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Almost No One Wants To Join The Family Business Right After School
Forbes - 14 Jul 2015 16:28
Very few college students plan to start at the family firm immediately following graduation, though many say they may work there someday, according to a new report from Ernst & Young’s Global Family Business Center of...
Growth hackers talk about how to make your app go viral
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 04:00
Sometimes, things go viral: The Dress, the llamas, the Ice Bucket Challenge, the How Old Do I Look? app, and so on. One can’t fault companies for trying to figure out how to go viral and gain huge exposure. But many ma...
Twitter confirms its iOS and Android apps will show more details from websites in tweets
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 23:53
Twitter announced today it has improved its Summary Cards on its iOS and Android apps in a way that includes more details about web content.
The first virtual reality movie for Samsung Gear VR has begun production
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 23:44
The VR movie, called "Gone," comes from the production company that made The Walking Dead, and is being directed by veteran movie and game producer J.T. Petty.
Microsoft hires creators of the Glimpse open-source debugger to bolster Visual Studio
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 23:28
Microsoft today announced that it has hired the two creators of Glimpse, an open-source debugging and diagnostics tool for ASP.NET applications. Until now the creators, Anthony van der Hoorn and Nik Molnar, have worked a...
Appfuel ex-CEO explains why mobile adtech resembles hockey
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 23:10
EXCLUSIVE: The Toronto-based Andrew Boos used a sports analogy to explain why he thinks the recent purchase by app attribution firm Tune of his still-in-prototype Appfuel company crystallizes where mobile adtech is head...
Nurse Seeks End To Infant And Maternal Mortality
Forbes - 14 Jul 2015 22:45
When Arlene Samen was invited to meet with the Dalai Lama, she couldn't imagine how it would change her life. Ultimately, she left her position as a nurse as the University of Utah School of Medicine to found One Heart W...
As tech firms track your location, advertisers zero in for the sale
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 22:36
(By Yasmeen Abutaleb, Reuters) – Mapping technology advancements from Google Inc and Facebook Inc that provide more precise user location data than ever before are starting to dent advertisers’ longtime skepticism ab...
PlayStation Network down for many once again (updated)
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 22:22
Sony's online network is down once again.
Uber launches Assist program for senior citizens and disabled riders in L.A.
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 21:15
Drivers who respond to uberAssist requests have bigger vehicles and training in how to accommodate riders with special needs.
You can now disable downloading, printing, and copying for any file stored in Google Drive
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 21:12
Google Drive just got a useful new feature.
Tech's Hottest Lunch Spot? A Strip Club
Forbes - 14 Jul 2015 20:42
The Gold Club, a San Francisco strip club, has become the go-to lunch spot for many tech employees with its all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. Some say its an obvious manifestation of a Silicon Valley boys' club.
1000 African Entrepreneurs Gather In Nigeria For Tony Elumelu Foundation Boot Camp
Forbes - 14 Jul 2015 20:26
1000 entrepreneurs from across Africa gathered in Ota, Southwest Nigeria, between Friday and Saturday for an intensive two-day boot camp hosted by the Tony Elumelu Foundation.
Flipboard now has 70M monthly active users, says CEO Mike McCue
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 19:51
On stage at MobileBeat 2015, CEO Mike McCue revealed that, after its web launch, the digital magazine platform grew its active user base 75 percent since February.
The Entrepreneurial Skillset of Storytelling
Forbes - 14 Jul 2015 19:48
Nothing encourages creativity and connection like storytelling. As entrepreneurs, we try every day to introduce new stories to the world. The key, therefore, is making sure we tell them in a way that our audience will un...
Amazon Web Services buys AppThwack, a startup with iOS, Android devices for app testing; service will shut down on Sept. 1
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 19:47
The AppThwack team is encouraging people to sign up for AWS Device Farm, which does not (yet) support iOS devices.
Funding Daily: Today's tech funding news, in one place
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 19:07
Here's a list of today's tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. AnyClip lands $21M for targeting movie and TV clips to the right Web page Online ads in video clips can ...
Google Compute Engine rolls out Windows Server support for everyone
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 18:51
Google today announced the general availability of Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems on the Google Compute Engine public cloud. The news follows the arrival of Windows Server 2008 R2 Dat...
Twitter cofounder Ev Williams: Twitter 'should be more of a platform than it is'
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 18:24
Twitter needs to do a better job of building itself into a platform, cofounder Ev Williams said today.
Someone spoofed Bloomberg's website and a fake article made Twitter's stock soar
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 18:18
A fake Bloomberg website and a fake story sent Twitter's shares to its highest in months.
Rapidly-growing mobile commerce company Wish acquires lock-screen startup Locket
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 18:00
Wish, a mobile commerce company that recently appears to have raised $500 million at a reported $3 billion valuation, has acquired Locket.
Etsy's first transparency report reveals 162K account closures for items not considered handmade
Venture Beat - 14 Jul 2015 17:25
In addition to quality control closures, Etsy killed 176,137 product listings as a result of intellectual property removal requests.