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Feed SubscriptionIntel’s Bet on Kno and the Future of Tablets
Intel's investing in the student tablet company, and will be taking over hardware operations. What's next?
Read More »Forget the Environment, High-Speed Rail Is Good for Business
Since the elections in November, newly elected Republican governors have been falling over themselves to return federal funding earmarked for high-speed rail.
Read More »How to Predict Your Start-up’s Financial Future
Many entrepreneurs actually refuse to do financial projections beyond the first year, insisting that no one can predict the future. What they might not know is that investors look at projections not merely as predictions, but more as commitments from the founder and his team.
Read More »How to Predict Your Start-up’s Financial Future
Many entrepreneurs actually refuse to do financial projections beyond the first year, insisting that no one can predict the future.
Read More »How to Predict Your Start-up’s Financial Future
Many entrepreneurs actually refuse to do financial projections beyond the first year, insisting that no one can predict the future.
Read More »GE Building Astoundingly Thin Solar Panels (and the Biggest Solar Factory in the U.S.)
You know those solar backpacks they sell?
Read More »Report: Google Ties 25% of Employee Bonuses to Success in Social
" Google hasn't gotten social right yet," said Marissa Mayer, VP of consumer products, in a recent interview . Well, company employees better get social right soon--if they want to earn a good chunk of their bonuses, says a new report.
Read More »Why You Have All the Power
Each day,Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today.
Read More »Report: Social Media Worth the Time
Read it and tweet : Social media takes a lot of time, but it pays off, says a report released today. Ninety percent of marketers surveyed say that social media is important for their business, with the self employed and small business owners with two or more employees "more likely to strongly agree," says the 2011 Social Media Marketing Report, which surveyed some 3,300 marketers. The No
Read More »QR Codes
Have you seen a QR Code floating around? Maybe you’ve seen them in magazines, posters or business cards
Read More »How My Alma Mater Is Killing My Start-up
Two years ago , I had a million-dollar idea. Or at least, a couple-hundred-thousand-dollar idea
Read More »Tablet Prices Too High – Duh!
The Motorola Xoom has been out for about two months now and has sold an estimated 100,000 units. Whether this is considered a success or not is a matter of debate. For example, Business Insider is declaring it a flop , while BetaNews is declaring it a good thing .
Read More »LinkedIn Takes Its Shot at Facebook, Going Live With Shares and Sign-ins
LinkedIn 's just launched its new platform to everyone online interested in hooking up to the business networking site's APIs. Useful stuff, for some, but what it's really about is trying to usurp Facebook in the enterprise social networking space. Back in October, LinkedIn revealed some of its plans when it gave "over a thousand developers" early access to a new Javascript-based platform that would let third parties integrate more closely with LinkedIn's extensive business-based social graph.
Read More »PlayStation’s Jack Tretton on 3-D Games and the Gamification of Business
When I sat down with Jack Tretton, the President of Sony Computer Entertainment America, it was the third time in as many years that we got together to discuss the state of the gaming industry and the strategies behind PlayStation.
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