Startup News
Elon Musk explains what the Tesla logo means
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 05:03
An automaker’s logo can and perhaps should be as recognizable as its cars, if not more. That makes logo design a very important task. Tesla’s logo is certainly not anonymous, but it turns out there’s more to it tha...
Intuit signs deal with Wells Fargo to share customer data
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 02:41
(Reuters) — Wells Fargo & Co reached an agreement with Intuit Inc to allow the bank’s customers who use financial management applications such as Mint, TurboTax and QuickBooks to choose the information they share whi...
Vuzix aims to ship thin augmented reality smartglasses in 2017
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 18:35
Vuzix knows that people don’t want to be embarrassed when they put something on their face. So the company is working hard to ship a pair of augmented reality smartglasses this year that will be thin enough to wear com...
Girls Who Code CEO: 'Stand up and fight' against Trump's immigration ban
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 00:33
For several years, Reshma Saujani, founder and CEO of Girls who Code--a non-profit that has trained 40,000 girls to do just that--has been perhaps the nation's fiercest advocate for STEM education and closing the tech se...
Here's a small victory for autonomous driving in traffic
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 23:05
I drove a 2017 Audi Q7 recently, and there was a seemingly minor feature that made me think autonomous driving has a chance of truly changing how we drive. Where I live, there's a corridor south of the major metro area t...
This mod gives PlayStation Move controllers dual-stick control
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 22:10
PlayStation VR is a capable headset, but it does have one glaring weakness: the PlayStation Move controllers. Sony's positiontally tracked wands bring your hands into VR with relative accuracy, but they pale in compariso...
My accidental path to equity funding
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 21:05
GUEST: Not long after I spoke at a Midatlantic Venture Conference, the phone calls started coming in. As a successful third time startup CEO and a respected founder on the rise, I had garnered the interest of the investo...
The rise of femtech: women, technology and Trump
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 20:03
ANALYSIS: The market is flooded with products tailored to the needs of men: viagra, penis enlargement pills, fitness apps, and more. But a new sector dedicated to women is emerging. Femtech, or female technology, is tick...
Are MBAs Still Hungry For Startups?
Forbes - 5 Feb 2017 19:58
The top 100 MBA startups attracted $2.9bn, down from $5.2bn last year and $4.9bn in 2015. But the Poets & Quants MBA Startup ranking 2017 shows that business school graduates are using an MBA from a top school to open do...
An Examination Of IRS Startling Argument On Gender Confirmation Surgery
Forbes - 5 Feb 2017 17:48
The overarching problem with the IRS approach to this case is that accountants and lawyers are not going to be able to sort out which group of doctors to believe when there is controversy about whether a procedure is a g...
5 predictions about Alexa, Cortana, and other AI assistants
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 17:15
The 2017 Voice Report is a look ahead at what to expect in the coming chat wars between companies like Microsoft, Samsung, Google, and Amazon. It’s also a survey of Google Assistant and Alexa users, and a look into why...
These 8 Stats Show Why Many Business Owners Can't Sell When They Want To
Forbes - 5 Feb 2017 13:48
Many business owners probably won't be able to sell their businesses when they're ready to do so, because they're not taking critical steps toward a transition or toward getting the full value of the enterprise. Here are...
Will the Patriots' VR training help them win the Super Bowl?
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 13:34
When Super Bowl 51 (pardon me, “LI”) hits TV screens nationwide, Fox viewers will be treated to unique, immersive glimpses from the field, using Intel's 360 Replay virtual camera. But even more intriguing is what's h...
U.S. judge rules Google must turn over foreign emails
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 08:14
(Reuters) – A U.S. judge has ordered Google to comply with search warrants seeking customer emails stored outside the United States, diverging from a federal appeals court that reached the opposite conclusion in a simi...
How AI will transform education in 2017
Venture Beat - 5 Feb 2017 01:18
GUEST: Education has mostly followed the same structure for centuries — e.g., the “sage on a stage” and “assembly line” models. As AI continues to disrupt industries like consumer electronics, ecommerce, media,...
Hey Roger Goodell! Good Luck Hiding From Tom Brady At Superbowl LI
Forbes - 5 Feb 2017 00:02
It will be the Atlanta Falcons versus the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI in a couple of weeks, but even more interesting will be the face-off between NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Patriots quarterback Tom Bra...