There are no two ways around it, there’s a high demand for developers and engineers not only in the Bay Area, but around the country. There’s a war for talent, as we touched on here, and it’s well worth finding a new approach to not only courting that talent, but producing it. A computer...
A new report has found that Apple’s iPhone was the most purchased smartphone in Japan last year, seeing sales of 7.26 million, while Google’s Android operating system (OS) was the leading smartphone platform. A MM Research Institute report — translated by Japanese blog Macotakara, via Engadget – found that Apple sold 7.25 million devices to...
Asian games developer and publisher CMUNE has made a significant announcement after revealing that it has raised “record” funding from Atomico, the international VC fund established by Skype founder Niklas Zennström. Speaking at the GMIC event in China today, the 3D social games specialist did not disclose the level of funding, except to confirm that it...
LinkedIn is making a push to woo financial services clients to its social network for professionals. The company held a Financial Services Summit today in New York that featured speakers such as muni bond bear Meredith Whitney, Citi social media svp Frank Eliason, and Fidelity’s vp/individual and small business retirement products Ken Hevert. LinkedIn...
It’s the final day of CTIA 2012. The keynotes are done, the product are being packed away and the year’s big mobile shows are all but finished. As I sit here looking back at the past three days, I can’t help but wonder if the gigantic trade shows are on their way out, in...
Only 12% of your friends see your average status update, but Facebook is testing an option called “Highlight” that lets you pay a few dollars to have one of your posts appear to more friends. Highlight lets the average user, not Pages or businesses, select an “important post” and “make sure friends see this”,...
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Clearspring, a social publishing platform, on Thursday changed its name to AddThis as part of an emphasis on the analytics side of its business. The company, which was formed in 2006 and provides those social sharing buttons that are ubiquitous across the web, also offered analytics services under the AddThis brand. But it realized...
Why do European startups always end up being bought by American rivals? And even when they grow big enough to go public, why do they often end up listing in New York? In a stinging blog post, Index Ventures partner Neil Rimer tackles the idea that Europe can’t support tech IPOs — and lays...