Startup News
Business Is A Game Of Inches
Forbes - 16 Sep 2015 16:13
Most successful businesses are defined by the sum of all of the little decisions and interactions that happen each and every day, and not by grand strategic moves. This simple truth puts the responsibility on both leader...
6 Ways For Startups To Offer Greater Marketing Value
Forbes - 16 Sep 2015 05:19
Entrepreneurs have always believed that their product or service must show real value to customers, but today the smart ones are even able to make their marketing valuable. The days are gone when marketing was all “pus...
Apple reportedly acquires mapping visualization startup Mapsense
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 01:51
Apple has reportedly acquired the San Francisco-based mapping data visualization company Mapsense. The deal was struck earlier this month, according to a report by Re/code, which cites several unnamed sources. The report...
Nigerian Billionaire Femi Otedola Reduces Price Of Kerosene To 25 Cents Per Liter
Forbes - 17 Sep 2015 00:35
Nigerian billionaire oil magnate Femi Otedola has crashed the price of House Hold Kerosene (HHK) in the country.
Downloads: The future of streaming
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 00:10
ANALYSIS: The subject of downloads has been a major talking point in the video-streaming realm this month, with three major companies all laying their offline-viewing cards on the table. Kicking off on September 1, Inter...
Salesforce and Microsoft expand partnership: Office and Skype integrations, Salesforce1 for Windows 10 Mobile
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 00:05
Salesforce and Microsoft — companies that traditionally compete in the customer relationship management software market — today announced a deeper partnership, building on the big one they announced last year. The ne...
Apple launches Switch to iOS app for Android users
Venture Beat - 17 Sep 2015 00:00
It really should surprise no one that the first app Apple built for Android helps you ditch the platform. In addition to launching iOS 9 today, Apple also released Switch to iOS, a new Android app that helps users of Goo...
Let's Get Physical: Why E-Commerce Makes Offline Stores More Important Than Ever
Forbes - 16 Sep 2015 23:32
The last several years have seen an incredible transformation in how people buy.
iOS 9 tells you who that unknown caller is
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 23:24
This single feature may make upgrading to iOS 9 worth the effort. About 10 times every day some “Unknown” person calls my phone, and fearing an untimely/uncomfortable/tedious/unnecessary conversation, I often don’t...
Elon Musk Demonstrates The Benefits Of Being Considered Foolish
Forbes - 16 Sep 2015 22:59
Ideas that are generally considered clever should expect strong competition. Ideas that are considered foolish to start have a tremendous opportunity to win big.
China's DiDi invests $100M in Lyft as two team up to take on Uber worldwide
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 22:56
Today Lyft and Chinese ride-hailing company DiDi Chuxing (formerly DiDi Kuaidi) unveiled a major partnership allowing users of each service to hail rides from either app. Specifically, the deal will enable Lyft users to ...
Uber CEO talks UberPool profitability and AI in well-coached interview
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 22:11
SAN FRANCISCO — Travis Kalanick says that UberPool isn’t as profitable as the rest of his company’s offering, but he’s not worried about it because it’s all about inducing carpooling in all the cities it operat...
Docker Trusted Registry is now available on AWS
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 21:59
Amazon Web Services, the largest public cloud provider, announced today that the Docker Trusted Registry software — a tool for storing and managing container images that can be used to run applications — is now avail...
Microsoft's short-form email app Send debuts on Android, arrives in the U.K., Brazil, and Denmark
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 21:45
In July, Microsoft launched Send, a new short-form and lightweight email app. It was only available for Office 365 business and education customers with iPhones, though the company said it would eventually bring the app ...
Google Street View launches in the Philippines -- now you can see boxer Manny Pacquiao's hometown
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 21:15
If you’ve ever wanted to walk past the gym where Filipino world champion boxer Manny Pacquiao trains, now’s your chance. Google announced the launch of Street View in the Philippines on Wednesday, making the Southeas...
You can start getting iOS 9 right now -- here's how
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 21:04
Here’s a few telltale signs that fall is upon us: Leaves are changing colors, pumpkin-flavored everything lines shelves, and a new OS release from Apple hits today. The company’s most recent mobile OS release, iOS 9,...
Bloomberg extends Twitter data deal to help traders uncover early trends and sentiment shifts
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 20:59
Twitter and Bloomberg are taking their existing partnership to the next stage today, as the companies reveal that more Twitter data will be integrated into Bloomberg’s financial platform. The Bloomberg Terminal is a se...
Cortana now shows you coupons in Microsoft Edge
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 20:54
Microsoft is enhancing the capabilities of its Cortana personal digital assistant within the company’s recently launched Edge browser. Microsoft announced today that it has begun a pilot program to make Cortana automat...
The Case for Raising the Credit Union Lending Cap
Forbes - 16 Sep 2015 20:52
Rand Paul (R-KY) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) have introduced the Small Business Lending Enhancement Act into the U.S. Senate. The legislation would increase the credit union member business-lending (MBL) cap for credit...
Dropbox gets support for iOS 9, Spotlight, 3D touch on iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 20:35
Dropbox says it’s made some tweaks to its iOS app to exploit new features in Apple’s latest operating system, iOS 9. Chief among them is support for Spotlight, Apple’s universal search tool for rummaging through as...
How start-ups get funded
CNBC - 16 Sep 2015 20:30
The unicorn club has expanded at an unprecedented rate. How do entrepreneurs get their hands on such large sums of cash?
Microsoft updates OneNote with support for iOS 9, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Handoff, and Spotlight
Venture Beat - 16 Sep 2015 20:20
iOS 9 is launching today, and Microsoft’s OneNote team is wasting no time. The company updated OneNote with support for iOS 9, iPad Pro, Apple Pencil, Handoff, and Spotlight all in one go. You can download the new vers...