How Amazon Is Trying To Create A Huge Mobile Business (AMZN)
U.S. mobile commerce is exploding. Amazon, as a leading ecommerce site, is set to grab a big chunk of that.But when it comes to mobile, Amazon's ambitions are anything but limited to ecommerce. Recent...
View ArticleTake A Tour Of The Coolest NYC Office We've Ever Seen
The Fueled Collective is a 18,000 square foot co-working office space in New York City's posh SoHo neighborhood.The Collective was started by Rameet Chawla and Ryan Matzner as a new business to...
View ArticleWhy Machines That Can Do Human Things Won't Replace Us Anytime Soon
As technology advances at an unprecedented rate, now performing tasks typically reserved for human creativity, one realizes just how special human beings are and how inadequate technology can...
View ArticleREPORT: Google Is Working On Its Own Video Game Console And Smartwatch (GOOG)
The Wall Street Journal reports that Google is developing its own video game console and smartwatch.Both gadgets will be powered by Google's own Android operating system. The WSJ cites people familiar...
View Article8 Crazy Perks Tech Companies Actually Give Employees
Perks are a way for employers to show how much they care about their employees. Google has its food, and Business Insider has its ping pong table.And now a company called AnyPerk is turning perks into...
View ArticleHere's Why Marc Benioff Agreed To Make Friends With Larry Ellison Again...
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff and Oracle CEO Larry Ellison threw a press conference Thursday to explain in more detail their huge, new decade-long partnership.We now know that Benioff is getting...
View ArticleThis Asteroid Mining Startup Wants To Let People Take Pictures Of Themselves...
Planetary Resources, a startup that wants to mine asteroids for precious metals, is giving Earthlings a chance to to take "selfies," or photos of themselves, from outer space. Here's how it works:...
View ArticleMakers Studios' Ugly Public Battle Just Got Uglier: Former CEO Sues His...
Danny Zappin, former CEO of Makers Studio, is suing his cofounders and his former investors, alleging that they secretly conspired to dilute his ownership and reduce his ability to control the company,...
View ArticleSteve Wozniak Thought The First Macintosh Was A 'Lousy Computer' That...
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak wasn't a fan of the first Macintosh computer. He thought it was a "a lousy product."In an interview with The Verge's Chris Ziegler, Woz reminisced about the early days at...
View ArticleMicrosoft Has An Unlikely Partnership With One Of The Hottest Startups In...
Box CEO Aaron Levie told us last year he has a love/hate relationship with Microsoft, which is his company's biggest rival but also a key partner. On Thursday at Microsoft's Build conference for...
View Article10 Things You Need To Know This Morning
TGIF! Get your weekend started off right with a full dose of tech news:Google plans to build an Android-based video game console and smartwatch. We already knew the smartwatch is coming, but the...
View ArticleBlackBerry Lost $84 Million Last Quarter, Stock Tanks 20% (BBRY)
BlackBerry's earnings for last quarter are out.Here are the highlights:$3.1 billion in revenueLoss of $0.13 per share (A total of $84 million)6.8 million smartphones shipped"Approximately" 100,000...
View ArticleSeattle Moves Fireworks Show So Baby Bald Eagles Won't Freak Out
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Just because they're both emblems of American pride doesn't mean fireworks and bald eagles should share the same skyline.The floating launch pad for next week's July Fourth...
View ArticleSocial Factors Drive Google Search Rankings
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View ArticleEx-Tinder Developer Adam Huie Is The New CEO At Let's Date, And He Has A...
Tinder is one of the latest crazes in the mobile dating space.It's a simple way to let someone know if you think they're hot. If they think you're hot, too, then you can start chatting.Adam Huie, the...
View ArticleIt's Only 7AM And Already 700+ People Have Lined Up To Try Out For AOL's New...
AOL is launching what appears to be an online version of CNN.As part of the process, the company is holding open auditions for anchors.Today's "casting call" began at 5am.By 7am, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong...
View ArticleJOB OF THE WEEK: Director of Product Management
Check out the Business Insider Jobs section >>As part of our new partnership with CareerBuilder.com, each week we'll feature one of the awesome jobs advertised on the Business Insider jobs...
View ArticleHow Mobile Is Shaking Up The Retail Industry
The practice of “showrooming,” or viewing an item in a retail store and then buying it online, has brought the e-commerce threat directly to bricks-and-mortar retailers. Mobile raises the showrooming...
View ArticleIGNITION 2013 Ultra-Early-Bird Tickets Are On Sale Now — Here's Why You Need...
Tumblr's acquisition tells you a lot about things digital in 2013. Silicon Valley may still lead in pure tech, but when Marissa Mayer needed a defining acquisition for Yahoo!, the Big Apple is where...
View ArticleFormer Stasi Officer: The NSA Domestic Surveillance Program Would Have Been...
The National Security Agency's domestic surveillance capabilities would have been "a dream come true" for East Germany, a former lieutenant colonel in the defunct communist country's secret police told...
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