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Ken Yeung
The Duopoly of Ridesharing
Not sure if you heard the news, but it seems that Uber is in the process of raising yet more money into its coffers in order to maintain its growth. In doing so, the company wants to bring in $2.8 billion in new capital at a $40 billion valuation. Not to be outdone, competitor Lyft has its […]
The ‘Mobile-First’ Yahoo: 575 Million Users and a New Suite of Dev Tools
Yahoo has doubled down on its investment in the mobile space, with CEO Marissa Mayer putting her proverbial stake in the ground and declaring that her company is a “mobile-first” one. At Yahoo’s inaugural mobile developer conference (formerly known as Flurry’s Source conference), it was made known that Flurry would be the de facto platform for […]
Yahoo’s Next Step In Its Mobile Revival Involves Pitching It To Developers
We’re hours from Yahoo holding its first-ever mobile developer conference and people are wondering how the event will turn out. What exactly will CEO Marissa Mayer and her team of executives announce and how will it benefit not only developers but advertisers as well? There’s certainly no question that as Yahoo has made a big deal about […]
Scaling Self-Publishing Interests on Flipboard
Just shy of a year following my decision to no longer be a reporter for The Next Web, I’ve continued to be enthralled by the hustle and bustle in the tech industry, from funding announcements, product releases, acquisitions, and more. And my role at Orange Silicon Valley (see disclosure) requires that I keep up-to-date on the latest […]
With Work, Facebook Aims to Consolidate All of Our Social Engagement (and Data) Under One Platform
The battle for being social in the enterprise has heated up once again. Earlier this month, Facebook announced that it was launching a new offering specifically for businesses. Called Work, it’s intended to close the gap between the personal and the professional identities people have on the social network. With the introduction of both a mobile […]
Marissa Mayer and the Case of the Yahoo ‘Curse’
Yahoo is one of those legendary companies that has existed for quite some time — nearly 20 years. And for many, it’s been known for at least a few things including being an iconic old-school search engine, its acquisition sprees, co-founder Jerry Yang, and a steady stream of ever-changing Chief Executive Officers. It has a rather complex identity problem and […]
In “Startupland”, Startup Life Is Full of Risk, but the Entrepreneurial Dream Is Possible
Creating and running a startup isn’t all glamour and glitz, although emerging technologies have made starting a business somewhat easier. But it’s not like it was straight out of a fictional Hollywood movie where there’s a happy ending involved — in most cases, this isn’t the case with companies in the real world. Many often […]
10 Interesting Startups To Watch In 2015
As we wrap up another year on this planet, people have begun reminiscing on what has gone on in the past twelve months and whether they should look back at it with longing regret or praise over their accomplishments. The same could be said about the world of technology and startups. For the past couple of years, […]
Uber’s Controversies Highlight A Growing Transformation of Its Utopian Vision To One of Chaos
The word “disruption” has been thrown around in the tech industry rather nonchalantly over the past few years. The dictionary defines it as: “a disturbance or problems that interrupt an event, activity, or process.” And one company that has come up time and time again as the epitome of this phenomenon is Uber, the private […]
Revel Systems Teams With Intuit On New Point-of-Sale With QuickBooks Online Support, Coming In 2015
Fresh off its $100 million Series C fundraising round, Revel Systems has announced a new partnership. At a soiree in San Francisco on Monday, the point-of-sale (POS) maker company’s co-founders disclosed that it is now partnering with Intuit and unveiled its new online iPad POS solution called QuickBooks Point of Sale powered by Revel Systems. It won’t be […]
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