Startup News
iOS 9 will be available on September 16 for iPhone 4s and newer, iPad 2 and newer, iPad mini and newer
Venture Beat - 9 Sep 2015 23:27
iOS 9, Apple’s latest and greatest mobile operating system update, will be available on September 16 for existing iPhone and iPad owners. That’s just a week away! Like its predecessors, iOS 9 will not be available on...
Switching An Hourly Employee To Salary? Read This First
Forbes - 9 Sep 2015 23:24
This is second of a three part series about how I mishandled a request for a raise from one of my employees. If you haven’t read Part One, please start there.
How to stream Apple's iPhone 6s and TV event on Android, iOS, Windows, and Mac
Venture Beat - 9 Sep 2015 18:48
Hey Siri, can you show me the new Apple products yet? Apple’s big “Hey Siri” event kicks off at 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) in San Francisco. But don’t worry, you can stream the presentation live here via Safari on ju...
Siri-ously? A few oversights and oddities from today's Apple keynote
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2015 01:57
Lots of Apple news today! Incremental iPhone improvements, a gigantic new iPad, a less-creepy name for a new feature, a top-to-bottom-wow-hell-yes Apple TV revamp, and a bland musical performance that nobody ever watches...
Everything Apple announced today: New iPhones, iPads, Apple TV, and more
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2015 01:33
Today Apple wowed an auditorium packed with tech junkies, developers, and reporters with the announcement of its brand-new, freaking awesome Apple TV. And then it announced some other stuff. I don’t know. I blacked out...
How Every Brand Became A Media Company
Forbes - 10 Sep 2015 00:52
Marketers have never faced as much competition for consumers’ attention as they do today. To stand out in a sea of messages; to get around the growth in adblockers; to be more interesting than whatever else is only a c...
Uber gives Carnegie Mellon University $5.5M to hire a new robotics faculty chair and three fellows
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2015 00:50
Uber wants to accelerate autonomous driving, and to accomplish this goal, it’s making an investment in future research. Company chief executive Travis Kalanick announced today that Uber will be giving $5.5 million to C...
Joe's Jeans Unveils $80 Million In Asset Sales, Including Brand; Lenders To Be Repaid
Forbes - 10 Sep 2015 00:32
Lenders to Joe’s Jeans' senior term loan and revolving credit agreement will be repaid through a transaction that includes asset sales and an investment by Tengram Capital Partners.
Google updates its Play Games analytics tools for developers
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2015 00:30
Virtually no successful mobile developer releases a game without integrating tools that enable it to get data on how it is performing with players, and now Google is building on the analytics options it introduced to its...
iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus: What Apple changed
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2015 00:16
At its September 2015 event in Cupertino today, Apple announced the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, succeeding the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus respectively. Apple’s ninth-generation phones are now official. Pre-orders beg...
A Different Way To Achieve A Single View Of The Customer
Forbes - 10 Sep 2015 00:11
There was an article in May of this year on MyCustomer.com that talked about the single view of the customer and how it is 20-year old idea but one that had still not really arrived yet.
Box beats with $73.5M in revenue in Q2 2016, hits 50K customers
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2015 00:08
Cloud file sharing company Box today announced that it generated a $33.1 million loss on $73.5 million in revenue for the second quarter of its fiscal year 2016, which ended on July 31. The company had a non-GAAP 28 cent...
Here's what investors think of the iPhone 6s and Apple TV
Venture Beat - 10 Sep 2015 00:05
“Meh.” Following its big Hey Siri event, Apple’s stock slipped about 2 percent to $110.15 a share. Apple’s new gadgets will probably mint money — if past trends persist — but investors appear totally unfazed,...
Apple renames its creepy Force Touch feature to 3D Touch
Venture Beat - 9 Sep 2015 23:32
Apple is bringing its pressure-sensing Force Touch tech to the iPhone 6s — and thankfully it gave the feature a new name. When the feature first debuted on the Apple Watch, Apple faced some criticism for its name. Some...
Why McDonald's Move To Cage-Free Eggs Will Help Reform Industry Practices
Forbes - 9 Sep 2015 23:21
McDonald's decision to buy only cage-free eggs within 10 years could have a big impact on the industry. What will the decision mean for small farms?
60% of martech companies don't list pricing publicly
Venture Beat - 9 Sep 2015 23:17
More than half of all the martech vendors represented on Scott Brinker’s mind-blowing 43-category, 1,876-company marketing technology landscape do not list their pricing publicly, according to an RJMetrics study. Why? ...
Brothers' Venture Provides Building Blocks For Prosperity In Honduras
Forbes - 9 Sep 2015 23:10
Brothers Will and Chris Haughey launched Tegu in 2009 to provide an economic spark in Honduras. Six years later, their impact is growing.
How Siri works on the new Apple TV
Venture Beat - 9 Sep 2015 23:08
At long last, Siri is no longer confined to mobile devices and the Apple Watch. Now you can use Apple’s personal digital assistant with the redesigned Apple TV. You can do more than just ask sarcastic questions and get...
Apple drops iPhone 6 price to $99 and iPhone 6 Plus to $199, makes iPhone 5s free, and discontinues iPhone 5c
Venture Beat - 9 Sep 2015 23:02
Apple announced its new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus devices today. You know what that means? Discounts! As with previous phone launches, Apple has lowered the starting price of its existing devices by $100. The current ...
Harmonix announces Beat Sports for Apple TV
Venture Beat - 9 Sep 2015 22:33
Apple’s new gaming box comes with a motion controller, and developer Harmonix is hoping that means it has the new Wii Sports. Harmonix, which is best known for creating the Rock Band music games, introduced Beat Sports...
Helping More Parents and Teachers Get Back to School
Venture Beat - 9 Sep 2015 22:32
PRESS RELEASE: AXA Strategic Ventures today announced it has made a significant investment in VolunteerSpot, a free event planning and community engagement platform that saves time, simplifies coordination, and boosts pa...
Apple unveils the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus
Venture Beat - 9 Sep 2015 22:31
Apple announced its next generation of iPhones, the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, at a large press event in San Francisco Wednesday. From the outside at least, the new phones look identical to their predecessors, the iPhone 6 a...