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Google and Microsoft kiss and make up over YouTube spat

by Steven Loeb, May 25, 2013 | Comments

The two companies will work together to make a Windows Phone YouTube app compiant with Google's TOS

Well, that's one potentially ugly feud that has now been averted. A little over a week after Google sent a scolding letter to Microsoft, demanding that it take down its unauthorized YouTube app for violating Google's terms of service, the two companies are now doing the right thing and coming together to fix the issues that Google had with the ...

Stanford BASES - a model for University entrepreneurs

by Steven Loeb, May 25, 2013 | Comments

BASES lets students get hands-on experience knowing what it means to be an Entrepreneur

(Updated to reflect comment from the University of Kentucky) A study done by research firm Startup Genome, called the Startup Ecosystem Report 2012, measured the top ecosystems around the world for startup innovation. And, to no one;s surprise, Silicon Valley was number one in every single category, from output to talent to funding. It has been, and remains, the hub for entrepreneuship ...

Funding roundup - week ending 05/24/13

by Steven Loeb, May 24, 2013 | Comments

Lyft, UpOut, Swivl, Change.org, Weemo, Mission Markets, Cubic Telecom, Adly, Imonomy, LoyalBlocks

Seed stage Social local discovery service, UpOut raised $850,000 in seed funding from a number of Silicon Valley angels, including Sand Hill Angels and TEEC Angels. Postmaster, provider of an API for shipping packages, raised $600,000 in a seed round led by Capital Factory, Cloud Power, and Zelkova Ventures. Data API Orchestrate.io raised a seed investment round of $3 million led by True Ventures ...

FTC set to probe Google's display-ads practices

by Steven Loeb, May 24, 2013 | Comments

Google already being investigated for antitrust violations by the EU, Canada and South Korea

(Updated to reflect comment from the FTC) Here we go again. After finally reaching a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission in January over alleged antitrust violations with its search algorithms, the agency is now looking into potentially opening yet another inquiry, this time into how whether or not Google is using its dominant position in the online display-advertising market to curb competition, it ...

Report: Google looking to outbid Facebook for Waze

by Steven Loeb, May 24, 2013 | Comments

Waze said to be looking for more than the $1 billion Facebook is offering

Social traffic app Waze seem to be the hot commodity these days, with two very high profile companies reportedly looking to purchase it for a whoooole lot of money. Earlier this month it was reported that Facebook was looking to make the acquisition for between $800 million and $1 billion. But now Google is apparently getting into the mix as well, and ...

Facebook cancels rollout of HTC First in UK

by Steven Loeb, May 23, 2013 | Comments

Home has seen terrible reception and sales of HTC First said to be suffering

(Updated to reflect comment from Facebook) Customer reviews of Facebook Home have been pretty abysmal, to say the least. With a 2.3 star average, and 9,349 one star reviews out of a total of 18,004, is anyone shocked that the HTC First, which came with Home preloaded, is bombing? The first sign that sales of the HTC First were not up to snuff came ...

Yahoo buys PlayerScale - ninth startup in nine months

by Steven Loeb, May 23, 2013 | Comments

Maker of mobile gaming infrastructure becomes the latest find in Yahoo's acquisition spree

I can understand if you thought that Yahoo might want to take a break from what is becoming a pretty epic startup shopping spree after the company agreed to buy Tumblr for $1.1 billion earlier this week. But taking a break just isn't how Yahoo rolls these days, I guess. Yahoo has now gone ahead and purchased its ninth startup in ...

10 million Galaxy S4 phones sold in less than a month

by Steven Loeb, May 23, 2013 | Comments

Galaxy S4 hits the milestone in half the time it took the S3, four new colors coming soon

Just last week, Samsung Electronics co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun told reporters that he believed that the Galaxy S4 would hit the 10 million mark this week. Not only did that prediction come true, but the S4 has now become the one of the fastest selling Samsung phone of all time. The phone has sold more than 10 million units less than one ...

Two executives say goodbye to Square

by Steven Loeb, May 22, 2013 | Comments

Alex Petrov and Alyssa Cutright both departed the company, with Petrov leaving before he started

Two executives at Mobile payments company Square have decided to leave, one before he ever even started his job! Both Alex Petrov and Alyssa Cutright have departed the company, Square has confirmed to VatorNews. Petrov, the former Vice President of Consumer Brands at Safeway, was to start his job as Vice President of Partnerships at Square, it was announced at the beginning of ...

Verizon partners with Jennifer Lopez-backed Viva Movil

by Steven Loeb, May 22, 2013 | Comments

Viva Movil will cater to the Latino community, with its own stores that have an bilingual staff

(Updated to reflect comment from Verizon) If you watch the news, or pay attention to politics at all, you already know that Latinos are the fastest growing population in the United States. And that fact is already starting to affect how businesses reach out to the Latino community. Simply put, it is only going to become more and more important ...

Twitter debuts new Lead Generation Cards

by Steven Loeb, May 22, 2013 | Comments

These cards lets brands and businesses register new users directly from Twitter

In an effort to further expand its advertising revenue, Twitter has introduced Lead Generation Cards, a new type of card that gives businesses and brands a way to sign up new users from within a tweet, it wasannounced in a blog post Wednesday. "Twitter Cards let you bring rich experiences and useful tools to users within an expanded Tweet. The Lead Generation Card ...

Here is a preview of AngelPad's Demo Day

by Steven Loeb, May 22, 2013 | Comments

We highlight four of the 12 companies that will be presenting for angels and investors on Wednesday

AngelPad, a mentorship program founded by ex-Googler Thomas Korte, is set to host its sixth ever Demo Day on Wednesday. After receiving a few thousand applications, and interviewing 120 companies, it has come down to 12 startups whp will be presenting their companies to angels and investors, in the hopes of attracting a seed round of funding. I got to stop by the AngelPad ...

Pandora debuts new station to preview upcoming albums

by Steven Loeb, May 21, 2013 | Comments

Albums will be available on Pandora Premieres for up to a week before their official U.S. release

The music streaming space is becoming more and more crowded over time, with seemingly every company, from Google to Twitter, getting into it. So if you are a service like Pandora, how do you make yourself stand out? By giving users something no one else can. Pandora has unveiled a new station called Pandora Premieres, which will allow users to preview album ...

Yahoo completely overhauls Flickr to "make it awesome"

by Steven Loeb, May 21, 2013 | Comments

Yahoo launched an Android app, redesigned the homepage and gave each user a 1 terabyte of space

When it became clear that Yahoo was interested in buying Tumblr, the Internet seemed to have one collective thought: please do not let this become another Flickr. Flickr, you see, was a hip image hosting and video hosting website that was bought by Yahoo in 2005. It was then abandonded, and largely forgotten by the Internet community. And it has since become a lesson ...

Google shutting down Checkout in favor of Google Wallet

by Steven Loeb, May 20, 2013 | Comments

Google Checkout will be gone in the next six months

Google Checkout for merchants will be shutting down in six months as the company transitions to Google Wallet, it was announced on the Google Commerce blog Monday. "Today, we’re letting web merchants know that in six months, Google Checkout will be retired as we transition to Google Wallet — a platform that enables merchants to meet the demands of a ...

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