July 23, 2014
New Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka Prepares To Take The Helm
It’s been a whirlwind few months for Vishal Sikka. It began when he suddenly left his job as executive and head of products at SAP at the beginning of…
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July 23, 2014
Facebook Beats In Q2 With $2.91 Billion In Revenue, 62% Of Ad Revenue From Mobile, 1.32B Users
Facebook’s earnings beat projections for the 8th quarter straight with $2.91B in revenue and $0.42EPS in Q2 2014. The service is growing about twice as fast on mobile…
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Thiel Fellow’s Elegant Sleep Tracker, Sense, Crushes Kickstarter With $120K In A Few Hours
When I first took a look at Sense, a smart sleep sensor launching today on Kickstarter, it reminded me of two things. Beijing’s Bird’s Nest stadium and Google’s…
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Mobile Action Raises $800K For Its App Discovery And Optimization Service
Getting a mobile app discovered, downloaded and then highly ranked is a challenging business – and one that’s now being dominated by larger players, it seems. One company benefiting…
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Vysk QS1 Is An Otterbox For The Privacy Freak
On Saturday NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden called developers to design products that protect users’ privacy and Constitutional rights, saying he plans to promote such technologies.But Vysk Communication’s CEO…
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Foursquare Teases Its Redesigned Recommendation App, New Logo
After making the interesting decision to split its business and user experience in half, foursquare has today shown off the new version of foursquare proper for the first…
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Samsung Backs GamePop As BlueStacks Adds $13M In New Funding
Samsung’s venture arm has contributed to a round of funding that adds $13 million to the total raised by BlueStacks, the virtualization startup that debuted its GamePop platform…
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Dropbox Gets Down To Business, Adds More Sharing Features And Search For Enterprises
Dropbox, now at 300 million users globally, says that there are 4 million businesses today using its cloud-based platform to store, distribute and share documents. But of those,…
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Fleksy Debuts Version 3.0 On Android, With A Complete Redesign And New Premium Features
Virtual keyboard startup Fleksy has launched version 3.0 of its software today, which includes new monetization options via premium themes and content packs. The new themes complement the…
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PayPal Expands Its Working Capital Service To UK, Switches From Loans To Cash Advances
As payments platforms look for more ways to grow their margins and usage among businesses, they continue to push into a wider and deeper range of financial services.…
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