Startup News
What Is An Employee?
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 06:17
Simple question but how would you answer it? If you look up "employee" in the dictionary you find: "a person who works for another person or for a company for wages or a salary." Synonyms include: cog, servant, and slave...
YouTube for Android and iOS now supports 60fps video
Venture Beat - 30 Jun 2015 23:53
The higher frame rate is great for fast-action videos, but it's particularly awesome for video games.
U.K Industry In Call To Create A Formal Framework For 'Soft Skills'
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 23:45
Language helps us to identify common traits, and also to define them. Sometimes, however, the very language of identification can lead to flawed thinking - and this could be the case when it comes to our thinking about...
Three Things Self-Employed Parents Need To Know About Financial Aid
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 23:33
With the average cost of college tuition $31,231 at a private colleges and $22,958 for out of state students attending public universities, the idea of putting a child—or several—through college can be daunting to an...
OS X 10.10.4 adds 'network reliability,' photo library and app improvements
Venture Beat - 30 Jun 2015 23:02
The upgrade also fixes some bugs in Migration Assistant and Mail.
Shark Tank's Daymond John: Three Reasons Customer Service Trumps Everything
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 22:43
Daymond John (the storied creator of FUBU who's now so spiffily informative on Shark Tank) and I tend to cover different areas; he’s best-known for working with entrepreneurs and in mentorship, and I concentrate on ...
Jim Jacoby Wants to Build A New Hollywood in Atlanta
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 22:43
Jim Jacoby is an Atlanta real estate developer who isn’t afraid to bet big. He made his bones in the 1970s building strip malls and Walmarts. Then in the middle 1990s he undertook a mammoth, multi-year project turning ...
Will Same Sex Marriage Ruling Cost Cohabiting Couples Employer Health Benefits?
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 22:37
Live-ins' (gay and straight) health insurance choices are in flux after SCOTUS same-sex ruling.
Startup Looking To Combine E-cigs, 3D Printing And Crowdfunding
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 22:30
A new start-up is crowd-funding its attempt to create an entirely new kind of e-cigarette that favours form as much as function and is brought to reality through 3D printing.
Impact Investing Gets Bigger With New $400M Venture Fund
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 22:18
More proof that impact investing is getting bigger: a new $400 million double- bottom line venture fund just closed.
Adidas And Parley Team Up For Sneakers Made From Recycled Ocean Waste
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 22:16
Did you know that scientists predict that by 2025 all the coral reef ecosystems in the world will be gone? Did you know that they expect to see the majority of sea life extinct in 6 to 16 years? That house cats eat more ...
How to make sure you don't get charged for Apple Music
Venture Beat - 30 Jun 2015 21:41
Here's how to shut off Apple Music's auto-renew feature, so that you can actively decide whether you want the service or not.
When To Cut Your Losses On An Online Marketing Campaign
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 21:28
When you realize that a marketing strategy is failing--or not performing as well as you expected it to--at what point do you cut your losses and walk away from it? How much do you spend before abandoning your investment?...
Google updates Gmail with ... wait for it ... emojis
Venture Beat - 30 Jun 2015 20:33
While Google engineers bend over backwards to repair the horrific mess that is email , the company caught us by surprise today with its latest Gmail update: Google is rolling out new emojis and themes. The new themes are...
London Pipped By NYC For Greatest Start-up City
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 20:30
London came second in the CITIE Index for entrepreneurship and start-up support. Although it beat noted hot-beds of innovation such as San Francisco and Hong Kong, it was just beaten by its big American rival. Can it eve...
Mistakes To Avoid With A Startup Board Of Directors
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 20:22
Most entrepreneurs avoid setting up a board of directors for their new business unless or until they sign up an investor who demands a seat on the board. That implies that a board of directors has no value to the founder...
Magic Mirror vs. the Human Experience: Using Technology to Woo Millennials, Centennials (Part 1)
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 20:03
Regardless of when we were born, whether we are 35-year-old mothers or 12-year-old daughters, we all have one thing in common: We like to be bowled over, and not necessarily in the aisles.
The Pebble Time is likable -- but smartwatches have left it behind
Venture Beat - 30 Jun 2015 20:00
REVIEW: The Time is a big improvement from the original Pebble watches, but compared to wearables I've seen from LG, Samsung, and Apple, it feels like a throwback to an earlier time in smartwatch history.
How You Can Use Your Company Health Benefits To Strengthen Employee Engagement
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 20:00
Employer-sponsored health benefits are a valuable way to attract and retain talent -- provided you openly share and promote your program with employees.
Mobile ad tech takes center stage at Cannes Lions Festival
Venture Beat - 30 Jun 2015 19:44
SPONSORED: This year's awards added extra weight to the debate around great creative fuelled by data and technology.
The Code: A Conversation With Dion "No I.D." Wilson (Pt. 1)
Forbes - 30 Jun 2015 19:33
Dion "No I.D." Wilson is a master craftsman.
SalesMesh 3.0 now allows sales reps to team up outside of Salesforce
Venture Beat - 30 Jun 2015 19:30
EXCLUSIVE: If you're a sales rep and some of your opportunities look iffy, you might not want to commit them yet to Salesforce, where your manager can see them. That's the idea behind the parallel CRM SalesMesh, which to...