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Video News: Facebook Ad Views Low, Vimeo Scraps Subscription Service
- Category: Industry Updates
- Created: 28 June 2017
Last year’s biggest social media platform agenda was to push video. Large swaths of people are moving to internet video from TV, and video commercials make more money than text ads. But the actual opportunity was limited, and with every single service getting into video, from Facebook and Twitter to LinkedIn and GoPro, there was bound to be some fallout. Hey, we can’t all be Netflix.
Conventional Wisdom Says 90% of Startups Fail. Data Says Otherwise.
- Category: Expert Column
- Created: 28 June 2017
When entering an unfamiliar society, it is wise to learn the local customs, the unspoken rules, and the names of its heroes, villains, and gods.
Amazon vs. Walmart: Which One Will Prevail?
- Category: Funding & Deals
- Created: 28 June 2017
In the media hullabaloo following Amazon’s announcement this month that it was buying Whole Foods Market, largely overlooked was the same-day news that Walmart was acquiring menswear e-tailer Bonobos. While Amazon did make a bigger splash with its $13.7 billion foray into organic groceries, Walmart beefed up an e-commerce stable that already includes the acquisitions of digital natives Jet.com, Shoebuy, ModCloth and Moosejaw.
A Few E-Commerce Platforms Crushing It In 2017
- Category: Technology
- Created: 23 June 2017
If you are thinking about launching an e-commerce platform this year for your online business, you'll need to consider these major platforms to help you grow that company. You need to choose a platform that has capitalized on both social commerce and mobile commerce trends.
6 Essential Steps to Creating Your Own Startup Logo
- Category: Expert Column
- Created: 23 June 2017
Everyone tells you that you need a startup logo, but nobody tells you how to make one. They just throw you to the metaphorical wolves, leaving you to learn the hard way about a whole universe of design terminology and tactics.
YouTube has 1.5 billion logged-in monthly users watching a ton of mobile video
- Category: Industry Updates
- Created: 23 June 2017
This year at VidCon, YouTube shared some new metrics that really drive home how much it’s dominating mobile video usage and how quickly its service is gaining viewers on TVs.
25 iPhone Secrets and Stories We're Only Learning 10 Years Later
- Category: Technology
- Created: 23 June 2017
Ah, the iPhone. Roughly a third of American adults use them. In fact my analytics suggests there's a better than even chance you're reading this article on one right now.
Hike beats WhatsApp to launching messenger app payments in India
- Category: Industry Updates
- Created: 20 June 2017
India-focused mobile messaging service Hike landed funding from Tencent last year, and today it took a major step to emulating the Chinese firm’s WeChat app with the introduction of mobile payments.
Kik CEO explains why they’re doing an ICO instead of venture fundraising
- Category: Funding & Deals
- Created: 20 June 2017
Ted Livingston, CEO of messaging app Kik, spoke on stage at TechCrunch’s event in Shenzhen, China on Tuesday. Moderator Jon Russell asked him about why the company is doing an initial coin offering (ICO), a newly popularized method of fundraising.
Meet the Food Startup That's Giving Europeans Reason to Sprechen Sie Deutsch
- Category: New startups
- Created: 20 June 2017
As the U.K. began negotiating its so-called Brexit from the European Union on Monday, Germany's startup ecosystem is getting a major nod in the form of one of the year's most anticipated IPOs, Delivery Hero.