We're Jealous Of This Startup's Hammock-Filled Treehouse Office
Braintree is an e-commerce startup that processes payments – $5 billion annually – for more than 3,000 marketers including Fab.com, AirBnB, LivingSocial and Rovio's Angry Birds.The company just moved...
View ArticleHewlett-Packard's Gretchen Tai: The Best Fund Manager You've Never Heard Of
A little while ago I worked through HP's defined benefit pension fund - trying to work out how underfunded it is (and hence work out the true debt levels at Hewlett Packard). Most defined benefit funds...
View ArticleApple Drastically Cut Its iPhone Orders For Next Quarter (AAPL)
Apple dramatically cut its component orders for the first quarter of 2013, according to various reports, and this seems to be the biggest reason the stock is tanking today.Jefferies analyst Peter Misek...
View ArticleBII REPORT: How To Make Mobile And Social Work
Skyrocketing social networking and mobile usage has led many to speculate on the key business model for mobile-social services.  The most common answer is local commerce. But, checking in is not...
View ArticleEvery Apple-Made App On Your iPhone Can Be Replaced By A Better App (AAPL)
With yesterday's launch of Google Maps for iOS, I reached the point where I no longer use any of Apple's built-in apps on my iPhone.Well, there are three very basic exceptions: Clock, Messages* (the...
View ArticleAnyone Who Believes In 'Mobile First' Needs To Look At This Photo
For the last year or so, the digital industry has convinced itself that the traditional Internet is going away and that the future is all about mobile.And the industry is right about one thing: Mobile...
View ArticleWhat Media In Belize And Guatemala Are Saying About John McAfee
Here in the United States, it's fair to say that the media doesn't know quite what to think of John McAfee, the software pioneer who's found himself on the run from Belize.McAfee claims that Belize's...
View ArticleNow Snapchat Lets You Send Self-Destructing Video
Snapchat just released an update that lets you send self-destructing video messages.To take a video, all you have to do is press and hold the camera button in the app. Video clips can be up to 10...
View ArticleSnapchat Wannabe Vidburn Launching Video-Only App
A Snapchat for video is trying to make its way into the Apple App Store, Mario Aguilar of Gizmodo reports.But considering that Snapchat just released an update with video capabilities today, Vidburn...
View ArticleWhy There Are Small Lines For The iPhone 5 Launch In China (AAPL)
Apple's stock has been slammed today.Early on, many people attributed the drop to a tepid turnout for the launch of the iPhone 5 in China.The weak turnout for the iPhone is probably being...
View ArticleMUNSTER: Why I Still Believe Apple Is Going To $900 (AAPL)
There was a time when being an Apple analyst was easy.You just picked a big number for a price target, watched Apple race up to that number, and then eventually pass it. Before Apple passed your big...
View ArticleTech Finally Tackles The Fat Problem
Anyone who's tried to shed pounds knows this statistic: 95% of diets don't work.That's what Jeff Hyman learned when his wife dragged him off to a weight-loss resort.Hyman, then working at Sterling...
View ArticleBII MOBILE INSIGHTS: Getting Inside A Mobile Developer's Head
Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today.Developers...
View ArticleGoogle Is Working On A Fix For People Accidentally Clicking On Mobile Ads (GOOG)
If you've ever fat-fingered an ad on a smartphone or tablet, the thought must have occurred to you: Do people ever click on these ads on purpose?Google, a major seller of mobile ads, has tacitly...
View ArticleWalmart Is Selling The iPhone 5 For Just $127 (AAPL, WMT)
In an unprecedented move, Walmart has cut the price of the entry level iPhone 5 to $127, 9 To 5 Mac reports.It's also selling the iPhone 4S for $47 and the newest iPad for $399.Typically, the entry...
View ArticleREVIEW: Lenovo's Bendy Windows 8 Laptop/Tablet, The IdeaPad Yoga (MSFT)
Lenovo is a company that is traditionally associated with plain old business PCs.While the company hasn't forgotten its business roots, the recent launch of Windows 8 gives Lenovo an opportunity to...
View ArticleVIDEO REVIEW: Lenovo's 13-inch Yoga Ultrabook (MSFT)
Lenovo's Yoga is the best Windows 8 Ultrabook you can buy.Check out our video review below. We also have the full written review here. <div>Please enable...
View ArticleAPPLE CRUSHED: Stock Falls Another 4% To New Closing Low
Apple stock got clobbered again today, falling 4% to $510.That's the lowest close for the stock since its recent swoon began in September.(It's also a level that Apple first breached on the way up last...
View ArticleCHART OF THE DAY: Android Completely Owns The Chinese Smartphone Market...
This chart comes from Business Insider Intelligence, a new research and and analysis service focused on the mobile and Internet industries. Sign up for a free trial here.Android's share of the Chinese...
View Article4 Stupidly Simple But Wildly Successful New Inventions
Today we visited a startup based in New York City called Quirky.It's founded by Ben Kaufman, a young entrepreneur who wants to help everyone with a good idea see their inventions get sold to the...
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