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Lyft, Uber poach key Twitter engineers, managers amid turmoil
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 06:00
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Ex-Bungie composer Marty O'Donnell wins epic legal fight with former bosses
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 05:52
Marty O’Donnell, the composer who created the music for the Halo and Destiny video games, has won his case in a legal battle with his former employer Bungie. Under a final ruling issued today from a court-appointed arb...
How A Self-Taught Software Engineer From Cairo Landed $1 Million In VC Funds
Forbes - 6 Sep 2015 01:02
Kngine, a semantic search engine, eventually raised $1 million from VCs in Cairo and Mountain View.
VC Josh Elman explains why Twitter & Facebook do 'platform' differently (podcast)
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 22:00Why the new Apple TV could be the most revolutionary Apple product in years
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 21:00
At long last, it appears that Apple is going to unveil the updated version of Apple TV. This will be an enormous disappointment to some Apple faithful, who have been fantasizing about an entire television set designed by...
ClassDojo launches new tool to simplify parent-teacher communications
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 20:06
Classroom management tool ClassDojo has publicly launched a new offering called Class Story that it believes streamlines communications between teachers and parents. The aim is to eliminate newsletters and websites that ...
Europe: The overlooked investment opportunity
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 20:00
GUEST: In the string of bad news coming out of Europe lately, it's easy to miss that the region has become a great opportunity for venture investors. Lost amid stories of Greek debt and the fate of the Euro are those of ...
Presidential campaigns continue to evolve online in wake of Obama's landmark success
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 19:00
Whether or not this presidential election will be one for the history books, its digital marketing will be. That’s according to Jonathan Lacoste, cofounder and president of Boston-based Jebbit. His “post-click engage...
How to get started with agile marketing
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 18:00
GUEST: How do you introduce agile marketing into an organization? I've watched many organizations struggle with this, with varying degrees of success. While there is no magic formula, I have a few suggestions based on ex...
CEOs: If your startup is expanding to a new market, you should be there
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 17:00
GUEST: As a startup CEO and the mother of two children under the age of two, my presence on the tech scene is already fairly irregular, demographically speaking. I recently made an additional unusual step of moving my yo...
Netflix vs. Amazon Video: How they differ and who has the upper hand
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 16:56
With a quarter of all online TV viewing now estimated to be online, the myriad of companies permeating the video-on-demand (VoD) realm know they’re on a winning path. But for consumers, it can be difficult to keep up w...
Arbitrator's ruling in case of music composer Marty O'Donnell v. Destiny developer Bungie
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 10:43
Here’s a copy of the ruling in the case of Marty O’Donnell, the former composer of music for games such as Halo and Destiny, in his arbitration case with Bungie and Bungie chief executive Harold Ryan. Check out our s...
When This Photographer Posted Wedding Pics To Social Media, Mayhem Ensued
Forbes - 5 Sep 2015 10:02
Here’s an issue every marketer should think about. It implicates photographers, videographers, and event managers. Guests are culpable, too. What is the protocol for the photos, tweets and videos people post during an...
Why HomeKit deserves some serious love during Apple's iPhone event next week
Venture Beat - 5 Sep 2015 02:32
Apple is expected to spend a lot of time talking about Apple TV next week at its iPhone 6S press event. We’re likely to see new hardware, new gaming functionality, a new remote control, and at least some new informatio...