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Yelp Chief And Foursquare Money Man Dish On Local Commerce At IGNITION
The explosive growth of smartphones and tablets has entrepreneurs salivating at the massive business opportunity.There's even a trendy acronym: "SoLoMoCo," or social-local-mobile-commerce.But remember...
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Cisco Exec Promises To Hunt Down An Employee Who Leaked An Internal Email (CSCO)
Cisco is being ridiculed by the media thanks to an an executive's vow to hunt down an employee leaking emails.Here's the story: An employee leaked an email to a blogger that frequently writes about...
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Pitching Advice From The Judge Who Puts Entrepreneurs Through Hell On 'Shark...
It's pretty safe to say that after three full seasons of the ABC hit show "Shark Tank," Daymond John has seen almost all there is to see when it comes to pitching an idea.Now into the fourth season,...
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Here's One Reason Why You Shouldn't Buy The iPhone 5
Still on the fence about whether or not you should get an iPhone 5?While most people would say "yes" to everything Apple and hail the iPhone 5 as the king of smartphones (including us!), we're gonna...
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Zynga Has Acquired Another Mobile Game Studio (ZNGA)
Zynga has bought November Software, a small game studio working on a mobile title called Battlestone.Battlestone is a so-called "midcore" game that sits between traditional console titles, which are...
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A Message From Us Rich Plutocrats To All You Little People
This is a response to an excerpt from Chrystia Freeland’s Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else, published in October by Penguin Press. Nick Hanauer is a...
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BII REPORT: Why Mobile Commerce Is Set To Explode
Shoppers carry mobile devices everywhere they go, and they're already using their phones to redeem coupons, research products, and pay for things online and offline.And with mobile, it's now feasible...
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Apple Is Still On Top, But Seems Vulnerable (AAPL)
Apple, the world's biggest and perhaps most admired company, seems to have lost some of its luster.Despite the hugely successful launch of the iPhone 5 and iPad mini tablet, shares in the California...
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Spotify Said To Be Raising $100 Million At $3 Billion Valuation
(Reuters) - Spotify is in the middle of a $100 million financing round that could value the music streaming company at just over $3 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported citing sources.The Journal...
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This Whole "Mandate" Thing Is Irrelevant -- Obama Just Needs To Lead
NOW that Barack Obama has won re-election, politicians and pundits are debating whether the president has a “mandate” from the American people and, if so, what that mandate entails.Naysayer Jamie...
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Introducing AppStori, The App Promotion Platform Developers Need To Know About
AppStori is a crowdsourcing platform that aims to take developers' apps from conception to completion.We spoke to co-founder Arie Abecassis about how it works and what it's all about."We want to...
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A Train Ride From Washington To New York Reveals What's Wrong With The Economy
AS YOU pull out of Washington's Union Station on a north-bound train, you glide through a thicket of construction cranes erecting new offices and residential buildings.The view couldn't be more...
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Here's A Charming Story About Steve Jobs Being A Regular Guy (AAPL)
On question and answer site Quora, there is a question: "What are the best stories about people randomly meeting Steve Jobs?"Here's the best one, from a user named Tim Smith, embedded here with his...
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It's Time For Apple To Unleash A Major Software Overhaul (AAPL)
The Apple backlash is in full swing right now.But it really started this summer.In our office, the people who review gadgets started grumbling that iOS was stale. These grumbles were crystallized in...
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9 Indie App Developers Who Are Changing The Mobile World
Some of the biggest app blockbusters on your smartphone or tablet came from Take Instagram, for example. The company only had a dozen or so employees when Facebook bought it for a cool $1 billion.So...
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Why Apple's 'Rounded Corners' iPad Patent Isn't As Absurd As It Sounds (AAPL)
Tech pundits exploded the other day when they learned Apple received a patent for the "rounded corner" design of the iPad.The problem, they said, is that it would cause other tablet manufacturers to...
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The Truth Is... Hanging Out Alone A Lot With Someone You Find Attractive Is...
In the wake of the shocking resignation of one of America's greatest generals over an extramarital affair, the recriminations have begun.Predictably, many people, including a Petraeus colleague, are...
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Walmart Workers Film Themselves Destroying iPads, Then Promptly Get Fired
Walmart employees filmed themselves destroying merchandise in a Kentucky Walmart, reports NBC station WLEX18. The video ended up on YouTube and went viral."This is why you don't buy an iPad from...
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Apple And HTC Reach Patent Deal — All Lawsuits Dropped
This just hit our inbox. Apple and HTC announce settlement of ongoing patent disputes:------------------------------All Patent Litigation Between The Companies DismissedTAIPEI and CUPERTINO, California...
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Startups Learn The Hard Way That The 'Dropbox Effect' Is A Myth
A pervasive myth exists among tech founders: If they build a product that consumers will love, it will magically trickle into Fortune 500 companies.The logic works something like this: Devote the bulk...
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