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  • This 6-Person Startup 'Won' SXSW — And It's Nearly Profitable After Just One Year

    23 May 2013, 9:50 pm by: Megan Rose Dickey

    When you think of event planning and ticketing services, companies like Ticketmaster, Eventbrite, Ticketfly, and Ticketleap probably come to mind. But event planners often times need more than just ticketing services.  Enter Splash, a one-stop shop for…
  • 15 Startups Leading The Hardware Revolution

    23 May 2013, 9:01 pm by: Kevin Smith

    New hardware companies are one of the hottest trends in the startup world.  Instead of building apps and Web services, companies are building real physical hardware that you can buy and use.  A lot of these find life on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter,…
  • The 14 Lucky Early Employees And 3 Investors Behind The $1.1 Billion Tumblr Deal

    23 May 2013, 8:56 pm by: Alyson Shontell

    Tumblr was recently acquired by Yahoo for $1.1 billion. Which early employees hit the jackpot with their stock options? We rounded up 14 of the earliest employees at Tumblr. They were the site's first users, template designers, and friends of David Karp's.…
  • 11 Awesome 'Illegal' Airbnb Apartments You Can Rent In New York Right Now

    23 May 2013, 8:44 pm by: Megan Rose Dickey

    Earlier this week, an administrative law judge in New York City ruled that a man renting out his East Village apartment through Airbnb violated the city's law.  New York City has a law that makes it illegal for people to rent out their homes or apartments for…
  • Google Considers Outbidding Facebook To Buy Waze For ~$1 Billion – Report

    23 May 2013, 8:12 pm by: Nicholas Carlson

    Google is considering a bid for Israeli mapping startup Waze, Bloomberg News reports. Waze is a mapping app for smartphones that's infused with cool social features. For example, users can tap an icon to alert other users that they saw a highway patrol,…
  • CHART OF THE DAY: The Long View Of Amazon (AMZN)

    23 May 2013, 5:52 pm by: Jay Yarow

    Here's a chart of Amazon from analyst Benedict Evans. As you can see, for its life, Amazon's net income has essentially been flat fluctuating between small losses and small profits. Its revenues, on the other hand, have skyrocketed. This is the Bezos-way.…
  • Hugely Popular Dating App Tinder Just Launched A New Killer Feature

    23 May 2013, 5:32 pm by: Kevin Smith

    Tinder, the extremely popular iPhone dating app, just launched a new matchmaking feature. Matchmaker allows users to create a match between any two of their Facebook friends for any reason. Once the couple has been matched the two friends can then chat in…
  • Here's Where Some Former HP Big Data Engineers And Execs Have Ended Up

    23 May 2013, 4:54 pm by: Kevin McLaughlin

    HP is facing the decline of several key businesses, but it still has talented engineers and execs that are coveted by other enterprise tech vendors.  HP’s Vertica unit is one part of the company that's getting a lot of attention these days, especially from…
  • How Mobile Coupons Are Driving An Explosion In Mobile Commerce

    23 May 2013, 4:10 pm by: Josh Luger

    As recently as late 2010, mobile commerce was only 3% of e-commerce. By the end of last year's holiday shopping season, that number had risen to 11%, according to comScore. That's approximately $18.6 billion in consumer spending - and that doesn't even…
  • Twitter Ads Will Target TV Tweeters

    23 May 2013, 4:10 pm by: Alex Cocotas

    Mobile Insights is a daily newsletter from BI Intelligence delivered first thing every morning exclusively to BI Intelligence subscribers. Sign up for a free trial of BI Intelligence today. Twitter's New Ad Tools Are All About The Second Screen…
  • The FTC Is Probing Whether Google Hurts Competitors In Web Display Advertising (GOOG)

    23 May 2013, 4:07 pm by: Jim Edwards

    The FTC has launched an antitrust probe into whether Google's dominance of the display ad business on the web hurts competition, Bloomberg reports. The assessment, which is preliminary and may not develop into a full investigation, is looking at whether Google…
  • Arianna Huffington's Advice To Tumblr's David Karp: 'Soak It All In, Then Come The Lawsuits'

    23 May 2013, 3:59 pm by: Alyson Shontell

    David Karp, founder of $1.1 billion Tumblr, attended the Webby Awards Tuesday night. There, he received some advice from a fellow New York entrepreneur who sold her company for a boatload of cash, Arianna Huffington. Huffington and her co-founders sold The…
  • 17 Stanford Business Students Who Are Going To Change The World

    23 May 2013, 2:47 pm by: Lynne Guey and Max Nisen

    Stanford's Graduate School of Business is the most selective MBA program in the world, accepting only 7% of the people who apply. Harvard accepts 12%. It's ranked 1st by US News and Business Insider, and 2nd by the Financial Times.   Located in the heart of…
  • Sorry, Google, Normal People Don't Care About Google Glass

    23 May 2013, 2:43 pm by: Robert Libetti and William Wei

    The tech community has been going crazy recently over the release of Google Glass for developers. We gave it a try as well. Will it be the next revolutionary device? Will it be a bigger hit than the iPhone? Is it worth the price? We won't know for sure until…
  • INFOGRAPHIC: How Location Data Is Being Collected And Transforming The Mobile Industry

    23 May 2013, 2:15 pm by: Business Insider

    With over 770 million GPS-enabled smartphones, location data has begun to permeate the entire mobile space. The possibilities for location-based services on mobile go beyond consumer-facing apps like FourSquare and Shopkick. It's powering advertisements, and…
  • Ben Ling Turns His 'Hobby' Of Finding Billion Dollar Companies Into A Full Time Job At Khosla

    23 May 2013, 1:59 pm by: Nicholas Carlson

    Former Google, YouTube, and Facebook executive Ben Ling is joining Silicon Valley venture capital firm Khosla Ventures. There, he'll be leading investments in small mobile and Internet startups that he believes can grow up into huge, multi-billion dollar…
  • VIDEO REVIEW: Nokia's Newest Lumia Windows Phone (NOK, MSFT, VZ)

    23 May 2013, 12:38 pm by: Steve Kovach and William Wei

    Nokia has a new flagship phone, and it's called the Lumia 928.  Unlike the six-month-old Lumia 920, the Lumia 928 is a Verizon exclusive. Otherwise, it's basically the same phone but with an uglier design. Check it out for yourself in our hands-on video…
  • REVIEW: Nokia's Newest Lumia Still Isn't The Best Windows Phone (NOK, MSFT, VZ)

    23 May 2013, 12:31 pm by: Steve Kovach

    Nokia has a unique approach to its smartphone business. Even though it has other options, it still chooses to make its best phones with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 operating system, which isn't nearly as popular as Google's Android. It's a bold bet that…
  • Photos Of The New Nokia Lumia 928 (NOK, MSFT)

    23 May 2013, 12:28 pm by: Steve Kovach

    Nokia has another new Lumia phone, the Lumia 928.  It's pretty much the same device as the older Lumia 920, but sports a different design. You can read the full review of the Lumia 928 right here, and check out the gallery below to see some of the best…
  • Microsoft Has Another New Ad Bashing The iPad (MSFT, AAPL)

    23 May 2013, 12:25 pm by: Jay Yarow

    Microsoft has a second tablet ad that bashes the iPad. In his ad, Microsoft simply lists some features Windows 8 has that the iPad doesn't. We doubt this helps Microsoft's weak Windows tablet sales, but it's much better than its previous ads which show people…
  • Moms Are Power Users Of Social Media On Mobile

    23 May 2013, 12:15 pm by: Cooper Smith

    This news note comes from BI Intelligence, Business Insider's research and and analysis service. The charts and data featured here are available for download in the BI Intelligence library. Please sign up up for a free trial here. We already know that…
  • The Mobile Advertising Ecosystem Explained

    23 May 2013, 12:15 pm by: Josh Luger

    We are in the post-PC era, and soon billions of consumers will be carrying around Internet-connected mobile devices for up to 16 hours a day. Mobile audiences have exploded as a result. Mobile advertising should be a bonanza, similar to online advertising a…
  • Lyft, A Year-Old Startup That Helps Strangers Share Car Rides, Just Raised $60 Million From…

    23 May 2013, 12:00 pm by: Nicholas Carlson

    Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz just announced that it lead $60 million investment round in a startup called Lyft. Lyft is a car-sharing/semi-pro taxi service. How it works: You open an app on your smartphone to summon a driver to…
  • Kim Dotcom Claims To Own The Password Technology That Twitter And Google Use

    23 May 2013, 11:58 am by: Dylan Love

    Kim Dotcom claims to own the patent for two-step verification, password technology used by Google and Twitter, reports The Guardian. Two-step verification is a means of logging in to a site with a one-time-use password sent to your mobile device every time you…
  • Eminem Is Suing Facebook For Allegedly Ripping Off His Song In Home 'Airplane' Ad

    23 May 2013, 11:52 am by: Judith Grey

    Eminem's song publisher Eight Mile Style is suing Facebook and its Portland ad agency Wieden+Kennedy for allegedly copying his 2000 song "Under the Influence." The publishing house filed a 12-page formal complaint in a federal court in Detroit on Monday. The…

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