Startup News
Google and partners commit $100 million to African broadband project CSquared
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 16:13
Google is forming a four-way partnership to invest in a wholesale broadband infrastructure project designed to bring fast and reliable internet access to cities across Africa. The initiative is an extension of Project Li...
How To Unlock Your Potential For Innovation Through Crowdsourcing
Forbes - 16 May 2017 12:00
By sharing knowledge and experience amongst a diverse group, we can often tackle complex problems that cannot be solved alone. Innovation through crowdsourcing is a challenge, but GE seems to have found a solution with G...
British Startup Improbable Raises $500M
Nibletz - 16 May 2017 07:11
Cambridge Alumni Startup, Improbably Raises $500M A British startup that has created software to complex and interactive virtual worlds along with complex simulations for industry and government has just closed a $502 mi...
Rock Band VR review: It's neat, but it's not a breakthrough experience
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 23:41
REVIEW: In Rock Band, you pretend to be your favorite music group. In Rock Band VR, you pretend to be a cover band that doesn't quite get the songs right. Rock Band VR may be more of a fundamentally different experience ...
3 reasons AI isn't ready to replace human sales reps just yet
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 23:10
GUEST: According to a study by Oracle, almost 80 percent of businesses have already implemented or are planning to adopt AI as a customer service solution by 2020, and a recent report by Deloitte and Oxford University su...
Sales Team Management: You're Being Too Nice
Forbes - 16 May 2017 22:22
Effective sales team management requires motivation, accountability, and protecting the intellectual property of your business. If you're not feeling good about the results from your sales efforts, it may be time to acce...
Equity crowdfunding is 1 year old today, Wefunder is top platform
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 22:05
GUEST: Since Regulation Crowdfunding began on May 16 last year, 335 companies have filed offering documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to fundraise on securities-based crowdfunding platforms. Of th...
Expeditions: Viking makes choice matter through failure
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 21:35
After spending my life playing games where failure is never an option, it is difficult to adjust to a game where it is a viable way of progressing. Expeditions: Viking is that game, and it’s available now for $30 on St...
Why You Should Still Optimize Your Photos For SEO
Forbes - 16 May 2017 21:29
Just how important is it to optimize your images for SEO in 2017?
Hearthstone's next update is about keeping 70 million players happy
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 20:34
Sharing and playing Hearthstone with your friends is about to get easier and more rewarding. And Blizzard is hoping you appreciate it — so much so that you’ll keep logging in to play every day. The studio announced t...
Discord's voice communications app for gamers quadruples to 45 million users
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 20:00
On its second anniversary, Discord is announcing that it has reached more than 45 million users for its popular voice communications app for gamers. By comparison, the company had 11 million users in July 2016. That mean...
Two unannounced, high-end Nokia phones make brief video debut
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 19:32
EXCLUSIVE: Thanks to a video uploaded to Vimeo that seems to have included more hardware than it should have, we may have gotten our first look at not one, but two unannounced, Nokia-branded smartphones from licensee HMD...
Finding The Starting Line For Your Tech Startup
Forbes - 16 May 2017 19:28
What are the best ways to think of ideas for a startup? This question was originally answered on Quora by Yair Weinberger.
Biz Stone rejoins Twitter to 'guide the company culture'
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 18:45
Twitter cofounder Biz Stone is rejoining the company in a role helping to “guide the company culture.” His position is a new one and he’s adamant that he isn’t replacing anyone. The move comes six years after fir...
DocuSign's customer email database accessed by hackers after phishing scam
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 18:45
(Reuters) — Electronic signature service DocuSign said on Tuesday hackers had temporarily gained access to a database containing customer emails following a surge in phishing emails sent to its users. The company, whic...
Ubisoft: Far Cry 5 is coming
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 18:43
In a month, the industry will gather in Los Angeles for the Electronic Entertainment Expo tradeshow, but Ubisoft isn’t waiting for that event to reveal some of its new games. The French publisher revealed that it is ma...
Ubisoft's online racer The Crew is getting a sequel
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 18:29
Ubisoft isn’t done with racing games yet. The publisher announced on its forums that The Crew 2 is coming. Ubisoft didn’t not give out any details besides the above logo, but promised that info was coming. The first ...
Exciting New Data for Intralink-Spine's Réjuve Treatment for Low Back Pain
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 18:25
PRESS RELEASE: Additional findings at the six-month juncture from its early safety and feasibility study, Intralink-Spine, Inc. (ILS) indicates that the Réjuve™ System effectively eliminates or reduces low back pain. ...
Coming soon: Amazon Echo push notifications
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 18:17
Amazon Alexa-enabled device like the Echo will soon be able to deliver news, weather, or health-related alerts with notifications from their Echo smart speaker. The move would make Alexa the first among companies like Go...
Tile raises $25 million and crosses 10 million Bluetooth trackers sold
Venture Beat - 16 May 2017 18:14
Tile, maker of little devices that help you find lost stuff — like your misplaced keys — revealed today that it’s raised $25 million in additional funding. The company also announced a new milestone: 10 million Blu...
The Crisis Of Integrity In Public Life
Forbes - 16 May 2017 18:08
People, when presented with the opportunity to abuse power, will take it. From Bernie Madoff, Roger Ailes and Enron to the subprime lending crisis, it's always the same story: someone in power believed they would face no...
A Startup That Creates 'Sociable Networks' Off-Line
Forbes - 16 May 2017 18:08
Startup Wistla has an app with which communities of like-minded people can connect and share their experiences together in person. It's now in the new PeaceTech Accelerator.