Startup News

Tokyo-based BitFlyer, the company behind a Japanese bitcoin exchange, announced this week that it has secured about $27 million...

Uber announced today that it has proposed a settlement with the National Federation of the Blind California chapter. The technology company has asked a judge to approve the deal in which Uber will not only publish a serv...

This week, Tech.eu tracked 11 technology M&A transactions and 63 funding deals (totalling €500 million, about $573 million) in Europe, Turkey and Israel. Here's an overview of the 10 biggest European tech news items fo...

GUEST: Over the weekend, I found myself watching “Tesla: Master of Lightning,” a PBS production streaming on Netflix. From the story of Nikola Tesla, I saw parallels between his invention, alternating current (AC), a...

FEATURE: If you've ever been interested in playing Blizzard Entertainment's collectible card juggernaut Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft but never jumped in, now is a great time to give it a try. This week, new players ha...

Ah, content marketing... The newest buzzword in the never-ending sea of marketing buzzwords. And as a buzzword, you will get the same scrutiny that "guest blogging" and "native advertising" both received over the last fe...

Three brothers run Proof Eyewear.  In 2010, they started with $5,000 each, working from a garage-cum-office. Today, they're an Idaho success story selling their glasses in over 20 countries around the world. “You prob...

Activision Blizzard has released more teasers for the next Call of Duty game, which rumors suggest will be called Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. In the Nuk3town multiplayer map in Call of Duty Black Ops III, Activision ...

In our monthly news roundup we look at the women who say that being true to yourself is paramount at work, and speak to those who have created stunning tech breakthroughs.

Five high profile women in tech share essential tips for success.

In the increasingly competitive business environment, it is no longer an option to stand still while you competition is changing with the times. Reinvention is the only way for companies to stay relevant in this ever-cha...

The Entertainment Software Association, the trade group that represents the game industry in Washington, D.C., issued its annual report on the U.S. game industry this week. Here are some of the essential facts about the ...

Two New Yorkers left the city life to build a “healthy” business in Vermont.   No, it’s not a health food business, but rather, a balanced, holistic business model that the founders of skincare company, Ursa Majo...

Many owners of one-person service businesses dream of finding a business model where they can generate recurring revenue. The Holy Grail is scaling their sales without simply doubling or tripling their workload. John Wa...

We’re about to hold our second annual GamesBeat Summit event on May 3-4 at the Cavallo Point. I’m very excited to say that we’re going to be have a lot of very interesting people in the room. We’re still signing ...

GUEST: Some surprising search results in the US version of the Apple App Store got us curious. Is Apple experimenting with the algorithm, and to what end? We all know Apple likes black boxes more than most technology com...

The economy will be the most important factor influencing how America's smallest businesses vote in the November presidential election, according to new research by American Express OPEN. In the survey, 32% said it wa...

When I first laid eyes on a gray pair of Allbirds sneaks, my first thought was that they look a bit like Yeezy's, and they're probably really expensive.

Many of us, this writer included, pride ourselves on being good listeners and excellent conversationalists. That's why it was shocking to discover, to my horror, that there's a universe of room for improvement.

It's not uncommon for customers to turn to social channels like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and others to post their stories, both good and bad. Some companies have done a formidable job of monitoring the comments on th...

Caraa is a new New York City-based luxury fitness brand focusing on an untapped area of the booming athleisure market: handbags. The activewear space is a $35 billion dollar marketplace, and while there are many choices ...

Google has filed a patent for what sounds like a bionic eye. A patent filed in 2014 and published Thursday describes a device that could correct vision without putting contacts in or wearing glasses everyday. But to inse...