venturebeat — The bigger Google gets, the more often regulators are getting on its case. The next probe into the company could from the Federal Trade Commission which is trying to figure out whether Google is leveraging its ad market dominance to push customers to its other services, as Bloomberg reports. The criticism is a common...
feld — It’s the beginning of summer. That is a good thing. Spend three minutes watching the amazing video below and get inspired to open your eyes and breath in this weekend. As I come out of my depression, I’ve been systematically changing many of my tactics and habits. Simple things like deciding...
venturebeat — The social driving app Waze is collecting its fair share of suitors. Google is reportedly in talks to acquire the company for more than $1 billion, Bloomberg reports, following a report from a few weeks ago that Facebook was eyeing Waze. It sounds like Waze could be setting itself up...
continuations — At the height of the re-engineering craze there was one fantastic HBR article titled “Re-engineering Work: Don’t Automate, Obliterate.” In light of the changes in the labor market the choice of “obliterate” may now seem unfortunate, but the basic point of the article was spot on: don’t implement your existing...
avc — I am a big fan of bookmarking. I mean that in the largest sense. When I find something I want to read, watch, do, etc, I like to save it somewhere that I can find it when I need it. When it comes to restaurants I want to go to,...
econsultancy — Matt Cutts announced this week that Google update ‘Penguin 2.0’ has been rolled out and has affected about 2.3% of English-US queries. With Google so keen to cut down on webspam, where does SEO go from here?This is a major update and will likely have an impact on the Google rankings for...
venturebeat — Compared to sizable companies, small to medium sized businesses (SMB) seem to be less concerned with mobile security because they feel too “unimportant” to be attacked. This, of course, is not true. In the first half of 2012, small businesses accounted for 36 percent of all targeted cyber attacks, up...
venturebeat — One of the big problems with 3D printing is that while printing objects is easy, designing them is often really tough. 3D design software is often viciously difficult to create with, even if you know what you’re doing. Just imagine how difficult it is for non-designers. But maybe we’ve been thinking about design in...
venturebeat — Pandora took some heat after placing a 40-hour listening cap on its power users back in February, but the move seems to have created some positive results. During Pandora’s fiscal year 2014 Q1 earnings report, the company revealed that it added over 700,000 new subscribers to its paid Pandora One...
venturebeat — Ride-sharing startup Lyft has closed a $60 million funding round led by venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, the company announced on its blog. The startup with the tagline, “your friend with a car,” has developed an iPhone and Android app that lets you order a ride from a stranger in a...
venturebeat — If I can paraphrase a popular Alicia Keys song, this woman is on fire. And Marissa Mayer is clearing moving Yahoo back into the center of the Silicon Valley tech conversation. Days after finalizing a $1.1 billion Tumblr acquisition, Yahoo has bought yet another company. PlayerScale, a cross-platform game infrastructure...
venturebeat — July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale App recommendation engines are getting booted from Apple’s app store because they suck, according to a new player in the app-finding business. But Hooked Media has come up with an entirely new take on app recommendation that...
venturebeat — One of the most basic realities about 3D printed guns is that preventing people from accessing them is going really, really tough. The Department of Homeland Security may finally have figured that out, at least according to a memo obtained by Fox News. Here’s a section of it: “Significant advances in three-dimensional (3D) printing capabilities,...
venturebeat — July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Early Bird Tickets on Sale Nextdoor is going mobile. Today, the ‘private social network for neighborhoods’ released an iOS application so people can be connected to what’s going on in their community anytime, anywhere. Nextdoor raised $40 million in Februrary 2013 to...
venturebeat — Big Fish Games is expanding its casual cloud-gaming service across four major platforms today. The Big Fish Instant Games app is now available on smartphones, tablets, TVs, and the PC. In doing so, the company is taking cloud gaming to the masses in a way that its rivals Gaikai and...
venturebeat — Eric Hirshberg, the head of Activision Publishing, is sitting pretty with a Call of Duty franchise that generates $1 billion every year and has a loyal audience of 40 million. Yet he plans to take a big risk with a big bet. The company skipped the expected plan of making...
onstartups — You may not be frequently giving out an embarrassingly gushing smile and you might not write little love notes during your lunch break. But, there are ways to tell if you love your job. Of course, no job is perfect -- even the best of relationships have their down days. We...
venturebeat — Following the lead of other recent tech-focused IPOs, e-commerce software business ChannelAdvisor‘s shares popped almost 40 percent in its first day of trading as a public company. ChannelAdvisor, based in Morrisville, N.C., was founded in 2001 and offers a cloud-based e-commerce platform that helps retailers easily list items on Amazon,...
entrepreneur — Think the customer is always wrong? Here are a few lessons in entrepreneurship from the latest Kitchen Nightmares' season finale.
econsultancy — This checklist is intended to assist small business owners. It outlines the must have elements for your website so you can ensure it has the best chance of succeeding online. This is the first in a short series which aims primarily to benefit small businesses with regards to their websites and online...
entrepreneur — Staying on top of your competitor's marketing tactics is key if you want to be ahead of the game. But you don't need a big budget to do it. Here are six easy ways to stay in the know.
entrepreneur — With the support of AOL Co-Founder Steve Case, new organization UP Global aims to accelerate startup communities around the world.
econsultancy — Brush up on the themes that will be explored at Integrated Marketing Week (June 11-13) in New York with these free video expert series Google+ Hangouts. Last week as part of our video expert series in advance of Integrated Marketing Week (#IMW13) we discussed integration with Liz Miller from the CMO...
