenshots surface on Twitter
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 19:42
These (black) screens are what you'll use to control your Watch from your phone.
GameStop's Kongregate division learns how to publish free-to-play mobile games
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 19:01
Emily Greer says the power of GameStop lends clout to its mobile games.
Oh Wait There's Another Proximity Based Social App Launching At SXSW
Nibletz - 13 Mar 2015 18:27
On Thursday evening I met the team from HereBy.us they seem like a really solid team but forgive me for not being quite as enthused as they are about the upcoming launch of their proximity based social app. Does it surpr...
Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place
Venture Beat - 13 Mar 2015 18:20
Get all the tech funding news of the day delivered straight to your mailbox! Sign up for Funding Daily and never miss a deal. Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you ...