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Four start-ups that may actually help small businesses

by Ane Howard, April 18, 2012 | Comments

A reporter's personal quest for cool start-up services that are practical

As a journalist covering emerging technologies and as a Web entrepreneur with my own start-up, I am often required to test various products and services that come across my desk. More often than not, the Web apps or services that I am asked to review are simply not addressing real pains or offering big enough improvements on existing products; others are too difficult to set up and ...

Mobile app links fun and finance together

by Ane Howard, April 12, 2012 | Comments

Toshl Finance helps you regain control of your finance with the help of "Monsters"

Following my own frustrating experience with my mobile bank app this past week, I was quite intrigued this morning when Toshl, a Slovenia-based startup with an office in Mountain View released Thursday the latest version of the financial app Toshl Finance. With every financial institution in the country releasing its own version of a mobile app, what makes Toshl Finance intriguing ...

Self Magazine announces muscle-flexing game at GDC 2012

by Ane Howard, March 8, 2012 | Comments

Responding to a growing market, programmers are creating games by women for women

Hoping to reach women with social gaming, Self Magazine a health and fitness publication for women published by Condé Nast Publications, announced Thursday at the Game Developers Conference 2012 the upcoming launch later this month of its first Facebook game inspired specifically by its annual fitness event Workout in the Park . Workout in the Park encourages participants to get out of the gym and into ...

Google honors Mark Twain's birthday

by Ane Howard, November 29, 2011 | Comments

Author of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer gets his Doodle

The author of American classics "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" (1885) and "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (1876) is honored today with Google's latest doodle. Mark Twain, whose birth name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens and was born on November 30, 1835, in the tiny village of Florida, Missouri is featured today's on Google homepage. Previous doodle depictions of famous people have included Marie ...

Google celebrates photographer Louis Daguerre

by Ane Howard, November 18, 2011 | Comments

Google Doodle marks Daguerre's 224th birthday

Google's latest Doodle honors Louis Daguerre, inventor of the daguerreotype and the world's first photographer known for having taken a person's picture. The French physicist invented the daguerreotype in 1838, which he named after himself, a process of transferring images to silver-coated copper plate. He is also credited of having taken the first photograph of a human being. Recent most notable ...

Happiest Minds gets happy with $45M Series A funding

by Ane Howard, November 16, 2011 | Comments

The round is led by Canaan Partners, Intel Capital and Ashok Soota

India-based Happiest Minds announced Wednesday that it raised $45M Series A funding from Canaan Partners, Intel Capital and Ashok Soota. The cloud computing IT services company plans to use the funds to expand its market share globally and to hire new talent. "Happiest Minds is a services company. The funding will be used to ramp up and scale business development and delivery on all service ...

Animoca raises funds from Intel Capital and IDG-Accel

by Ane Howard, November 15, 2011 | Comments

Smartphone games developer plans new apps with tens of millions of dollars in fresh capital

Hong-Kong-based Outblaze Ventures Holdings Limited, commonly known as Animoca, announcedTuesday that it's raised an undisclosed amount of Series A funding from Intel Capital and IDG-Accel. David Kim, CEO and co-founder of Animoca, would not disclose the amount raised, saying to me: "I can say that the total sum is in the tens of millions of dollars (US)." With the ...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 rings up $400M in sales

by Ane Howard, November 11, 2011 | Comments

Video game shatters sales record with entertainment franchise

Activision Blizzard's "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3" video game shattered its own sales records with a staggering $400 million in sales on its first day in stores. The game went up for sale on November 8 in the United States and the United Kingdom alone. The Santa-Monica based video game company broke last year's not-too shabby record of of 5.6 million ...

Obama gets to keep his net neutrality rules

by Ane Howard, November 10, 2011 | Comments

GOP defeated for now, but the fight goes on

The Senate's attempt to overthrow President Obama's Open Internet Order failed on Thursday. "The open Internet is essential for American jobs & society. Glad to see the Senate reaffirm balanced #netneutrality rules," the President tweeted from his Twitter feed @whitehouse. The Senate closely overturned Thursday a “resolution of disapproval ” brought to the floor by Senator Hutchison, R-Texas, and 42 co-sponsors. As reported on Wednesday, ...

President Obama to veto bill over Net neutrality

by Ane Howard, November 9, 2011 | Comments

Net neutrality bill is a threat to 'Internet economy and the democratic spirit' says White House

President Obama's Office of Management and Budget is threatening to veto on Thursday the Senate's S.J. Res. 6 proposal, also known as a "resolution of disapproval." In the White House's opinion, the resolution undermines the Open Internet Order. The Open Internet Order, which is pro Net neutrality, was passed last year to prevent broadband providers from blocking access to specific websites and ...

Facebook faces off with Charlie Rose

by Ane Howard, November 9, 2011 | Comments

Veteran journalist grills Zuckerberg and Sandberg on the future of Facebook

Monday night, veteran and acclaimed journalist Charlie Rose aired on his show exclusive conversations taped last Thursday in Palo Alto with Facebook’s top executives, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg. The interview first ran on PBS, and can also be watched on CharlieRose.com. Rose touched upon a wide array of topics during his taped conversations. In a nutshell it ...

Google+ releases Pages for brands

by Ane Howard, November 7, 2011 | Comments

Only available to businesses lucky enough to have received an invitation

Google is moving closer to mirroring Facebook as it launches Google+ Pages, a new service that allows brands and businesses to be found. For businesses and brands, Google becomes another platform to market themselves on. For consumers, they'll be able to search not only for people and friends, but loyalty programs, brands and businesses. These results will be compiled as ...

Barnes and Noble to release a new Nook tablet Nov. 16

by Ane Howard, November 4, 2011 | Comments

	Leaked information reveals tablet to be lighter, slimmer, faster and $249 Next week is going to be an eventful one for Barnes and Noble. On November 7, a press conference in New York City is going to be held at which announcements of new products are expected to be released. But by then, one news will no longer be news. The color Nook Tablet listed at $249. The product release leaked ...
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How social media fueled Occupy Wall Street

by Ane Howard, November 3, 2011 | Comments

The hashtag revolution trickled down one tweet at the time, giving birth to a movement

The Occupy Wall Street protests have been at the forefront of the news since September, morphing into a global movement that seems to have capture the mind of millions. At the G20 Summit in full swing in Cannes this week, there’s a noticeable silence about the topic from President Obama. But the OWS movement has recruited Bill Gates, a ...

Assange loses fight against extradition to Sweden

by Ane Howard, November 2, 2011 | Comments

UK court gives the green light to Sweden. Assange to face sexual charges

Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder and editor-in-chief, has lost his battle against extradition and must return to Sweden to face sexual assault charges, a British Court ruled today. The High Court in London on Wednesday supported an earlier ruling by the a lower court in Sweden that allowed the extradition request back to Sweden to move forward. "The action of the Prosecutor has ...

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