Startup News
This project in Google's secret research lab could change the future of batteries
Venture Beat - 11 Apr 2015 21:00
The new wave of wearable devices, flying drones, electric cars, and what-have-you are going to have higher and more specific power needs than what you get with our current lithium-ion (like in phones) and alkaline batter...
Mark Zuckerberg Meets With Brazil's President At the 7th Summit of the Americas, In Panama
Forbes - 11 Apr 2015 06:40
The billionaire is setting his eyes in Latin America, and Brazil is an strategic partner.
No Proof That Incubators Help Startups
Forbes - 11 Apr 2015 06:22
New research from the Kauffman Foundation shows that business incubators may not be helping startups as much as they claim to be.
Can The Banks Save Online Banking From Themselves? [Infographic]
Forbes - 11 Apr 2015 23:57
Survey shows disconnect between how consumers want to use online banking, what banks are offering, and what offerings consumers are aware of.
What Do Rob Lowe And DirecTV Teach Us About False Advertising And The Better Business Bureau?
Forbes - 11 Apr 2015 23:10
Lots of publicity has come to DirecTV for its annoying, bizarre, hilarious or highly effective (you choose) television ads. Rob Lowe and his evil twins, alternating between those super-creepy, painfully awkward, or far...
Why a startup called Nutanix is making VMware absolutely crazy
Venture Beat - 11 Apr 2015 23:00
At stake is a big up-and-coming $77 billion market that VMware desperately needs.
Five Questions With Author Mary Pilon About "The Monopolists"
Forbes - 11 Apr 2015 20:23
Who knew a simple board game bore such a fascinating history? Journalist Mary Pilon uncovers the story of individual creativity, corporate strategy and legal battles over the game Monopoly in her new book "The Monopolis...
Alibaba's Mapping Service AutoNavi Unveils LBS+ Open Platform
Venture Beat - 11 Apr 2015 20:00
Now serving a broad range of fields like car rental, smart devices, and environmental protection, the platform integrates a development kit and big data.
Birchbox and Harvard join GrowthBeat Summit Boston June 1-2
Venture Beat - 11 Apr 2015 19:54
VB Event: Deena BahDeena Bahriri, CMO for Birchbox, and Perry Hewitt, chief digital officer for Harvard University, join 180 top execs at GrowthBeat Summit to explore how creativity and technology merge to drive growth.
iOS apps aren't secure -- what Apple needs to learn from hacking history
Venture Beat - 11 Apr 2015 18:00
Guest: A quick search in hacker forums will turn up hundreds, if not thousands, of cracked iOS apps. The download numbers are sometimes comparable to legitimate downloads from the actual App Store.
ISIS Blacks Out French Television Station Broadcasts -- CyberTerrorism Has Arrived
Forbes - 11 Apr 2015 17:13
On Wednesday night, parties claiming to belong to the Islamic State (ISIS) blacked out broadcasts on 11 channels of French television station, TV5Monde, as well as breached and defaced the network’s social media accoun...
CarMax, Airbnb and the salesman's delusion
Venture Beat - 11 Apr 2015 17:00
Guest: Where CarMax differs from many in the current crop of Silicon Valley startups is CarMax knows they aren't the actual creators of the product.
Two Things Investors Should Know About Financial Asset Bubbles
Forbes - 11 Apr 2015 16:53
Financial assets are on fire around the globe. The S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) is hitting one new high after another; NASDAQ (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the StoxxEurope 600 Index are racing towards the elusive pre-dot.com crash mark; Asi...
HotelQuickly Beats HotelTonight To Asian Market
Forbes - 11 Apr 2015 15:28
When you travel, sometimes you just don’t have the time to spend days researching hotels. All you want is an easy way to find a good place to stay for a reasonable price in a convenient way. Sometimes you even want to ...
JD.COM 'Brushing' Fake Orders To Inflate Sales
Forbes - 11 Apr 2015 15:02
Recent controversy over “brushing” on Chinese e-commerce sites has come to a head as a merchant on JD.com (NASDAQ: JD) exposed a seemingly company sanctioned brushing campaign.
The CMO is dead, long live the CMO
Venture Beat - 11 Apr 2015 15:00
Guest: Many of us never went to school for advertising or marketing. Instead, we cut our teeth in the real world. AdWords, SEO, social media, radio, TV, and print -- we learned these skills on the fly and have hodgepodge...
You know you're in a bubble when ...
Venture Beat - 11 Apr 2015 02:30
Guest: Unlike the 2001 bubble, this one is on late-stage private startups. In fact the bubble is so obvious that these billion-dollar startups don't even want to go public because they know they'll not get the same valua...
Amazon buys Amiato, a startup that built a cloud data warehouse before Redshift came out
Venture Beat - 11 Apr 2015 01:16
Amiato built a data warehousing tool in the cloud before Amazon even announced its similar tool.
Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place
Venture Beat - 11 Apr 2015 00:00
Top marketing execs: Join us June 1-2 in Boston for GrowthBeat Summit. Sign up today as space is limited and we're limiting attendance to CMOs and top marketing execs. Request your personal invitation here. Here's a list...