Blog Profile / Venture Beat
| URL : | http://venturebeat.com/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Business & Finance | |
| Posts on Regator: | 41465 | |
| Posts / Week: | 152.8 | |
| Archived Since: | April 6, 2008 | |
Blog Post Archive
NYC teams up with neighborhood social network Nextdoor to connect with residents
In its quest to keep residents as informed as possible, New York city is teaming up with neighborhood social network Nextdoor.
PRISM 2.0: from nine to ‘thousands’ of technology and finance companies
When Edward Snowden leaked the news about PRISM, we thought it was just 9 U.S. companies who were sharing customers' data with the NSA. Now, it looks like literally thousands of technology, finance, and manufacturing firms are working with the NSA, CIA, FBI, and branches of the U.S. military.
3 challenges in mobile ad monetization — and 3 ways to solve them
Guest Post Reality check: it’s really tough for mobile publishers to make money through advertising.
The DeanBeat: Microsoft’s costly mistake at E3 and how to recover from it
Sony's one-two punch at E3 means Microsoft will have to change its ways.
Brainstorming at 30K feet: Reflections from the ‘hackathon in the sky’
A group of entrepreneurs attempted to solve some of the world's most pressing problems at 30K feet -- with no WiFi. My reflections from the British Airways Ungrounded flight...
How Box, Salesforce, & Workday are building mobile apps you’d actually want to use
This story is part of a series exploring the convergence of design, technology, and commerce in the mobile industry. Find out more at MobileBeat 2013, July 9-10 in San Francisco. Read the full series here. Mobile design has never be...
Microsoft finally brings Office to iPhone, but you have to subscribe to Office 365 to use it
July 9-10, 2013 San Francisco, CA Tickets On Sale Now After more than a year of reports saying it would finally happen, Microsoft has launched a version of its flagship Office software for the iPhone that’s free to Office 365 …
Boxee acquired by… someone, announcement coming next week (exclusive)
Streaming media device/service startup Boxee is expected to announce that its been acquired sometime next week, VentureBeat has learned from sources familiar with the matter.
Nerd buzzword apocalypse: Here’s a Wi-Fi Arduino phone-controlled robot on Kickstarter
"The control board on the robot is built on the Arduino hardware/software architecture, which is open source, and the controller software and hardware will also be available open source. The idea is to give the community the ability to make Arduino projects mobile."
Funding Daily: Hey big spender!
Whatever it was, it wasn't sweet charity. Today, VCs pumped uncharacteristically large amounts of money into startups -- and collected some funding for themselves, as well.
iOS 7: Share or delete photos before entering a passcode with this new bug
A new bug in iOS 7 will give you access to a phone's photos before the phone has been unlocked -- and it's remarkable easy to do.
Wearable technology: This time it’s a $2,000 helmet
Russian startup LiveMap is working on a state-of-art motorbike helmet with a built-in navigation system that can take voice commands.
Startups from around the world take on America at Plug and Play Expo 2013
Plug and Play's accelerator program attracts startups from around the world looking to make their mark in the U.S. Today at the Summer Expo event, 25 of them are presenting their products today.
Is Boxee preparing for another major pivot?
Boxee is rumored to be looking for fresh funding or a potential buyer.
The Sony SmartWatch takes wearable tech into open-source territory
The SmartWatch SDK has for a while allowed devs to create apps for the 2010-launched device, but today's Open SmartWatch update will let devs build and flash alternative firmware to the SmartWatch.
Social media’s impact on TV isn’t that big, new study finds
Social media’s impact on television watching is small compared to traditional marketing and communications but has the potential to grow quickly, according to new findings from a study conducted by the Center for Research Excellence (CRE).
iPhone users, rejoice: in iOS 7, Newstand can finally be hidden (but not deleted)
At stake is whether the phone is yours, or Apple's. Whether your experience of your Apple technology is of core importance to Apple, or whether the company's desire to control the user interface and push its own products was of core importance.
Steve Case’ $20M investment in Lolly Wolly Doodle proves the value of social commerce
"Most of what happens in social commerce is that the larger companies are looking at social opportunities thru the prism of the past," Steve Case explains. "They have the view that it's ancillary, a curiosity, an extra."
OkCupid and Tinder make a hot date to swap UX (exclusive)
In the digital dating world, one of the hottest new entrants is Tinder. And fellow dating app OKCupid developed a little crush.
Nintendo marketing exec Scott Moffit on staying relevant in this console generation (interview)
Nintendo's top sales man in the U.S. says that software will sell the Wii U.