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It’s that time again: Hardware Alley time! We want you to exhibit at Disrupt this September and we won’t take “Ehhh, maybe.” for an answer. Disrupt runs from September 21 – 23, 2015 and features a number of new pavilions including a dedicated VR area. It’s an amazing opportunity to launch your new product and we invite you with open, loving arms. What is… Read More... →

“Hey Robot, make me a sandwich”, I yelled over the ruckus of Y Combinator Demo Day’s break room. The traditional catered lunch had been replaced with a new buffet: hardware startups. Sandwichbots, teabots, futuristic shower heads, and Internet-connected mattress covers lined the room’s perimeter inside Mountain View’s Computer History Museum. Y Combinator is known… Read More... →

Owlet, the teenie tiny bootie that goes on babies and informs you if they’ve stopped breathing, has raised a $7 million A round, adding some solid numbers to their already impressive $1.85 million seed. The company, led by Jordan Monroe, Kurt Workman, and Zack Bomsta, aims to use the cash to help prepare for its public launch. The round is led by Formation 8 along with Carpe Diem VC as… Read More... →

Three Neiman Marcus stores — in San Francisco, Walnut Creek, and Dallas — have a special kind of mirror that lets people “try on” and compare different garments or outfits without actually trying them on. The mirror, called the MemoryMirror, is made by a small Palo Alto company called Memomi. The company was demonstrating its mirror […]... →

Urinary tract infections, or UTIs, are the second leading cause of doctor visits in the U.S., responsible for 10 million visits per year. They’re incredibly uncomfortable, require antibiotics, and if left untreated, they can cause life-threatening bladder and kidney infections. For the 50 percent of women who understand just how much having a UTI sucks, Uqora, a Berkeley-based startup… Read More... →

Everyone's fixated on getting traffic, whether paid or organic. As if, somehow, this will unlock the door to a flood of new clients. Truth is, traffic should be the last thing on your mind. Sure, you need it, but if you don't have the right marketing system in place that attracts leads and properly nurtures them over the buying cycle, you're just burning cash with any form of online advertising. Today on Unemployable,... →

International students in the United States who are working toward a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) degree may soon find it a whole lot harder to work legally in the country after graduation. A recent ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has for the moment vacated the extension for STEM students provided by the Optional Practical Training… Read More... →

Why do we care suddenly about working conditions when it turns out that white-collar employees are the ones getting shafted? The workers at Amazon fulfillment centers have much less choice and much less power than the marketers and engineers in the Times piece. Read More... →

PR-директор Ostrovok.ru Татьяна Яковлева покинула свой пост в декабре 2014 года и ушла в российский стартап Toprater, который базируется в Кремниевой долине. Об этом Firrma рассказала сама Татьяна. В Toprater Татьяна одновременно занимается несколькими направлениями. Одно из них — развитие бизнеса. Вместе с основателем и СЕО Toprater Эуардом Струговым Татьяна ведет переговоры и работает с B2B компаниями в России и в США о внедрении рейтинговой системы поиска товаров на их сайтах. Второе — это выстраивание б... →

The Australian Google Analytics User Conference is worth clearing your diaries for, with some of the most well-known and respected international industry influencers making their way to Sydney and Melbourne to present at the conference this September. Hosted by Google Certified Partners, Loves Data , you'll be learning about the latest features, what's trending and popular, best practices and uncovering ways to get the most out of Google Analytics.... →

Rise, a service that connects users with diet coaches, has acquired healthy restaurant food recommendation startup HealthyOut. HealthyOut combs the menus of nearby restaurants to find healthy foods and then gives recommendations on what is the best option for different kinds of diets and eating habits. It uses machine learning to process restaurants, and is processing 140,000 restaurants… Read More... →

Finding love using online dating apps and services can be tough, and even dangerous for anyone who’s not straight and cisgender (those who don’t identify as transgender). Yes, there are apps for gay men, like Grindr and Scruff, and one for queer women called Her. But what about trans people? Enter Thurst, a dating app for queer, trans and gender non-conforming… Read More... →

If you want to make sure your published articles are ranked high on the Pulse Network, you won't want to miss this second episode of The Missing Link's three-part series on LinkedIn publishing. In this episode, Gericke Potgieter " author of How to Feature on LinkedIn Pulse " shares the results of his research that analyzed more than 560 posts on LinkedIn across 48 channels. From his work,... →

Dropbox announced a pretty handy feature today, allowing you to drag and drop URLs into Dropbox. Anyone with access to where you’ve dropped them can then open the web pages on any device. It’s basically a bookmark that you can provide as context to something you’re working on. Here’s what the team had to say about it: Now, you can drag and drop URLs into your Dropbox… Read More... →

Dropbox today added a nifty new feature: drag and drop support for URLs. This means you can now save links in Dropbox on the web, desktop, and mobile, and then view those webpages on any device where you use Dropbox. In other words, Dropbox wants to be your bookmark manager. The company is putting emphasis […]... →

Here is a recap of what happened in the search forums today, through the eyes of the Search Engine Roundtable and other search forums on the web...... →

The public discourse about the “on-demand” economy gets a D+. Wherever I turn, whether it’s the Economist, New York Times, TechCrunch, ReCode, Forbes, Washington Post or Business Insider, journalists, politicians and tech influencers all too often flock around a frustrating mix of myths, memes and conflation. OK, that’s a bold claim. So you be the judge. Read More... →

Last week, Jerod Morris dedicated a third of an episode of The Lede to five lessons he learned from Demian Farnworth. It was a humbling episode for Demian. Now it's Jerod's turn to be humbled. This week, Demian kicked Jerod off the show so he can turn the tables on him. But instead of giving you five lessons, Demian wants to give you five stories. Five stories that explain Jerod Morris.... →

Debt is a harsh mistress, especially for a startup tech company. Read More... →

Today's guest on Hack the Entrepreneur is an avid networker and mobile business strategist, chef, podcaster, and golfer. He is co-founder and Director of Business Development at ChamberDS.com. Chamber D.S. is a complete app and mobile business agency that turns ideas into profitable app businesses. He develops and grows relationships with clients, agencies, and companies, as well as specializes in mobile app strategy consulting. He also hosts The App Academy,... →