RECENT NEWS

Unbelievable: Uber takes another $1.6B in funding!

I'm starting to think Uber has an addiction to raising money. I'm kidding of course (kind of) but, in all seriousness, has Read More

Uh-oh: Healthcare.gov may have been selling your data

(Updated with comment from CMS) I am a pretty big supporter of the Affordable Care Act, for many reasons, and Read More

Shazam raises $30 million, crosses $1B valuation

Shazam, the app that is most famous for allowing users to answer the question, "what's the name of that song Read More

Pinterest acquires Kosei for improved ad targeting

Pinterest is still a relatively new player on the social media scene, at least compared to companies like Twitter and Read More

Obama’s State of the Union generates 2.6 million tweets

Hey, so Obama's sixth State of the Union address was on tonight. Did you watch it? Yeah, don't lie. It's Read More

Google and Fidelity put $1B into SpaceX

  The next three billion people have been waiting a long time to finally get the Internet connection they've been Read More

Microsoft buys machine learning company Equivio

It's funny how easily big data can so quickly turn into "too much data." Once data starts to pile up, Read More

Ed tech funding hit record levels in 2014

We've focusing on health teach around here lately, for obvious reasons (get your tickets to Splash Health now!), but that is obviously not Read More

Facebook’s impact: 4.5M jobs, $227B added to economy

With over 1.35 billion users and billions in revenue, Facebook is obviously the most successful social network. But the company Read More

What does it take to get a true Series A round in 2015?

Are you a Baby A or a Super-Sized A, and What’s Better? What are A Round Investors Looking for, and Read More

Twitter buys ZipDial to increase engagement in India

Twitter has had trouble with its user growth in the United States, but that is not the case everywhere. The Asia-Pacific region, Read More

Is Google going to invest in, and partner with, SpaceX?

This weekend, when SpaceX CEO Elon Musk revealed his plan to use satellites to bring everyone on Earth (and beyond) onto the Read More

Healthtech vs traditional spaces: how they stack up

Healthtech is a cool space, simply because one it's ripe for innovation and disruption, and because it's also one that Read More

Today’s Entrepreneur: Evan Tann

Today's Entrepreneur is Evan Tann, Co-Founder and CEO of Cloudwear, Inc., a company that created an innovative security solution to prevent unauthorized Read More

Garbage: The next monopoly entrepreneurs will dismantle

The waste disposal industry is probably not something that the majority of us spend time thinking about, but that might Read More

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Featured News

Contributors