venturebeat — July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now After being close partners for the past two years on Windows Phone, Microsoft was reportedly in deep talks with Nokia to acquire its phone business. But now, those discussions have fallen apart, the Wall Street Journal reports. The...
entrepreneur — Here's how to get your videos noticed and attract more viewers to your brand channel.
venturebeat — SWEET. The social network we almost all use is finally letting us use our ever-so-clever photos in comments. That means no more clumsy Imgur links; now, the pics can appear directly as a comment. Here’s how it looks: As Facebooker Bob Baldwin put it in a public post this morning,...
venturebeat — July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now It might surprise you to hear this, but there are still a lot of people out there using Internet Explorer — and they’re all being barraged by web advertisements. Trying to fix that are the developers of Adblock Plus,...
venturebeat — Movie and TV giant Viacom hopped on the Twitter Amplify program to pump up the second-screen volume, starting with its 2013 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on August 25. Amplify is Twitter’s name for partnerships with media companies that focuses on the second-screen experience: fans talking about events and issues...
venturebeat — July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Everyone’s favorite 3D printing company is now in the hands of a much larger 3D printing company. 3D printer maker Stratasys announced today that it’s acquired Brooklyn-based MakerBot for an undisclosed sum. The move is a smart one for Stratasys,...
venturebeat — Microsoft is throwing its massive machinery into reverse to drop many of the restrictive digital-rights management policies it planned for Xbox One. “As a result of feedback from the Xbox community, we have changed certain policies for Xbox One,” reads an update on Microsoft’s Xbox One blog. Giant Bomb reporter...
venturebeat — July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Omer Eiferman is CEO of Cellrox, a startup that provides a solution that makes it easy for corporate IT departments to adopt mobile devices. BYOD is here to stay. If you do not agree, I suggest you...
entrepreneur — The popular review site introduces a new service that enables users to make transactions through their pages.
entrepreneur — Thought leader Jonah Berger shares his best strategies for how to create wildly popular online content.
venturebeat — July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Dear entrepreneurs and CEOs (and their sales teams): Some interesting news came across my Twitter feed a few weeks ago. A competitor decided to discontinue one of their services, essentially opening the door for my company (and other...
entrepreneur — In a bizarre move, the men's apparel company ousts the man who founded it 40 years ago, providing few details.
entrepreneur — Seattleâs Ballard Bee Company hopes renting hives to urban gardeners can ease the risk of beemageddon.
entrepreneur — The mega-rich telecom entrepreneur says knowledge workers enter their prime in their 60s.
entrepreneur — CNBC's Carol Roth argues that forcing businesses to pay interns ignores both the costs incurred by the host business and the value interns receive.
venturebeat — Last week, social location service Foursquare launched Time Machine, maybe the coolest thing it has ever done with check-ins. Now Foursquare is taking its users further back in time than their recent check-ins by making checking in to New York City locations a trip to the past. Foursquare has teamed...
venturebeat — Nextt is trying to stave off the Fear Of Missing Out (FOMO). The social startup is building a private social network that simplifies the process of planning activities with friends. Nextt is still in private beta but peeked out to announce $700,000 in seed funding and reveal some details about...
venturebeat — Reports of widespread government surveillance aren’t a problem for just you– they’re a nightmare for Google as well. Since the initial PRISM reports dropped earlier this month, Google and other tech companies have struggled to distance themselves from the claims that they give government agencies direct access to their servers. To...
venturebeat — July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Every student in the nation’s second-largest school district will soon be sporting an Apple iPad. L.A. Unified will initially roll out the program to 47 campuses in a deal worth $30 million. However, the massive district has 640,000 students...
venturebeat — In the three months since Google announced it was shutting down Reader, Feedly has tripled its userbase from four million to 12 million. In other words, Google killing its RSS platform has been a truly wonderful thing for Feedly. But only because the company was ready for hyper-growth. Feedly very quickly...
entrepreneur — Starting a new marriage is exciting, but bringing up the subject of protecting your business can be awkward. Here are five tips to start the conversation.
venturebeat — The PlayStation 4 won over gamers at E3 with its price and stance on used games. But there’s still a lot we don’t know about the system. Thankfully, a new video from Sony shows a bit more about how the console will work in everyday use. The new interface of...
venturebeat — July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now Electric car company Tesla has just issued a partial recall for its Model S sedans. The recall specifically covers automobiles delivered to customers this year during May and June and relates to the back seat of the car....
venturebeat — July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now After pivoting away from flash sales and towards its own products, New York City-based Fab has just raised a huge amount of funding to help drive its transformation and support its fast-growing audience. Fab announced last night that...
entrepreneur — Brand messaging is about capturing just the right language that embodies your brand and makes it stand out from the pack. Here are three steps to get you there.