Tag: tools
Vancouver entrepreneurs turned around a struggling online platform – The Globe … – The Globe and Mail
The challenge When James Clift and his team at WorkStory Inc. bought the online résumé and portfolio platform VisualCV, it had over 200,000 members. Having those members already in place sounded like a dream come true for the young startup, but with only 1,000 active…
Silicon Valley company starts to take court disputes online – WRCB-TV
By SUDHIN THANAWALAAssociated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Imagine working out a divorce without hiring an attorney or stepping into court or disputing the tax assessment on your home completely online. A Silicon Valley company is starting to make both possibilities a reality with software…
34 Compelling Content Marketing Stats and Facts – Business 2 Community
Content marketing is now ubiquitous, with 93% of all marketers saying they do content marketing (it’s not clear what the other 7% are doing). But with so much content being produced, distributed and shared, how do you make your efforts stand out and grab the…
Apple uses annual event to highlight software that makes iPhones, other … – Minneapolis Star Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple’s iTunes helped change the way music-lovers bought their favorite songs, replacing plastic discs with digital downloads. Now the maker of iPods and iPhones wants to carve out a leading role in a revolution well underway, with a new, paid streaming-music service…
The mobile revolution unveiled at Google I/O – YourStory.com
Mobile technology has changed the way we find information and entertainment, communicate with friends and family and get things done. Today more searches on Google come from mobile than from desktop computers, and by some estimates there are more mobile devices than there are people on the…
Ad blocking is a barrier to innovation – Financial Times
The shift in online activity from fixed-line to mobile devices has thrown up a host of winners. Advertising-funded services have seen revenues soar as consumers increasingly use their smartphones to access the web, unleashing a torrent of marketing spending that is due to hit almost…
TrueCar’s (TRUE) CEO Scott Painter on Q1 2015 Results – Earnings Call … – Seeking Alpha
TrueCar, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRUE) Q1 2015 Earnings Conference Call May 07, 2015 04:30 PM ET Executives Alison Sternberg – VP, IR Scott Painter – Founder and CEO John Krafcik – President Michael Guthrie – CFO Analysts Diana Kluger – JPMorgan Mark Mahaney – RBC Capital Markets…
Romancing the drone: Demand takes off in South Florida – Miami Herald
Step inside Animusoft’s Kendall offices, and you’ll see drones everywhere — large ones, little ones, drones that inspect, drones that pick fruit, and a few just for fun. Some are half-built; 3D printers are working 24/7 to create new parts. You might think this is…
Hollywood rolls out red carpet to ‘influencer’ fans – KTVN
By RYAN NAKASHIMAAP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) – Clad in his pajamas, Reid Jones often blogs about Marvel superhero movies, with starry ambitions of one day becoming an entertainment journalist. A few weeks ago, the 16-year-old woke up to that opportunity when he was…
Beyond the action cam: GoPro CEO says VR and drones are the future – Mashable
When you think of GoPro, you think of one thing: Tiny, waterproof cameras that can be mounted almost anywhere. You think of skiers, skateboarders and adrenaline junkies leaping out of air balloons in wingsuits to capture the most extreme video you’ve ever seen. It can’t…