Ignorance may be bliss, but for many tech entrepreneurs of the millennial cohort—and the venture capitalists who fund them—that could be a double-edged sword. Tech pros from Generation Y are too… AlleyWatch

Alley Watch - Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Last December, Opera announced Max, a free app that would use Opera’s servers to compress all the non-encrypted data to your Android device. At the time, it opened up sign-ups for a small private alpha test, but starting today, it will take sign-ups for it’s soon-to-launch Max beta. Max will compress all data sent to your phone, including text, photos and video (which tends to take up quite a bit of mobile bandwidth). Depending on how you use your phone, this could save you quite a bit of bandwidth and — if you are on a limited plan — a ... → Read More

TechCrunch - Tuesday, February 18, 2014

It turns out, the basic college degree is worth more than it seems. YoungEntrepreneur.com

Young Entrepreneur - Tuesday, February 18, 2014

  <div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div>   With Google Play Music, you can upload your entire music library (up to 20,ooo songs) and listen to it wherever you may be as long as you have an internet connection. Here’s how to quickly get your library into the cloud.   Produced by Justin Gmoser NOW WATCH:  Essential Tips To Make Google Search Better And Faster Follow BI Video: On Twitter Join the conversation about this story »      Tech

Silicon Alley Insider - Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Recently, I discussed my thoughts on partnerships between startups and big corporations.  Essentially, I am not in favor of such arrangements, as I believe they distract from the mission of a startup… AlleyWatch

Alley Watch - Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Company / App Name: P3chat http://p3chat.com Twitter – https://twitter.com/p3chat_im What does it do? p3chat is an innovative yet super easy way to add a great chat widget to your web site. It gives you opportunity to communicate with online customer via live chat. Its so simple to add this product that event non-IT person can do it easy. Why do we need it? More and more customer buys online, all e-shops and SME needs a great web-based chat product. As not every e-shop or SME CEO has IT education, they need simple to add live chat. This tool creates value&profit ... → Read More

The Startup Pitch - Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Sup. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons) Like a couple of love-starved penguins governed by instinct and broadband access, two human beings recently found each other on Tinder in Antarctica. This was the first Tinder match to be made on the frozen continent. The match itself occurred “on a lonely December night,” New York magazine reports.

Betabeat - Tuesday, February 18, 2014

King, the maker of match-three game Candy Crush Saga, filed for its initial public offering earlier today.  In King’s filing, it has a slew of graphics and charts to show off its metrics and revenues.  Let’s take a look at some of the key stats in King’s filing.  King has a library of mobile “Saga” games, but the most popular is clearly Candy Crush Saga, which has 93 million daily active users.  Across all of King’s titles, its users play more than 1.2 billion games per day.The majority of King players are on Candy Crush Saga. In December 2013, 128 ... → Read More

Silicon Alley Insider - Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Before I started my small business, I was caught up in the corporate world. Large corporations have money by the bucketful and a number of departments to help them implement policy, however they lack… AlleyWatch

Alley Watch - Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Jenn Lim (Delivering Happiness) Last week, Valleywag published a disdainful list of “The Biggest Bullshit Job Titles in Tech,” calling out kooky positions like AOL’s “Digital Prophet” and Tumblr’s “Fashion Evangelist.” Betabeat wondered, What do these people actually do for a living? What, pray tell, does an “Innovation Sherpa” or a “Chief Happiness Officer” do all day? Are their jobs as illusionary as they sound, or are they just normal jobs with wacky titles?

Betabeat - Tuesday, February 18, 2014