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Should Banks Be So Fired Up About Bitcoin or The Blockchain?
In my book Shift, I said open source movements like Bitcoin are the wildcards that keep the economy moving in strange and…
Read MoreBox buys small security startup to court more risk-averse clients
Fresh off its IPO in January, Box has made its first acquisition of the year, buying a small security startup called Subspace,…
Read MoreIBM unveils a mainframe built for the mobile world
If you thought the rise of cloud computing spelled the end for the mainframe, think again. IBM announced Tuesday its new z13…
Read MoreOn IPO day, New Relic CEO Lew Cirne eyes the future of analytics
Software-analyzing specialist New Relic is now a publicly traded company. The startup’s shares are priced at $33.43 as of 9 AM PST,…
Read MoreUber raises $1.2 billion and promises to change corporate culture
Uber has raised another $1.2 billion, bringing its total finance up to $2.7 billion. In a blog post announcing the news, CEO…
Read MoreSquare Cash now supports peer-to-peer payments sent via text message
Square is making its already simple consumer payments network that much easier to use with a new SMS feature that lets you send funds to anyone with a mobile phone number.…
Read MoreReport: Square had plans to issue its own credit cards, but nixed the idea
Square's retail finance ambitions led it to create its own prototype credit card, but the company killed the project off, according to Fast Company.…
Read MoreLinkedIn’s former VP of product joins Greylock as entrepreneur-in-residence
David Hahn, the former VP of product for LinkedIn(s LNKD), will join Greylock Partners as an entrepreneur-in-residence, the VC firm announced Monday. At LinkedIn,…
Read MoreKids’ mobile app network Fingerprint secures $10.85M, including new investor DreamWorks
Education-focused children's mobile app network Fingerprint has raised more than $20 million in funding to date.…
Read MoreUber announces $1.4B fundraising round, now valued at $18.4B post-money
Uber is now officially one of the most valuable startups in the world, as it announced a $1.4 billion round of funding.…
Read MoreThe motivations for spending and saving in Myanmar (and how tech is changing that)
As Myanmar opens up to the outside world and will soon get 3G cellular networks, how is the use of money and savings changing? A new report from a group that spent months studying what's happening.…
Read MoreLinkedIn posts revenue growth despite quarterly loss in Q1
Linkedin's Q1 earnings report exceeds targets for revenue, but income fell and monthly users still fails to grow.…
Read MoreTwitter more than doubles ad revenue in Q1, but still losing money as user growth fails expectations
Twitter's Q1 earnings show a growing ad business, but modest user increases underperformed analysts' expectations.…
Read MoreRide-sharing app Lyft raises $250M, bringing total funding to more than $330M
After expanding to 30 cities, Lyft has picked up $250 million, which it plans to use to expand internationally.…
Read MoreAirbnb reportedly set to raise up to $500M at $10B valuation
Another mega-round of funding may be on its way for Airbnb, which could reportedly raise up to $500 million in funds.…
Read MoreTravel site Peek raises $5 million to expand to new cities
Adventure and travel site Peek announced on Wednesday that it’s raised $5 million in a Series A funding round led by Montage Ventures.…
Read MoreCandy Crush Saga company King files for IPO, hopes to raise $500M
Irish game development and publishing company King, best known for creating freemium smash hit “Candy Crush Saga,” filed for an IPO Tuesday. The company,…
Read MoreTwitter stock slides in pre-market trading
Despite the good news in Twitter’s (s twtr) first quarterly earnings report as a publicly traded company — particularly stronger-than-expected revenue of $243…
Read MoreIn its Q4 report, Twitter reveals strong financials, slower growth
In its first earnings report as a public company, Twitter reported revenue and profits higher than had been expected, but it's user base continues to grow slower than company watchers had hoped.…
Read MoreDisruption at the core: How the cloud will commoditize the upper middle-class
The loss of enterprise sales and HR jobs thanks to cheaper computing, SaaS and big data analytics is only the beginning. Jobs in R&D and product management will fundamentally change.…
Read MoreTrouble on the fringes: How the cloud will commoditize the upper middle class
The combination of cloud computing, big data analytics and buying enterprise software on demand is changing the workforce.…
Read MoreEfficient Twitter Theory
In Efficient Twitter Theory, enabling post hoc edits to tweets make no more sense than regulating financial markets does in Efficient Market Theory.…
Read MoreYour FICO score is out of date. Here’s why
Financial institutions are looking beyond FICO scores to Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets to measure a borrower's risk profile. That's not always bad.…
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